Finding the right house cleaning service for you and your family is much easier then it use to be thanks to the internet, but the internet is not the only place to find a great house cleaning service. If you are one of the 1000’s of people looking for a service right now and are not sure how to find the best company for you and your family make sure you read this article.
House Cleaning Service Options.
Still one of the most popular house cleaning services around today is Molly Maids. Molly Maids was founded in 1979, and has its headquarters in Memphis, Tennessee. They are actually the largest home cleaning franchise network in the world, but since each office is independently owned and operated you still get the small town customer service.
One of the advantages to using a big company like this is the trust factor you can trust that they will be around next week and won’t be going out of business anytime soon. One of the disadvantages though of using a large company like this is price. On average Molly Maids is more expensive then a smaller one or two person show but many times in life you do get what you pay for.
If you go with one of the smaller cleaning services make sure you do plenty of research to ensure they are reliable and trustworthy. After all you are inviting these people into your house each and every week. Here is a list of some of the items you may want to research.
· Ask for and actually call their references
· Are they bonded and insured
· How long have they been in business
· Do they have a business license
· Do they have a office or do they work out of there home
· Do you feel you will get good customer service
We all know that some companies are more reputable than others, and so you want to make sure you take the time to find a business that is legit and that is deserving of your hard earned money; Once you have narrowed the list down to your top two or three companies weather big or small call and check with the Better Business Bureau in your area to determine if any pervious clients have had problems with any of the companies you are considering doing business with. If the company has negative reviews from the BBB that usually means that a customer complained and the company refused to work to solve the complaint.
With all this information you will be able to make an informed decision in regards to which house cleaning service is right for you and your family.
Shaun Buck
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#1 by ஐSillyஐ TD THIS Sucka on June 29, 2010 - 6:06 pm
Picking my Battles…Advice on Money Issues with Hubby?
I’m due to deliver our second son March 12th.
I get little to no help with the "deep" cleaning at home.
Sometimes hubby will take out the trash or wash a few dishes…but I pretty much handle the house cleaning single handedly despite the fact that we both work full time jobs and he gets home easily 2 hours before I do every night.
I want to hire a cleaning service to come in and scour the floors and bathrooms.
I don’t think I can handle it between working full time, chasing my three year old and being this pregnant. The estimate I got was about $200 bucks.
I also would like to get the air ducts cleaned in our house and the best price I’ve found is about $150 bucks.
So for $350 bucks our house could be pristine and air quality would be improved and dust would be reduced.
I just proposed this to my husband and he just about flipped out and actually gave me the "we’re supposed to be saving money not spending it" comment.
Now that’s all fine and good and I could accept that..it makes logical sense….except….
This very same man…spent $1000 on a 46 inch flatscreen tv a little more than a month ago…were we not "saving money" then?
I would like your opinion. What would you do?
A) Disregard my husband and do whatever I feel is right to do while minding a budget.
B) Adhere to his judgment despite the total illogical nature of it…not to mention the selfishness, and wallow in our own filth since there’s no chance he’ll get up and clean.
C) Return his beloved tv and use that for a full deluxe spring cleaning so that I don’t "spend money"
D) Suggestions??
This is in "Parenting" because I see it as something that needs to be done in preparation for the home coming of a newborn…my husband seems to think it’s a frivilous expense.
#2 by Deans, chocolate face on June 29, 2010 - 11:08 pm
If he is a reasonable man he should see why you feel the way you do. Tell him that it is important to you "nesting"…and you give him through the weekend to do a very good job of it himself if he doesn’t want someone else to come in to do it instead.
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#3 by ozboz48 on June 29, 2010 - 11:10 pm
None of the above.
I would tell him, very nicely, that the deep cleaning needs to be done. The air ducts need to be done. The scouring needs to be done. You’d love to save money, but it needs to be done. So, he can do it/help you do it, or you will hire someone to do it. You don’t present it as something you want. You present it as something that will be done, one way or another.
All the best.
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#4 by megan d on June 29, 2010 - 11:12 pm
I would sit him down with the "cleaning list" of things that need to be done before the baby arrives and asking which things he want to do himself or pay to get down. It’s like working with a child, don’t ask him yes or no question, give him two choices to pick from. Also I would pad the list a little and then tell him, which chores you can/will do. If he sees your name written down next to a bunch of things, then that might motivate to help more around the house.
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#5 by Sublime_Savvy on June 29, 2010 - 11:14 pm
You’ve got two things going on here…your nesting instinct=desire to clean everything and his logic-based brakes on the finances because the TV obviously broke the budget.
Guys are generally logical, so if you can show him the numbers that you can afford it in the budget this month as a one time thing to get things ready to your satisfaction, then he should be reasonable about it…spending $1000 is kind of a shock when you weren’t planning on any other expenses.
Ignoring his feelings on the matter is just going to piss him off and cause even more tension. If you can get half an hour to sit down and talk with him, without yelling, without pointing out he spent that much money, and without you feeling entitled (because these things you want are really nice to haves, not need to haves) you may be able to work out a compromise on what you want.
But the other major issue here is his contribution to the chores. You both need to come to an agreement about who does what and be partners, not adversaries, and not feeling like you have to do the lion’s share. Just try to be self-reflective about your expectations–just from reading your post, it seems you like things a certain way…if you nag him to do it your way without allowing him the respect of doing it his way, but still getting it done, he will NEVER do anything for you because it will never be good enough (to your standard). Don’t push him away because it’s not how you would do it.
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married 10 years and had to learn this lesson the hard way to get harmony and cooperation in my house
#6 by nelawala on June 29, 2010 - 11:16 pm
Since he wants to act like a weenie about this then simply tell him that if he doesn’t want to spend the money on cleaning, then HE can clean the floors and bathrooms from now on.If he doesn’t want to, then he can suck it up and shut up.
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#7 by Alskarinna on June 29, 2010 - 11:18 pm
I would tell him that unless he gets off his ass and helps around the house, you are returning the TV because it’s a frivolous expense. If he bitches about it, go and buy what you want and tell him it’s "non-returnable". Tell him you aren’t his house maid and you work just as much as he does!
I went through a similar thing with my husband. He would bitch about me getting baby items (i’m 30 weeks pregnant now), yet it was okay for him to spend hundreds on car parts and tools. I went and bought what I wanted anyways and when he saw them, I told him I’ll return them as soon as he returns what he purchased.
He shut his mouth then and he got over it. lol
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#8 by gabby on June 29, 2010 - 11:20 pm
D) My suggestion is to ask him if he thinks it’s fair to allow you $350 for the well being of your new baby seeing as he spent $1000 on a TV. To be honest, I don’t see your expense as a frivolous one. If he wants to save money, hand him a vacuum and duster and tell him to get to work because the house won’t clean itself.
In all seriousness and all fairness, you are being reasonable here. You just want the best environment for your baby to come home to. Let him know that. Bring out the hormonal water works too if you can
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