Choosing a better cleaning service for your home

Whether you own a business or a home, cleaning is always a must-do and produces few volunteers to do the chores. Smart management chooses to outsource everyday, menial, and thankless tasks that seem to take forever. The problem is who can be trusted to protect valuables as much as expected while doing a job worth the bill that the service generates. The big question here is really whether to go with a franchise or local company to handle the job. Both have advantages and disadvantages.

For many, a home cleaning service is a top priority. In the case of a company, a dirty or clean workplace is reflected in the brand. Nobody likes a messy office, no matter what product is being sold. Even auto repair shops and gas stations try to offer a clean showcase. Potential clients may choose to work with your competitor instead of you simply due to a lack of cleanliness (which translates to a lack of organization). In this case, a franchise may be the best option. They are generally reliable and do an excellent job. However, to get this excellent service, one will pay substantially for it. These cleaning service companies want a fixed schedule and a fixed price. In other words, they want to be paid every month without fail. Many will even require a contract as well. As with most things in life, you get what you pay for and in this case it will be a clean office that reflects well on your business.

For homeowners, cleanliness is a reflection of you, but in a lesser way than in a business. People hope that a successful business should be able to afford to clean. For homeowners, friends and family bring a certain amount of grace and understanding to a messy home, but only up to a point. After that, the gossip and pointing fingers begin. If a cleaning service is needed, then who to hire becomes a matter of how important your image is to the world. If it is exceptionally important and you cannot do it yourself, then hiring a franchise to do the work may be the best solution. The maids will reliably arrive on time and clean everything. However, most homeowners don’t have a weekly or bi-weekly cleaning fee in their budget and will have a few weeks when they don’t want to have any services. For those, a local cleaning service may be a better option. Their prices are generally more affordable, and they generally want a schedule but not a contract. They are also willing to cancel appointments more easily and will often send the same cleaners to your home, so special instructions are more likely to be followed.

Choosing between a franchisee and a local cleaning service company is a difficult choice. Franchises offer reliability, while local businesses offer flexibility. When it comes to cost, franchises are usually more expensive and require a contract, but when weighing up the hidden costs of having a reputation for being unclean, it may not cost as much as originally thought. The bottom line is that it’s all about weighing the costs against how important a clean reputation is to you. For businesses, it should be extremely important, and for homeowners, it’s more of a personal preference.