Custom Maid | House Cleaning in Virginia Beach, Norfolk and Chesapeake

Let's examine a typical week in the every day life in the USA. Assume, for a moment, you live along the coast in Virginia Beach, VA, a typical tourist city. After a busy week of "working for the man", running the kids to an assortment of practices, lessons, and sporting events in Virginia Beach, along with the myriad of "things" that seem to take over one's free time, who wants to spend the weekend with a mop, broom, or vacuum? After all, you have worked hard all week and deserve a bit of time for fun. And whether it is a day getting some retail therapy at the MacArthur Center (a very large mall), loving the high of an adrenaline rush while riding the Lochness Monster at Busch Gardens (an amusement park), or taking a leisurely stroll along the Old Beach Farmers Market you should be able to take some time to unwind.
Unfortunately, for many people their work week is followed by a work weekend of cleaning house. But it doesn't have to be that way. Today, there are many qualified maid services that are glad to come in and clean your home, so you have more time for the things that matter in life. After, weekends should be spent with family and friends- not the broom and cleaning products. So how do you go about finding a maid service? After all, you don't want to just open the phone book, or go online and call the very first Hampton Roads cleaning company listed. To help out in your selection process, here are a few questions you should ask when deciding which maid service is right for you.

1. Does the residential cleaning service provide their own cleaning agents or do you need to supply them?
2. Will there need to be someone home at the time the cleaning professionals show up?
3. Does the house cleaning company provide liability insurance for their workers?
4. Are the maids licensed and bonded?
5. If the company has a key to your home, then how is the system set up to protect your privacy?
6. Are there any areas of a home the service will not clean, e.g. the bedrooms but not the office?
7. Will/can the furniture be moved and cleaned behind/under it on a regular basis?
8. When are payments expected and what types of payment are accepted?
9. What is the policy on job cancellation?
10. Does the cleaning company require their maids to take any special training class or meet certain requirements?
11. Does the service do extras like polish the silverware, in the event that you will be hosting parties?

In addition to these questions, there are several other things you can do to ensure that the maid service you select is all that you want it to be. These steps are:

• Ask around and see who others recommend.
• See if the company will provide you with the names of some of their clients. You may even be able to talk to these clients and learn firsthand about their experiences.
• Call the Better Business Bureau and find out if there have been any complaints posted.
• Find out if the company does background checks for their workers.

For further details on residential maid service, please visit www.cmaid.net.

Article independently authored by Janet M Slagell. The content herein may or may not reflect the views and opinions of Custom Maid.