Posts Tagged cleaning service
Posted by Candice on March 19, 2010 at 00:51 am
Professional House Cleaners
For the professional house cleaners, their time is money and so they need to be efficient at getting the job done. We asked some of the cleaners that participate in the
Bidmycleaning.com Service Marketplace to share with us how they get the best results in the shortest amount of time. For most it comes down to using the right tool, using good cleaning products and refining methods and workflows.
The Right House Cleaning Tools
1. A caddy or organizer to hold all your cleaning supplies so that you can easily move from one cleaning spot to another.
2. Microfiber or terry cloth cleaning cloths are important as is using a clean portion of the rag for each new area.
3. Squeegee for streak-free cleaning of mirrors, windows and glass doors.
4. HEPA vacuum, important considerations are that it be lightweight and have a long retractable cord.
5. Good quality feather duster for example one made of ostrich feathers for cleaning smaller items and light fixtures or anything that cannot be reached with a vacuum cleaner.
6. Flat floor mop with detachable pads which can be laundered.
7. Toilet bowl mop
Quality Cleaning Products
Good quality cleaning products are ones which require the least amount of elbow grease to get the job done. Despite what one may think effective cleaning does not require chemicals. There are many commercial and home made products which are effective cleaners based on all natural ingredients. You do not need a big arsenal of cleaning products but rather a few key multi-taskers. You will need a good all-purpose cleaner that will also clean glass, a scouring powder and soap scum remover, a floor cleaner and furniture polish.
A Workflow
Ordering the tasks that need to get done so you can proceed from one to the next in the most efficient way possible comes from trial and error. The professionals have typically been doing the job for so long that they have mastered what is required and have found ways to keep time spent on each task to the minimum and avoid covering the same ground more than once. Your home and cleaning style will dictate what is an efficient workflow for you and the more you do the same routine the more efficient you will become.
Should you decide that you don’t want to invest in the right tools or cleaning products and don’t have the time refine your process you can always leave the task to a professional house cleaner
Posted by Candice on February 17, 2010 at 09:53 am
House Cleaning Music
When it comes to cleaning house, this is a task most don’t enjoy and don’t look forward to but can there be an upside to cleaning? Of course there is the obvious pleasure in a nice clean home that smells fresh but what about some benefits for you personally? Can house cleaning be something that contributes to your health lifestyle?
House cleaning can be hard work – if you do it right you can get your heart rate up and work up a good sweat. Wear a heart rate monitor while you vacuum or clean your floors and you may be surprised to find that it goes up as much as walking on the treadmill or using the elliptical. Incorporate some knee bends and squats to make it more effective. If you keep up a good pace and don’t stop when transitioning from one activity to another house cleaning can be a full body workout. When wiping countertops and cleaning the shower you can give your arms a workout but be sure to switch off arms half way through.
A great way to keep up the pace is play some high-energy music. A quick scan of tweets about cleaning on twitter shows that lots of people do in fact listen to music while cleaning and that Lady Gaga is currently a popular choice. She certainly qualifies as high-energy.
Posted by Candice on January 27, 2010 at 00:47 am
House Cleaning Help
There are many people who resist getting a maid citing reasons like, it’s not in my culture to have someone clean for me or I don’t want a stranger in my home. Some are worried about being able to communicate with a maid while others feel like a maid would not clean as well as they could themselves or that they’d feel obliged to help. All of these are valid. Are there reasons to hire a maid that might sway folks like this?
When it comes to house cleaning, it can be very time consuming and exhausting. Hiring a maid service to take care of the cleaning can leave you with more time, energy and inspiration to do other things like cook. You’d have time to try a new recipe or bake some goodies for your family. When it comes to family we’ve written before about how having a housekeeper can free up more time for family All of these are great reasons why you’ll be glad you hired a maid.
While some may think that a maid will not clean as well as they would themselves, the opposite is often true. Maids spend a lot of time cleaning and in doing so have often learned the best techniques for cleaning and will leave your home cleaner than it has ever been. Since you have so many other things to do it is also likely you may cut corners where a good cleaning service takes pride in their attention to detail and quality of service. Another great reason to hire a maid.
If you don’t enjoy cleaning and have to give up your nights and weekends to clean then hiring a maid will definitely improve your mood. You’ll feel much better on a Monday morning when you haven’t spent your Saturday or Sunday scrubbing toilets and cleaning countertops. Yet another reason you’ll be glad you hired some housekeeping help.
If you are concerned about the cost of hiring a maid then read our previous post: Can I afford to hire a maid? Can I afford not to?. You can also easily check the cost of hiring a maid in your neighborhood by using the cleaning calculator on Bidmycleaning.com to get instant bids.
Posted by Candice on November 3, 2009 at 23:51 pm
Clean House Helps Reading Skills
Research conducted by the National Center for Children and Families (NCCF) found a link between household chaos and children’s early reading skills. Household order was found to have a positive correlation with early reading skills and may include cleanliness, organization, routines. The research document references an earlier study by Dunifon et al. (2001) which found that adults’ education and income were predicted by the cleanliness of their parents’ home even accounting for parents’ schooling, income, and cognitive skills. This clean-house measure reflected a desire and ability to impose order in the household, which may reflect organization in other aspects of life such as work and parenting. The report posits that perhaps household order taps a more fundamental characteristic of parents or households, such as maternal industriousness, planning ability, or conscientiousness, that gives rise to both orderliness and better reading skills in children.
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Posted by Candice on October 29, 2009 at 10:35 am
Fort Worth TX House Cleaning Update
Fort Worth is one of our seven featured locations in Texas along with Arlington, Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio. Bidmycleaning is able to connect you with local Forth Worth cleaners. Visit our marketplace when you need maid service, window or carpet cleaning. We provide instant bids from local pre-screened cleaners and cleaning companies. All you need to do it enter a few pertinent details into our cleaning calculator to see your bids, no resgistration or email address required to get the bids.
Here is an introduction to some of our local Forth Worth, TX maid service providers:
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Posted by Candice on October 27, 2009 at 22:27 pm
The Corporate Ladder and House Cleaning Too
The work day begins at home with getting the kids up and ready for school, preparing breakfast and lunches – all before heading into the office for a full day. Most female executives are likely to work beyond 5pm and then when they do get home there is dinner to be prepared, laundry to do, house cleaning to fit in somehow. And that’s in between supervising homework, getting the children bathed and into bed. This is easily another three to four hours of work after the workday.
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Posted by Candice on May 1, 2009 at 13:55 pm
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Posted by Candice on March 9, 2009 at 13:20 pm
Can I afford to hire a maid?
The myth of the superwoman is just that–a myth. Not only is it impossible to be all things to all people at all times, it is a downright damaging idea.
Why is it that we can be the busiest business owners, most efficient employees, or most patient parents, and still feel the need to be the happy, helpful house cleaner? We buy pre-prepared foods, hire childcare, and pay landscapers, so why hesitate to get a housekeeper?
Whenever I feel overwhelmed, I write up a list of all the things I do.
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