A few years ago when Alan and I ran a carpet, upholstery and cleaning company, I went along to help him with the carpets (fill the carpet

shampooing machine up and move furniture etc)

It was a very big job and of course very tiring. We had obviously quoted an acceptable price and the gentleman was very pleased with our cleaning work. However when Alan had moved the carpet shampooing machine outside and went in for his money the ‘gentleman’ tried to barter him down by quite a lot.

It was pointed out that: -

a) He had agreed to the price and

b) He was satisfied with the work done.

But no he wouldn’t budge and after nearly half an hour we were getting nowhere and tempers were getting shall we say a little frayed round the edges.

Then Alan disappeared and I thought he was leaving me to it but no in he came from outside with the LARGE bucket still containing the dirty, sludgy water from his carpets.” Now sir” he said, “you have 2 choices, either pay the money agreed or the water goes back on your carpet” The look on his face was priceless and I have never seen a wallet opened so quickly in my life. Suffice to say we did get our money. As to whether Alan would have carried out his threat!

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 Fleas environmental cleaning

A good few years ago I worked for a cleaning company that amongst other things did environmental cleaning and I will never ever forget the first clean that I did for this cleaning company.

Just before entering the customers property one of my collegues gave me some flea spray to use on my arms and legs plus also a facemask and at the time I thought it was going a little bit over the top. How wrong I was the house was absolutely filthy, fleas and both animal and human excrement were all over the place.

No one prepared me for what I witnessed and for the first hour I did absolutely nothing but retch, and I bet the cleaning company got a good price for the clean despite paying us just the minimum wage!

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Builders cleans explained

A builders clean is usually a very intense clean that will require a lot of hard work.   A builders clean is a totally different type of cleaning exercise to that posed by a regular weekly or fortnightly clean.  Builders cleans are much more intense and deep clean than many of the other types of clean that can be carried out with in domestic accommodation. 

Builders cleans are usually performed in brand new properties or properties that have under gone major alterations.  The builders clean will often require the last remnants of the builders materials been removed such as off cuts of wood, plaster splashes that require removing from floor, plastic film removing from windows, doors and kitchen units etc.

Usually a builders clean takes place prior to the carpets and final decorative items been fitted with in the newly refurbished or built property. 

Due to the previous point builders cleans often require the cleaning company to be available at short notice and to also be completed by a strict deadline because of other companies such as carpet fitters working also to strict deadlines! 

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End of tenancy cleans

Domestic cleaning can be performed in many different forms ranging from  simply a straight forward weekly helping hand type of clean right through to the very intense military march out type cleans that are required by serving members of the Armed Forces.  In this series of posts I am attempting to describe in detail many of the the various different domestic household cleans and what sort of cleaning service a customer could reasonably expect to receive.

End of tenancy cleans

End of tenancy cleans or end of let cleans as they are sometimes also referred as are quite thorough in depth cleans that are undertaken once a tenant as vacated a landlords property in preparation for the next tenant to move in.

A cleaning company or cleaning maid when performing an end of tenancy clean will go through the property from top to bottom hoovering, cobwebbing, washing the walls, cleaning inside cupboards, kitchen units, ensuites, bathrooms etc.  The maid or cleaning company will also often offer a carpet shamooing service if this is deemed a necessary requirement. 

When the domestic cleaning company or cleaning maid as finished cleaning the property the property should be cleaned to a standard that is suitable for the new tenant or tenants to move straight into with all their belongings without having any cleaning worries.

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