10 Tips for Choosing a Housekeeping Service
For the first time in your life you’re in the position to hire
someone to clean your home or business, so where do you start? This can
be a scary proposition and it’s important to be prepared to prevent
unforeseen problems. All you want is someone to come in and do their job
so you don’t have to worry about it. Before you start looking, here are
10 tips that may be helpful for choosing a housekeeping service.
- Home or business – The service you choose may
depend on whether you’re hiring them for cleaning your home or business.
There are some services that do both, but many will specialize in one
or the other. You probably want to start with services that specialize
in the one you need.
- Agency or individual – The next thing to consider
is whether you want to choose an agency or individual. Housekeeping
agencies hire a team of workers that will clean your home or business in
a group or individually. If you’re hiring someone to clean your home,
you may be more comfortable with choosing one individual that you can
trust.
- Employment status – Another concern regarding
prospective housekeepers is employment status. A professional cleaning
company will take care of any payroll issues themselves. If you consider
choosing an individual to do your cleaning, find out if they are a
self-employed contractor or will consider you their employer. There are
many tax and immigration issues that are attached to hiring someone to
clean for you.
- Affordability – Of course one of the biggest issues
with choosing a housekeeping service is affordability. You need to
determine ahead of time how much you can afford and how often you will
need the service. Unless you’re independently wealthy, this will help
narrow the field you have to choose from. However, simply going with the
lowest price isn’t always advisable.
- Trusted references – One of the most important tips
is to always get trusted references when choosing a housekeeper. Unless
you’re hiring someone you already know personally, you will be inviting
strangers into your home or place of business. You need absolute
assurance that you can trust them with your property.
- Equipment supplied – You need to find out ahead of
time whether the housekeeping service will be using their own equipment
and cleaning supplies or require you to supply them. This can be a
matter of personal preference, but must be agreed upon up front.
- Cleaning priorities – Be sure to let your
prospective housekeepers know what your cleaning priorities are. It’s a
good idea to have a written list of tasks you will expect to be done and
how often for an easy comparison of different services and pricing.
- Communication – Good communication is a must when
choosing a housecleaning service. Don’t expect anyone to read your mind,
and carefully spell out what you expect to avoid misunderstandings. You
want to hire a service that you can have a good rapport with so that
unexpected problems can be dealt with cordially.
- Trial basis – When hiring a housekeeping service
for the first time, it’s not a bad idea to start out on a trial basis
before signing a contract. This allows you some flexibility and an
opportunity to try different services before settling on one.
- Security – Even the most trustworthy service will
need to have good security measures in place. Find out if they do
background checks on their employees, who has access to keys and when,
plus what kind of insurance they have. When hiring an individual you’ll
have to take care of these security measures yourself.
You probably can think of several other issued to consider, but these
10 tips should be a good starting point. Having a professional cleaning
service for your home or business saves you time, energy plus improves
your personal and professional image. By doing your homework ahead of
time you should be able to get the best value for your dollar. With a
little forethought you can choose a reputable housekeeping service that
will hopefully provide you with quality performance.
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