Ask a House Cleaner

There's a dark side of referrals that nobody will teach you in-house cleaning training. The dark side of referrals is the covert contracts from clients who refer friends. A client gives you a recomme...

29 Sep 20177min

"I paid good money for that so I can't get rid of it." An artist hoarding groups of crafts needs strategies to unclutter. "I paid good money for that, and now I have a full storage unit and a full hou...

28 Sep 20179min

Family support is crucial to the success of any business. But how do you get family support as a house cleaning business owner? We Ask a House Cleaner about moral support, communication, sharing, and ...

27 Sep 20177min

Vacations are not just for the rich and famous. House cleaners need vacations too. If your maid service is in burnout mode, schedule some time off. We Ask a House Cleaner cleaning advice for vacation...

26 Sep 20179min

The pain of a client firing you is tough the first time it happens. A house cleaner feels rejected at today's firing on the heels of getting fired several times this week. Ask a House Cleaner what to...

25 Sep 20178min

There's a ghost in the house watching me clean. Call it old-fashioned haunting. It's not a scary ghost but how to clean when you can feel the presence of a ghost while house cleaning? Ask a House Clea...

24 Sep 20175min

Covert contracts when house cleaning can waste a lot of time. Today on Ask a House Cleaner we look at covert contracts instead of communication. What happens when you have no idea what the customer wa...

23 Sep 20179min

Diversity for house cleaners is paramount to the success of your cleaning business. Why diversity? Because respect for cultural sensibilities is necessary for house cleaning employees and customer ser...

22 Sep 20174min