House Cleaning Services Are More Affordable Than You Think

Spend Your Me-time on You — Leave the Dustbusting to a Cleaning Service

For the most part these days, even if there is a stay-at-home parent, he or she isn't the Donna Reed type of yesteryear. No one is home be-aproned and starting the dinnertime meal right after lunch has been cleared. We're busy, and our time is more valuable than ever. When your you-time comes around and your home needs some (or more than some) tidying, don't you wish you had a magic wand to wave like the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella? Well, sorry, but you don't. This is the perpetually grime covered real world. But we do have benevolent cleaning service professionals to lend you a hand. Hire a house cleaning service to help make your home spic & span so you don't have to!

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You might think hiring a housekeeper for your home is a luxury, but when you consider how valuable your time is worth, it really isn't an indulgence to bring in a maid service. Especially when you have kids and pets, it feels like you just put the mop away, turn around, and pet hair, like tumbleweed is rolling past you again. And your kids' stinky athletic gear is making a trail from the door to the kitchen where fresh crumbs have now gathered too.

A house cleaner isn't just for the wealthy. You can use an independent cleaning service or a franchised cleaning company, like Molly Maids or Merrymaids. Now that you've made the decision to get help with wrangling your home's messes, there are a few things you should know before you choose which house cleaning service is right for you.

Most services set their rates one of two ways: by hour or by square feet. Hourly rates vary widely and range on average anywhere from $25–$45 an hour. Square footage rates are often used as a means to determine how long a cleaning person needs to spend on your home. Generally, these first cleans are more expensive because they're learning about how much time will be spent cleaning your home and if any rooms require more attention, like bathrooms. Square footage rates loosely range from $120 for 1000 square feet to more than $140 for around 3000 square feet. Another aspect of the cost to take into consideration is the number of people cleaning your home. Often, a bigger crew means more money spent.

Your rates will differ based on how frequently you want cleaning service for your home. Usually you can work a package deal where the more often the cleaning person comes in a month, the lower the cost-per-cleaning. Also, a lot of times you can prepay for a certain number of cleanings upfront and receive a discount as well. You can also look for house cleaning promotions in your area to get you started.

You can expect the home cleaning service to touch on the basics while at your house, like vacuuming, dusting, cleaning toilets, general tidying, and kitchen cleanup as well as showers and tubs. After the typical rundown of areas cleaned, you can provide a list of additional areas or extra-tough problem spots in your house, e.g., fold the laundry, scrub the soap scum, organize the playrooms, erase atomic hand prints from the walls.

Some house cleaning services bring all of their own supplies to make your home spotless, while others expect you to provide everything, and then there's a combination of something in between that's most common. And, if there is a particular brand or product you prefer, discuss it with your cleaning person in advance so there are no surprises when he or she gets to your house.

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