Residential Cleaning Services
Your Life’s Concierge is more than a tagline for girlFriday. It’s our promise to be your personal cleaning service that you can depend on.
Housekeeping and Maid Services
Your experience with girlFriday begins with an assessment to understand your particular needs and specific instructions on how you would like your home to be cleaned. Based on your input, we will assign a cleaning person who matches best with your service profile. From end to end and top to bottom, here is a sample of cleaning services we offer:
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To pick up cat hair, put on a wet rubber dishwashing glove and wipe your hand over surfaces. The hair will stick right to it.
Baking Soda as a Cleaner
Baking soda produces carbon dioxide bubbles that help dough rise and make for tender baked goods. To ensure your baking soda still has its powers, combine ½ teaspoons baking soda with 2 teaspoons vinegar. If the mixture fizzes, it’s fresh enough. If it falls flat, save the soda to scour pots and plans.
Cleaning the Bathroom for Guests
If you can clean only one room before company arrives, tackle the bathroom. This is the only room where people spend time solo and may have the time and tendency to notice a mess.
Cleaning with White Vinegar
White vinegar is great in the dishwasher when mixed with automatic dishwashing detergent. It also works well for cleaning the inside of a coffee pot. When mixed with water, it cleans the mineral spots off an iron.
Dryer Sheet as Shower Door Cleaner
After you towel off, rub a new or used dryer sheet over the inside of the wet shower door to prevent soap-scum buildup.
Easy Grill Clean Up
A clean grate prevents food from sticking. If you don’t have a wire brush on hand, crumple a sheet of foil into a ball, hold it with tongs, and use it to scrape off any bits stuck to the grate. (Do this while the grill is hot before and after cooking.)
Keep Your Cutting Board Clean
To keep your wooden cutting board free of food-borne bacteria, sprinkle coarse salt over its surface every few weeks, then rub it in with the cut side of a lemon half. Rinse with hot water and towel dry.
Milk as Shoe Shine
Moisten a cloth with milk and buff dull patent leather back to gleaming glory wihtoug the harsh polish fumes.
Milk as a Stain Pretreater
If you spill red wine on a shirt or a dress, submerge the soiled part in whole milk, squeeze out the excess immediately, then launder as usual. (If the item is dry-clean only, leave it for the pros.)
Solve Cherry Stains
To remove them and other fruit stains from washable fabric, act quickly: blot excess juice with a clean, damp cloth. Squeeze lemon juice onto the stain, wait a couple of minutes, rinse and let dry in the sun (sunlight has a bleaching effect). For big, stubborn stains, soak the fabric in a solution of 1 quart warm water, 1 tablespoon white vinegar and ½ teaspoon clear, mild dishwashing liquid for 15 minutes, then wash as directed. Make extra solution to store in a spray bottle for treating spots.
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Housekeeping and Maid Services
(daily/weekly/biweekly)
Your experience with girlFriday begins with an assessment to understand your particular needs and specific instructions on how you would like your home to be cleaned. Based on your input, we will assign a cleaning person who matches best with your service profile. From end to end and top to bottom, here is a sample of cleaning services we offer:Bathrooms
- Baseboards dusted and cobwebs cleared out
- Cabinet doors wiped down
- Chrome cleaned and polished
- Countertop cleaned and disinfected
- Floors vacuumed and mopped
- Mirror and tile ledge cleaned
- Tile area behind tub cleaned
- Toilet interior and exterior cleaned
- Tub, shower tiles, shower doors, and shower curtain thoroughly cleaned and disinfected
- Sink cleaned and disinfected
- Wastebasket emptied and liner/bag replaced
Bedrooms
- Beds made and linens changed
- Carpet vacuumed
- Floors mopped and vacuumed
- Furniture cleaned
- Mirrors cleaned
- Clear out cobwebs
- Pictures dusted
- Wastebasket emptied and liner/bag replaced
- Windowsills dusted
Family & Living Rooms and Hallways & Stairs
- All rooms and spaces dusted
- Baseboards dusted and cobwebs cleared out
- Carpeted floors vacuumed
- Cushions and pillows fluffed and straightened
- Furniture vacuumed
- Glass tables cleaned
- Hardwood or tile floors damp-mopped
- Lampshades dusted
- Picture frames dusted
- Top of door frames dusted
- Windowsills dusted
Kitchen
- Clear out cobwebs
- Range hood and stove top cleaned
- Outside of all appliances cleaned
- Cabinet doors cleaned and dusted
- Countertop and backsplash cleaned
- Sinks scrubbed and disinfected
- Windowsills dusted
- Top of door frames dusted
- Wastebasket emptied and liner/bag replaced
- Floors vacuumed and mopped
- Table and chairs washed or dusted
- Microwave cleaned inside and out
Move-in & Move-out
At girlFriday, we understand how stressful moving can be. Many changes are happening at once: packing and unpacking; stopping/transferring services; scheduling movers; and perhaps closing on your home, to name a few. If that weren’t enough, you have to ensure your old and new homes are clean and orderly. That’s where we can help by doing the following:- Clean light fixtures, ceiling fans, wall hangings, and blinds
- Clean glass on entrance and clean sliding doors and tracks
- Clean mirrors and windows on the inside
- Clear out cobwebs
- Remove stains and dust from crown molding
- Spot clean walls and fingerprints
- Vacuum all carpeting and mop floors
- Wash baseboards and chair rails
- Wash window ledges
Holiday and Special Occasion
Hosting a special event or throwing a party? girlFriday will set up and clean up, so that you can enjoy yourself and take a load off when the last guest leaves. We will:- Dust rooms where you’ll entertain
- Spot clean walls and fingerprints
- Thoroughly clean bathrooms, including sink, mirrors, vanity, chrome fixtures, and toilets
- Toss out garbage and recycling
- Vacuum/sweep and mop floors
- Vacuum all carpeted surfaces
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Our Residential Cleaning Staff
We hire and develop staff who are professional, efficient, and courteous. They will know your home like their own, so that you can focus on the things you enjoy most. Your assigned girlFriday representative will accommodate your schedule and arrive at the same time for each scheduled housecleaning. We will not arbitrarily change your representative; you can count on the person that knows how you like your home to be cleaned.Supplies We Use
We use your preferred supplies, giving you complete control of the products used in your home. Most importantly, we use your vacuum cleaner, so that you don’t have to worry about surprise pests being brought to your home by way of a traveling vacuum.Customized Cleaning Solutions
If you prefer, we can custom mix chemical-free household cleaning solutions based on your particular needs.Rates and Pricing
Rates vary according to the type of cleaning and size of the home. We do not charge by the hour. Feel free to contact us directly for any changes or adjustments you would like made to your service.click for testimonials
Cleaning Tips
A Quick Way to Pick Up Cat HairTo pick up cat hair, put on a wet rubber dishwashing glove and wipe your hand over surfaces. The hair will stick right to it.
Baking Soda as a Cleaner
Baking soda produces carbon dioxide bubbles that help dough rise and make for tender baked goods. To ensure your baking soda still has its powers, combine ½ teaspoons baking soda with 2 teaspoons vinegar. If the mixture fizzes, it’s fresh enough. If it falls flat, save the soda to scour pots and plans.
Cleaning the Bathroom for Guests
If you can clean only one room before company arrives, tackle the bathroom. This is the only room where people spend time solo and may have the time and tendency to notice a mess.
Cleaning with White Vinegar
White vinegar is great in the dishwasher when mixed with automatic dishwashing detergent. It also works well for cleaning the inside of a coffee pot. When mixed with water, it cleans the mineral spots off an iron.
Dryer Sheet as Shower Door Cleaner
After you towel off, rub a new or used dryer sheet over the inside of the wet shower door to prevent soap-scum buildup.
Easy Grill Clean Up
A clean grate prevents food from sticking. If you don’t have a wire brush on hand, crumple a sheet of foil into a ball, hold it with tongs, and use it to scrape off any bits stuck to the grate. (Do this while the grill is hot before and after cooking.)
Keep Your Cutting Board Clean
To keep your wooden cutting board free of food-borne bacteria, sprinkle coarse salt over its surface every few weeks, then rub it in with the cut side of a lemon half. Rinse with hot water and towel dry.
Milk as Shoe Shine
Moisten a cloth with milk and buff dull patent leather back to gleaming glory wihtoug the harsh polish fumes.
Milk as a Stain Pretreater
If you spill red wine on a shirt or a dress, submerge the soiled part in whole milk, squeeze out the excess immediately, then launder as usual. (If the item is dry-clean only, leave it for the pros.)
Solve Cherry Stains
To remove them and other fruit stains from washable fabric, act quickly: blot excess juice with a clean, damp cloth. Squeeze lemon juice onto the stain, wait a couple of minutes, rinse and let dry in the sun (sunlight has a bleaching effect). For big, stubborn stains, soak the fabric in a solution of 1 quart warm water, 1 tablespoon white vinegar and ½ teaspoon clear, mild dishwashing liquid for 15 minutes, then wash as directed. Make extra solution to store in a spray bottle for treating spots.
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Before & After Photos
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