Sometimes there are so many things we need to do each day and the last thing on our ever growing list of to-do list is to clean out homes. You may be at the point where you are considering hiring a residential cleaning service. If you want more time in your day to concentrate to bigger items than your rug, hiring a residential cleaning service is probably one of the best decisions you will ever make.
For some people, giving up control of your house cleaning tasks may be very difficult. Finding a good house cleaning service is not hard, you simply need to set aside some time to interview several different services in order to find the best match for you and your home.
Before contacting any residential cleaning service company, sit down and write down everything you want your cleaning service to handle. Will you be putting any any items before the cleaners come in or do you expect your service provider to put everything away? Do you have an area of your home that you do not want strangers to clean? Write down everything you can think of because this list will become the basis of your cleaning company interview list.
Having an interview list will help guide you through the interview process and you can take notes on the questionnaire. Asking each service the same questions will also help you to compare the cleaning services you spoke to.
Start out your interview by asking for a general overview of the residential cleaning services terms and conditions. You will want to discuss the list of issues and job tasks you created when you starting thinking about hiring a cleaning service. The discuss actual logistical issues. You will want to make sure you ask if the service requires you to be present in the home while cleaning. If no one is required to be home, verify that the cleaning agents are bonded against theft and breakage. You may also be interested in asking if an agent is assigned to your home or if the assignments are given on a day-labor basis.
It is definitely important to determine if the cleaning service will provide cleaning products or if that is your responsibility. By having a service provide the cleaning products, you will not need to store any chemicals, however, you will not be able to choose the products used.
Finally, after you have discussed all the issues you wrote down and all the logistical questions, ask about payment and tipping. How does the cleaning company manage billing. Some companies require payment at the time service is performed while other companies may bill you monthly. Verify payment terms now and you will save yourself from an awkward situation later.
During this process you are interviewing a company to work for you, if at any time you do not like the answers the company is providing you with, choose to find another company. Commercial house cleaning is a very competitive business and if you invest a little time in the interview process, you will find a company that meets your needs and probably even surpasses them.