Cleaning Company vs. Individual Cleaner

Clean Residential Services, Inc. vs. Independent Individual Cleaners 

You have finally decided that you need help keeping up with the cleaning. Who are you going to trust with your home and family? Do you hire Clean Residential Services, Inc. or an individual cleaner? 

We, at Clean Residential Services, Inc., have put together some facts and information to assist you as you make this important decision. 

Availability 

When you hire an individual cleaner, you are at the mercy of their schedule.
What happens when your house cleaner has personal
appointments, becomes ill on your cleaning day, or has children that
need attention or an upset in their school schedule? We work hard to avoid these issues. We have work schedules and back up plans in case of employee absences. 

We also implement strict COVID-19 monitoring. We would never knowingly send an ill employee to your home, an individual cleaner is free to decide if they “feel okay enough” to clean despite being ill. 

Training 

Individual house cleaners apply the cleaning concepts and standards they use cleaning their own homes. After all, cleaning is cleaning no matter where you do it, right? Well, it isn’t that simple, cleaning houses in a professional way is a different story. 

We have developed training protocols with many hands-on experiences. This
is complemented continually with on-going education which is a key
differentiator of our company. Proper cleaning
techniques, time efficiency, appropriate use of tools and supplies ensures that your house is cleaned and maintained to the highest standards. We employee staff supervisors who are responsible for the on-going training and quality assurance that makes our service superior. Further, we train our employees on COVID-19 protocols to make certain cross contamination is never an issue. 

Insurance 

Professional house cleaning not only means getting things clean,
it means providing security for both homeowners and employees.
What would happen if your personal property is damaged,
or a house cleaner is injured in your home? These situations would require your personal homeowner’s insurance to pay (and your rates to increase). 

We carry insurance to deal with those rare, but possible situations. You can hire us without that worry!
Will your individual cleaner provide this security? It is rarely cost effective for individual cleaners to carry insurance policies. 

Background checks and drug screens 

We background check our employees and implement a random drug screening policy. Your family is worth knowing who is coming into your home. Cleaning
companies control who is allowed into your home. We interview literally hundreds of applicants to only hand select a very few. We are exceptionally proud of our track record of trustworthiness! 

Guarantee 

Clean Residential Services, Inc. is responsibly committed to
delivering quality work. In the rare case of a mistake, we are prepared to
consistently guarantee our services and remediate an area a customer
may not be satisfied with. Individual cleaners may not have the time or
resources to deliver this warranty. The 100% satisfaction guarantee is
an important element to consider when choosing between us and an individual cleaner. We deliver what we promise...period. 

Who is the individual cleaner’s employer? 

This is an important legal aspect that few people consider...
Hiring Clean Residential Services, Inc. will guarantee that you will ONLY be
responsible for paying us for our services and that we will
take care of the legality of our employees. Now, if you decide to hire
an individual here is an overview of the requirements:
Let’s pretend you pay this individual $2100 or more over the course of
the year. You are obligated, by law, to withhold and pay federal income, Social Security, and unemployment taxes. You may want to take a look at IRS publication 926 that clearly outlines your responsibilities as an employer, yes, you read that correctly, you are the employer. By hiring us to care for your home, you have no IRS worries. 

Supplies 

Who provides the supplies? Most individual cleaners require the
homeowner to provide supplies, many times listing products they
prefer/want you to buy. Clean Residential Services, Inc. provides premium products that efficiently and safely get your home clean and when we leave,
all that mess goes with us, and is not left drying in your laundry
room. Furthermore, we utilize products that are EPA/CDC approved to kill SARS-CoV-2, the cause of COVID-19. This added step brings peace of mind to our clients. 

Price 

Last, but certainly not least, price. It is understandable that price is a
determining factor in making this decision, however, it can’t be the
only factor. In terms of just price, individual cleaners will always win.
There is a tremendous difference in price and value and in the long run, cheaper is not always better. When you consider the protection Clean Residential Services, Inc. offers your family, the freedom from IRS taxes and forms, and 

the provision of premium cleaning products and equipment, we become an obviously wise and economical decision. 

We understand that you have the choice in who to choose for cleaning your home. We want you to know that we always respect the invitation into our clients’ homes to provide service and will strive continually to make sure you feel you are making the BEST choice by allowing Clean Residential Services, Inc. to provide your service.