Recommend independent or well-treated Astoria cleaners
Recommend a cleaning person or service in/near Astoria, Queens? If a service, one that treats its workers well. I need a big move-out cleaning done by the end of the month. I want to either pay an...
View ArticleHow common is/was Alice?
Do/did people have Alices? I'm referring to The Brady Bunch's Alice -- a combination maid/cook/nanny who lived on site and was treated as a much-loved member of the family (with no outside life of her...
View ArticleNon-shady maid service in LA?
Can anyone recommend non-profit or even just non-shady house cleaning in Los Angeles? When I lived in San Francisco, I used the wonderful Self Help For the Elderly for house cleaning services. They're...
View ArticleSomething Old, Borrowed, or New
What's a cool gift my wife -- the Maid of Honor -- can give the Bride on her Wedding Day? This gift would be in addition to the usual 'off the registry' gift that would be from the both of us. Bonus:...
View ArticleWanted: stories or memoirs of the Unwanted
I am looking for stories or memoirs of persons famous or otherwise who at some point in their lives realized that nobody wanted them as a partner/lover/mate and how they dealt with this realization in...
View ArticleCleaning Service Trust Procedures
What should I do to increase my trust of my house cleaners? A little over a month ago I hired a house cleaner (really two ladies) who come and clean my apartment once a week. I found her contact info...
View ArticleHow to get this place clean?
We're having a party. Our house is a disaster. I feel like I need a professional to help. Fiance disagrees. I don't know what to do. I would get a maid to do the deep-cleaning but stuff has to be put...
View ArticleMaid of honor/Bridal shower advice
I'm maid of honor for my sister's upcoming wedding, and fear her inner Bridezilla is coming out. I love my sister and happy to be her moh, but we have different views about etiquette. For instance, she...
View ArticleHow can I get customers for my house cleaning business?
I’m trying to start up a housecleaning business, but can’t figure out how to actually get any customers. I’ve been putting flyers on houses in fairly upscale neighborhoods – McMansions, hip urban...
View ArticleHey, Cleaner, leave those machines alone!
Cleaner of 1+ year is using our clothes washing machine(s) without permission. She's a smoker and it makes the machines smell. Is this an expected perk? Regardless, what's an indirect way of saying...
View ArticleAm I a terrible MoH?
More Maid of Honor woes. How am I going to do this? What are normal expectations for a MoH? So, I've already posted this and got some great advice. I'm going to throw my sister a "Naughty or Nice"...
View Articlecan't believe I'm asking this
Dear Ask MetaFilter, I never thought this would happen to me: requesting recommendations for a private house cleaning service in Durham, NC. We've decided to take the advice we've repeatedly been given...
View ArticleCleaning in Minneapolis?
I have a need for a one time deep-cleaning service in the Minneapolis area. Does anybody have any recommendations? Further, does anybody have tips for getting family members to try and be less...
View ArticleJapanese Houseboy - WTF?
What is the story behind the pop-cultural trope of the "Japanese Houseboy?" So this is something you encounter from time to time in midcentury American books, movies, and TV - a house servant who is...
View ArticleLooking for an independent housecleaner in Los Angeles
Massive overtime at work, and spending our free time cleaning is killing my husband and me. I think it's time to pay someone else to do this. AskMe, please refer someone based in LA! I've asked around...
View ArticleHow much cleaning should I do before the cleaning person arrives?
I'm becoming irrationally anxious about the housecleaning service that's happening at my apartment this afternoon. I don't know what's reasonable to expect, how much prep I should do beforehand or how...
View ArticleLooking for house cleaner in Jamaica Plain, MA
Can anyone recommend a good house cleaner in Jamaica Plain, MA? I've checked yelp reviews and Boston magazine but I'm hoping for a personal recommendation. Thanks!
View ArticleHouse cleaners in Albuquerque?
I'm interested in hiring a house cleaner for my Albuquerque home. I'd like bi-weekly or monthly cleanings of the public spaces and both bathrooms (around 2,00 sq. ft.), as well as those "major...
View ArticleHousecleaner needed in L.A.
I want my 1BR apartment on L.A.'s eastside clean, and I don't want to do it myself. Yelp is a confusing morass on this. I need a service or person to come once every two weeks or so and clean up the...
View ArticleDomestic cleaning agencies in central London likely to hire a retiree?
Asking for a friend who is a fit 65 and is needs casual employment as a cleaner. The catch: she has no formal cleaning experience or references. What central London agencies might hire without...
View ArticleOkay, you convinced me
I have been thoroughly convinced to hire a cleaning service. Which one is REALLY good? Yelp and Google and personal recs aren't helping much. See my previous question for details, but I have finally...
View ArticleHow to handle a housekeeper situation
Last time my housekeeper came, she kept getting off-task and finding other things to work on. I'm irritated that if I have her back, I'll be paying for what should have been done last week. I'm trying...
View Articlefinally admitting I will never care sufficiently about tile grout
How the heck do you hire a house cleaner in This Day And Age? I am finally following up on a promise I made to myself to invest in my mental health by hiring a person to come help clean my home several...
View ArticleCan I pay someone to thoroughly clean my bathrooms?
I want to hire someone to clean my bathrooms, including general cleaning, removing mildew in the shower, cleaning dark stains in the toilet with CLR or something, and removing caked in dirt in the...
View Articlefinding interesting maid/theme cafes in tokyo/akihabara
I've never been to a maid cafe. I'm curious to go to one. Many people recommend maidreaming and @home, but I have some snowflake questions I've wondered if there was a subredding to ask this, but the...
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