Who Cleans Your House?

[Iceman57]

Originally Posted by La Flames Fan

We hired a very sweet older woman to clean house, and occasionally look after the kids. She was extremely punctual, did a wonderful job with cooking and cleaning, and bonded unnaturally well with the kids. Like she'd known them. She became like a Grandma to them, and I felt that I could often confide in her, it's as if she was part of the family. We were cautious because we didn't find much about her past as we did some light background checks, but it became less and less concerning as time went on. I'd totally recommend her right now, but we took her out to dinner with us and she turned out to be a man.

[Mr.Coffee]

My parents had a cleaning lady for awhile who was a walking explosion of klutz.

I am pretty sure she had broke something in every room she'd been through by the time she finally quit. We used to wonder if she dusted with a hammer. She was nice enough but there were lots of good stories. One time my dad came home early from work for some reason and found her napping on the couch, I guess gearing up for her next path of destruction. She broke my brother's model car and tried to fake putting it back together which also had hilarious results.

As time wore on, she eventually just started dragging more and more saps in like her mom or her daughter to help her clean. My parents never seemed to bust her balls as badly as she busted up their stuff but it sure was a love/hate relationship. Eventually she just quit to start her own business.

[Huntingwhale]

Pinoy maid

[Calgary14]

MrCoffee - Any idea how her new business is going so far?

[WilsonFourTwo]

Originally Posted by btimbit

I live alone.... so nobody does.

Friend of mine used these guys for some carpet cleaning and they also offer regular cleaning. Said he'd recommend them. I have no personal experience though

http://www.fightinggrime.com/

For those who care, I did some initial due diligence and:

1. BBB Registered for about 5 years, A+ rating, one service complaint in that time (resolved).

2. Fully bonded and secured; Employees undergo police background checks.

3. Offer a number of options (deep cleaning, general tidying, etc) and a checklist after each service - a nice touch.

4. Limited number of online reviews, but very positive. They appear to be a bit more expensive than other places, but worth the additional dollars.

[TheGrimm]

*BUMP* Did anyone use any services such as the one posted above? Just finishing up some main floor reno's and looking to have a good top-down home cleaning done. I have seen some deals posted on LivingSocial etc, but am a bit leery about stuff like this:

https://www.livingsocial.com/ca/citi...aning-services

[undercoverbrother]

The same broad that does my grocery shopping cleans my house!

[Handsome B. Wonderful]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

The same broad that does my grocery shopping cleans my house!

How much for her services?

[Dion]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

The same broad that does my grocery shopping cleans my house!

How would you rate her cleaning efforts and how much does she charge?

[getbak]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

The same broad that does my grocery shopping cleans my house!

Me too...That's why I live in a pile of filth and discarded fast food packaging.






I'm so lonely.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Handsome B. Wonderful

How much for her services?

A lifetime of happiness......yeah, that's it that's the ticket.....

[getbak]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

A lifetime of happiness......yeah, that's it that's the ticket.....

You gave up a lifetime of happiness for her?

[FlamesAddiction]

I do almost all of the cleaning like dishes, vacuuming, dusting, sweeping, garbage, recycling, etc..., but my wife cleans the bathrooms.

She also insists on doing the laundry, but I usually have to beg her to do it still. She often won't until I threaten to do it myself.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by getbak

You gave up a lifetime of happiness for her?

I can neither confirm or refute whether or not that was the meaning of my post......

[Schraderbrau]

Originally Posted by Nufy

When your wife asks "Whats on TV tonight?"

Don't reply with "Dust"

Or do reply with "dust" because that is hilarious. I cant wait to get home from work now just so i can use that line. No sex for me for a while but it is going to be so worth it.

[flamesfan1297]

Originally Posted by La Flames Fan

We hired a very sweet older woman to clean house, and occasionally look after the kids. She was extremely punctual, did a wonderful job with cooking and cleaning, and bonded unnaturally well with the kids. Like she'd known them. She became like a Grandma to them, and I felt that I could often confide in her, it's as if she was part of the family. We were cautious because we didn't find much about her past as we did some light background checks, but it became less and less concerning as time went on. I'd totally recommend her right now, but we took her out to dinner with us and she turned out to be a man.

whoa. that is super weird. Are you serious????

[Zevo]

[SeeBass]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

The same broad that does my grocery shopping cleans my house!

If only I had the ability to see that this is an obvious joke.

[Vox]

Originally Posted by TheGrimm

*BUMP* Did anyone use any services such as the one posted above? Just finishing up some main floor reno's and looking to have a good top-down home cleaning done. I have seen some deals posted on LivingSocial etc, but am a bit leery about stuff like this:

https://www.livingsocial.com/ca/citi...aning-services

My wife tried a deal through LivingSocial, and it didn't go very well. Really young girl that had no idea what she was doing. We used to have a regular cleaning person, and there was no comparison in the quality.

I read an article that something like 50% - 75% of cleaning services that advertise through Group-On or Living Social end up going bankrupt, as the discounts they have to give and the cut the sites take are so high the demand generated puts them out of business.

Based on the quality of service we got, we wouldn't do it again.

[Calgary14]

Bump.

Our house cleaner is transitioning to a full time job in a different industry.

Anyone have a house cleaner they use regularly they would recommend? Looking for an affordable, basic monthly clean of a 3 bedroom house.