Hello! Does anyone have information on having a cleaning service come in to do a deep clean? The house is too much for a home health aide to tackle, and funds are limited. Is this something that could possible be paid for by some agency? Is anyone familiar with this process?
She has 3 kids, so it's just to help keep ahead of the game. This company is used exclusively by my daughter's neighbors. All the women have cleaning ladies. DD does say that she laughs every time she tells her kids "Simone is coming tomorrow" b/c Simone is kinda grouchy and might throw away a toy rather than put it away.
Totally word of mouth is how DD got this crew.
What are your priorities?
Are there rooms that are not used much? If so start clearing them out. Get rid of as much as you can.
When you call to get estimates define what you are calling a “deep clean”. Is it like the cleaning you would have done if you were selling the house.?Or is it a deep clean that would have to be done after a disaster?
And is it time to downsize from a house that is difficult to maintain?
I decided to do it myself after the cleaning service owner said "It's not that bad". I could be wrong, but sending only one person instead of two, for four hours, and the very low estimate of $125 did not at all communicate to me that she saw what I saw. That was a need for a deep cleaning, including walls, appliances, top of cabinets and cabinet fronts, windows inside and out.
I have started on the tub/shower, it is totally shining again, only took me 3 weeks! Keeping in mind, "It is not that bad". Lol. A little at a time, using the right products!
I hired one once, and they did the best cleaning job imaginable. But it is VERY expensive.
Before I found this company, I contacted several, but most of them focused on lighter, less extensive cleaning.
I think this is an area that really lacks in diversity and companies interested in intensive cleanups.
One thought is to locate companies that specifically focus on this, may do crime scene cleanups, or "hoarder" cleanups.
You might get someone through the Area Agency on Aging, but I wrote them off when one of their employees became very aggressive, then hostile, b/c I wouldn't hire HIM directly and agree to several hundred dollars worth of work that he decided was required, but it really wasn't.