{"id":1813,"date":"2019-02-06T10:09:14","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T15:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/?p=1813"},"modified":"2019-02-06T10:09:34","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T15:09:34","slug":"7-important-questions-to-ask-when-hiring-a-house-cleaner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/7-important-questions-to-ask-when-hiring-a-house-cleaner\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Important Questions to Ask When Hiring a House Cleaner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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In life, there are tasks we feel like doing and ones we would rather put off. For many, cleaning is either an obsession or a subject of avoidance. Things need to be clean-ish, but do you have to do it yourself?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fortunately, cleaning services have been outsourced since ancient times. Hiring a house cleaner makes sense as outsourcing represents a practical way to buy time.<\/a> A professional does a better job in a shorter time frame, saving your time for things you care about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cleaning services work well for the home especially if you want to show off that . <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Before hiring a cleaner, consider going through this list of questions to find the best people for the job. These questions eliminate red flags and hone in on your particulars for peace of mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hiring a House Cleaner<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Whenever you look into hiring people to do a job, you have to wonder how much it is worth. It is one thing to not want to do a task, it is another to pay someone to do something you are capable of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember that a cleaning service works on reputation and repeat business. If you aren’t happy with the job, they lose a client. They are interested in giving you the right service and proving it is worth the money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. What are Included Services?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The first question relates directly to your bottom line. Asking a cleaner service about what they cover is a good first step.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Generally, cleaning services fall into two groups. Those that do specialized tasks for a premium and those that do a lot of general tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You want to know which you are dealing with and what will cost you extra. If you pick a service that offers more of what you need, you avoid paying for things you don’t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bottom line, don’t pay for more than two additional services. These will cost more and if you find yourself needing many specialized tasks, you are dealing with the wrong cleaners. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. What are Your Guarantees?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This question goes to the reputation of the professional cleaning company. They should have a boilerplate list of what to expect and how to report when you don’t get that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This ensure s that you get what you pay for, but it also helps the company to improve training for employees and focus accountability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A company with vague ideas on how they can show that their work was done well hasn’t put thought into their management and training. Even if they do a good job, they are prone to slipping over time when they don’t have standards to consider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. How do You Handle Employee Discretion?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A housekeeping business offers a service that crosses into your privacy. This opens opportunities to take advantage of trust. Even if the company is above-board, their employees may not be. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This isn’t about bad hiring practices, so much as knowing how to determine problem signs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Employees prone to slipping over time and becoming a problem causes many of the difficulties in cleaning for health services. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Are You Bonded or Insured?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This question helps to protect your home from unexpected problems. An employee of a cleaning company doesn’t need to intentionally cause a problem to be a problem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reputable businesses will present their credentials and insurances. This is doubly true when the work is sensitive or has a known downside. Check out this listing of reputable healthcare cleaning services to learn more<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. How are Rates Set?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In addition to what is included in the price, it helps you to know why prices exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This shows that the company is aware of the local market and has made decisions that reflect their quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rates are often set by how long they expect a job to take. An estimate for your cleaning will reflect how much work they think will need to be done. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are aiming to hire a service weekly, you want to know they will do the same job for the same amount of time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Initial cleanings can take longer and subsequent can leave you feeling shortchanged as it gets harder to notice if the work was done. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

consider setting time limits or price limits. This helps you to budget and puts the onus of the effort on the cleaning service. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Do You Provide Supplies\/Equipment?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Not all companies will use the products you prefer or have access to the equipment you need. If you have a hypoallergenic home or prefer green supplies, you may have to provide them or pay extra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Generally, you want the cleaning service to provide the equipment and supplies as these will be regulated in the estimated cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A company that expects to use your materials should cost less than one that brings their own. They should also give you an idea of how long any amount of a product will last and stick to that. This ensures they are doing the job you are paying for and not wasting an excess of materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When they supply their own, those considerations are made within the price point of the services offered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. How do You Handle Access\/Pets?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Housekeeping services can work only when you are home or you can provide them access while you are away. Knowing exactly, in writing, how home access is handled protects you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part of this is about protecting your home, part is about work getting done in a timely fashion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You also want to discuss how to handle pets. You don’t want your pet harmed by the cleaning nor your pet to harm a worker. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Going over this information protects both parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make Better Decisions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Making decisions about who to do business with can be difficult. There are many competing factors and businesses work to show they are above the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When it comes to hiring a house cleaner, you want dependable service that gives you what you ask for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking for more? Take a look at more information on the topic of .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In life, there are tasks we feel like doing and ones we would rather put off. For many, cleaning is either an obsession or a subject of avoidance. Things need to be clean-ish, but do you have to do it yourself? Fortunately, cleaning services have been outsourced since ancient times. Hiring a house cleaner makes sense […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1813"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1813"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1815,"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1813\/revisions\/1815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}