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Residential Cleaning Checklist??
Well my Wife and I have started a cleaning business. We have been learning alot by trial and error. Now we know this might not be the best way to run a cleaning business but we have learned a ton in the last few months. We started this with just my wife working part-time on the weekends and evenings for spare money. Now both of us are working ridiculous hours.
One thing we are thinking of starting is doing individualized cleaning check lists for each home and leaving them behind after each cleaning. We are hoping that this will help people feel more attached and that they are not just another home because everything on the list is tailored to their home.
Just wondering if anyone else out there is using forms like these and if there are any samples to start from?
Aaron
Tiny Tina's Cleaning Services
One thing we are thinking of starting is doing individualized cleaning check lists for each home and leaving them behind after each cleaning. We are hoping that this will help people feel more attached and that they are not just another home because everything on the list is tailored to their home.
Just wondering if anyone else out there is using forms like these and if there are any samples to start from?
Aaron
Tiny Tina's Cleaning Services
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Aaron,
We have checklists on our site. You can add/delete/modify as you wish. See my signature link!
Congrats on the move towards expanding the business. I've learned a ton through trial and error as well. I am often on the boards telling people not to screw up like I did.
Torrey
We have checklists on our site. You can add/delete/modify as you wish. See my signature link!
Congrats on the move towards expanding the business. I've learned a ton through trial and error as well. I am often on the boards telling people not to screw up like I did.
Torrey
Torrey Shannon
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Aaron,
We have checklists on our site. You can add/delete/modify as you wish. See my signature link!
Congrats on the move towards expanding the business. I've learned a ton through trial and error as well. I am often on the boards telling people not to screw up like I did.
Torrey
We have checklists on our site. You can add/delete/modify as you wish. See my signature link!
Congrats on the move towards expanding the business. I've learned a ton through trial and error as well. I am often on the boards telling people not to screw up like I did.
Torrey
I have truly been looking for some help in this field. I have no documents nor could I afford to pay for another required step in getting my business squared away.
Are you truly willing to let us use your documents? If you could help guide me. I am looking for employee docs, cleaning checklists, lockout papers etc. All the essential papers to be legit.
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Megan,
By all means, please help yourself. I, too, was where you are and couldn't get the right documents in place before I needed them. If anything, I am hoping it will help other service owners get to where they can move to the "next" level in their service. I know how frustrating it was to get mine together. My goal is to make life better for those who could use the info.
This is one of the reasons why I put all mine together to share. No charge. No catch. No fine print. Just help yourself and modify them as you see fit. If there's something you don't find on my site, email me and I will see if I have it on my computer. My email is [email protected]
Enjoy!
Torrey
By all means, please help yourself. I, too, was where you are and couldn't get the right documents in place before I needed them. If anything, I am hoping it will help other service owners get to where they can move to the "next" level in their service. I know how frustrating it was to get mine together. My goal is to make life better for those who could use the info.
This is one of the reasons why I put all mine together to share. No charge. No catch. No fine print. Just help yourself and modify them as you see fit. If there's something you don't find on my site, email me and I will see if I have it on my computer. My email is [email protected]
Enjoy!
Torrey
Torrey Shannon
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You are Heaven Sent!
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Do employees come with those forms? If so I would like one please.
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Do employees come with those forms? If so I would like one please.
Torrey
Torrey Shannon
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A great*exchange of information.
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Megan,
By all means, please help yourself. I, too, was where you are and couldn't get the right documents in place before I needed them. If anything, I am hoping it will help other service owners get to where they can move to the "next" level in their service. I know how frustrating it was to get mine together. My goal is to make life better for those who could use the info.
This is one of the reasons why I put all mine together to share. No charge. No catch. No fine print. Just help yourself and modify them as you see fit. If there's something you don't find on my site, email me and I will see if I have it on my computer.
Enjoy!
Torrey
By all means, please help yourself. I, too, was where you are and couldn't get the right documents in place before I needed them. If anything, I am hoping it will help other service owners get to where they can move to the "next" level in their service. I know how frustrating it was to get mine together. My goal is to make life better for those who could use the info.
This is one of the reasons why I put all mine together to share. No charge. No catch. No fine print. Just help yourself and modify them as you see fit. If there's something you don't find on my site, email me and I will see if I have it on my computer.
Enjoy!
Torrey
I too need some help with docs, employee manuals and standard procedures. My friend and I started a residential cleaning service in Miami and have seen some early success. However we have not realize that we cannot grow without standardization of procedures and clear expectation for our maids. can you email me any docs you may have to offer?
Thanks for all you help you have given to members of this forum!
David Raskind
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To be quite honest with you, cleaning checklists are your best friend. Your client will feel more comfortable in knowing that you followed a specific guideline. Also, as mentioned in your post, leaving behind a copy of the checklist would be a smart thing to do, as it is tangible and gives them something to review.
Good luck
Marjorie's Detailed Cleaning
Bradenton, fl and Ellenton, fl
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Good luck
Marjorie's Detailed Cleaning
Bradenton, fl and Ellenton, fl
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Over 15 years and a few $million$ later and never did have a check list. It seems with employees that a check list could make for a lot of problems. If my girl cleaning didn't do something on the list.... the first thing that will happen is a phone call telling me they didn't do something.
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Checklists are great for many reasons. For example, they assist in the sales process, to explain the items you are offering as part of a package and also help with regards to pricing. When training your staff, they are also beneficial as they are an easy way to set a consistent standard of tasks that are required to be carried out when you are not there yourself.
I would be more than happy to share an example that we use if required
I would be more than happy to share an example that we use if required
Last edited by SqueakyBrad; 03-21-2014 at 08:06 PM. Reason: updated to share checklist if required
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We have cleaning checklists available on our website, so our customers could use it as a reference. However, very few do. People just want their home to be cleaned and they want to be happy about it. Usually, the customers discuss during the estimation process what will and what will not be cleaned...
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Reliable Cleaning Checklist:
Living Room, Family Room, Bedrooms
Kitchen
Bathrooms
Living Room, Family Room, Bedrooms
- Vacuum top of curtains/drapes/lampshades
- Ceiling Fans (hand wash)
- Blinds (hand wash)
- Baseboards (hand wash)
- Vacuum sides and backs of furniture (move furniture)
- Light bulbs (hand wash, upon availability)
- Picture frames and glass (hand wash)
- Edge carpet
- Glass doors/sliding doors (hand wash)
- Move small furniture to vacuum and clean
- Edges/baseboards
Kitchen
- Vacuum top of curtains/drapes/lampshades
- Ceiling Fans (hand wash)
- Blinds (hand-wash)
- Cabinets (hand wash)
- Baseboards (hand wash)
- Hanging Light fixtures (hand wash if reachable)
- Glass front of pictures
- Soak drip pans
- Sliding door tracks
Bathrooms
- Tile walls
- Cabinets (inside/out)
- Vacuum drapes/curtains
- Edge carpet (if applicable)
- Glass front of pictures
- Baseboards (hand wash)
- *Sanitation and Deodorization*
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Making a checklist for residential cleaning can be as tiresome as the job itself. It is not the amount of items to clean that make you tired, but the tiresome. Of course you need a basic idea what all need to be cleaned regularly. But in many cases it will be almost everything in the house. In such cases some people call for the maid cleaning services, but it is not a tedious job if you do it one area at a time and give yourself enough time to rest .
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New here and had to acknowledge the awesome part on Torrey in this thread! Nice list, Royal Ready. The checklist is the most tedious part of a good cleaning! The sooner you can have employees work their way through a house, top to bottom, without checking the list as such I think the smoother everything runs as long as they sort of cross their T's from memory proficiently.
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