Getting Ready for Your Professional Clean: A Simple Prep Guide

You've scheduled your professional clean, and the cleaning crew is arriving tomorrow. Should you clean up a bit before they arrive? What about toys on the floor? Should they have access to your locked closet?

A little prep work goes a long way. At PureMaids, we partner with our customers to get the maximum value out of their cleaning services. How? More moments, less mess. A little prep work helps us deliver our best.

Why Getting Ready Helps

Professional cleaners are experts at cleaning, not organizing. We clean, sanitize, vacuum, and polish. We don't organize, declutter, or decide what to keep and what to throw away. When clutter is on top of the counters, we can't clean.

Getting ready for your clean prevents damage or loss. That expensive earring on the bathroom counter might get thrown away. Your important documents might get damaged during the bathroom counter cleaning.

Getting ready for your clean allows the cleaner to actually clean instead of moving clutter around. Cluttered counters make cleaning much harder.

A real example from our Toronto routes: two similar two-bedroom condos, same size, same package. In the first, the counters were clear and the crew spent the full visit scrubbing, sanitizing, and detailing. In the second, the team spent the first half hour relocating dishes, mail, and laundry before they could touch a surface. Same price — noticeably different result. Ten minutes of prep buys you thirty minutes of actual cleaning.

A Quick Guide to Getting Ready for Your Clean

Surfaces:

• Take things off your counters, tables, and dressers
• Pick up toys, clothes, and other items from the floor
• Take things off your bathroom counters, excluding soap dispensers
• Move small furniture if you want your floors cleaned

Valuables:

• Keep your valuables, like jewelry, money, and important documents, out of reach
• Lock up any rooms you don't want cleaned
• Take down any breakable items from your shelves

Pet Preparation:

• Keep your pets out of the cleaning area
• Inform the cleaning crew of your pet location
• Keep your pet toys out of the area

Access:

• Make sure to unlock any rooms you want cleaned
• Inform the cleaning crew of your parking location — in downtown Toronto condos, a heads-up about visitor parking or concierge check-in saves your crew real time
• Leave instructions for the cleaning crew if you won't be home.

The Night-Before Checklist (5 Minutes, Tops)

If you only do one thing, run through this quick list the evening before your clean:

1. Clear kitchen and bathroom counters into a basket or drawer.
2. Pick up anything on the floors — toys, shoes, cables.
3. Put jewelry, cash, and documents somewhere out of the way.
4. Decide which rooms are in and which are off-limits; lock or note the off-limits ones.
5. Text us your parking/entry details and any problem areas you want extra attention on.

Talk Openly About Problem Areas

Every house has its challenge areas. Problem areas may vary from house to house, such as stubborn stains in the shower, a dirty oven, or carpets that are difficult to clean. Let your cleaners know about them beforehand.

We believe in open communication because it will help us provide you with better service by bringing along the right equipment. When a client in North York warned us in advance about years of baked-on grease in the oven, the crew arrived with the right degreaser and finished the job in one visit instead of two.

Don’t worry about your messy house; we’ve seen it all. Your messy house is our Tuesday afternoon. We are professional cleaners, and your messy house is not a challenge to us.

Let your cleaners know about your house, such as what type of floor you have, whether you have any special pieces of furniture, or any special requirements you may have.

What Not to Do

Don’t pre-clean everything: We are professional cleaners, and you’ve hired us for a reason.

Don’t hide your messy areas: Don’t hide your messy areas in your house, thinking that we will not notice them. We will still notice them, and you will still expect us to clean them, right?

Don’t leave notes everywhere: Instead of leaving notes everywhere, it would be better if you told your cleaners what you want.

Don’t leave without telling us anything: Don’t leave your house without telling us anything, as it will be difficult for us to reach you, especially if you are hiring us for the first time.

Why Professional Cleaners Succeed

Professional cleaners can make your house look clean, but they can also ensure that your house is clean, not just superficially. In Toronto, PureMaids professional cleaners ensure that your house is genuinely clean, not superficially.

Professional cleaners are equipped with professional-grade equipment, and they are experienced cleaners who can clean your house without damaging anything.

Your time is valuable, and you can spend that valuable time on something else, such as your family, hobbies, or simply relaxing.

Ready for your first visit? Book a regular cleaning or start with a deep cleaning anywhere in Toronto and the GTA — get in touch and we'll take it from there.