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Kamis, 04 Oktober 2012

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.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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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