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You probably have questions ahead of time, so we’ve done our best to compile a plethora of house cleaning Frequently Asked Questions for you to look through. As always, feel free to contact us with any inquiries that are not covered here. We look forward to serving you.
We at Pink Shoe think the most important aspect of any home cleaning company are the workers that make up its team. We consider everyone on staff to be an equal part of our work-family, and are always carefully monitoring to ensure everyone here is someone we would be happy to send to our own family members’ homes.
This pride in our staff also applies to our administrative team, which are ready and willing to give you exceptional customer service any time you need assistance.
Pink Shoe is not a franchise. We are a locally owned and operated home cleaning company that has been in business in Omaha, Nebraska since 2010. You will regularly find us supporting various local causes, and we are always open to new ways we can be involved in supporting the local places we each live and work!
We provide house cleaning estimates after completing an on-site visit. We start with the information you provide when you call or complete our web form, and then we set up an appointment to visit your home. This appointment allows you to get to know us, and helps us make sure your quote is specific to your individual needs and circumstances.
Absolutely! Training is a key part of providing a high-quality maid service. Each cleaner goes through weeks of initial training and development, learning the difference between how they cleaned before and how our home cleaning company does it professionally.
Training then continues indefinitely for all house cleaners on our team, helping us stay fresh and interested in the fine details of our profession.
Our home cleaning prices generally stay the same for every recurring house cleaning for at least one year unless you request changes be made. However, occasionally a quote may need revised if we find we are staying longer than anticipated on a regular basis.
We do also review pricing of all customers every year, to ensure prices are in line with the then current costs of doing business.
Not typically. However, on occasion we will do a house cleaning on Saturdays upon request or around extra-busy times such as holiday seasons. This is done on a voluntary basis with our staff, so as to ensure we do not take anyone unwillingly away from weekend family time. These home cleanings may be subject to a slightly higher rate, depending upon the circumstances.
We have found that a team of two house cleaners is best suited for routine cleanings. This allows enough time in the home to not feel rushed, and less possibility for confusion of responsibilities. Occasionally we will include three on a team, and even four if there is a large home cleaning we need to do. However, two is typical.
We do our best to send the same teams to the same homes each time, but we want to emphasize up front that it is not always possible. Due to the varying nature of employee schedules, customer changes and routing structures there are too many variables to promise this at every house cleaning.
If this is a must for you it is suggested you seek out either a solo cleaner, or a company with no more than four cleaning technicians.
We provide all the house cleaning supplies and equipment necessary, with the exception of kitchen trash bag liners. Due to different sized waste baskets, we ask that each customer provide their own. If not provided we will use ours in the large kitchen waste basket as best as we can.
We take a very careful, practical approach to the products that we use to ensure the safest effective methods are being used to clean your home. Our main home cleaning product that is used on roughly 95% of areas where products are used is a locally supplied green certified citrus and peroxide based house cleaner that is both an antiviral and sanitizer. It does a fantastic job cleaning while leaving just a slight but very fresh clean smell!
The three options that are typically used are either entering through the garage or front door via a code we keep in our system, entering via a key we keep in our office, or having the client be home during the cleaning.
All keys contain only a number (no address or identifying information), are checked in and out by managers, and are kept in a secure location at our office.
Occasionally a customer may leave a door unlocked or hide a key, or purchase a lock box in which they keep a key and provide us a code, but these are less typical than the methods above.
The act of providing quality cleaning in a house requires that nearly all surfaces are touched. This leads to a high possibility that unstable or poorly assembled items may be damaged. While we are careful, we can assume no liability for damage to pictures that are inadequately hung, old/brittle/broken blinds, items with unstable bases, floating shelves, items not secured properly, etc.
Curio cabinets, figurines, glassware and items of extreme or sentimental value should be cleaned by the client to ensure that risks to damage are limited. Please make sure our office is aware of these items so we may instruct our cleaners appropriately.
Should damage happen, our team leads will immediately contact the office along with sending a picture of the item. Our office will then reach out to you to establish what has happened, and to work together to resolve the situation.
Without prior approval our employees are not permitted to do extra work on the side for any of our customers.
Please keep in mind that our employees are only insured appropriately and under the assurances we provide when on the clock with our company. Homeowners run a significant risk of liability if a house cleaner is injured at their home and is not under the coverage of worker’s compensation type insurance. The same goes for any damages that may happen.
We absolutely love pets! We do however take necessary precautions.
We do not clean litter boxes, pet urine, or feces due to potential health risks.
If a pet is aggressive we cannot send house cleaners to the home with it loose in the house. If you have an aggressive pet please be sure to let us know about the pet, and where/how it will be contained during cleanings.
If you leave a pet loose to walk around your home we will do our best to accommodate this, but we cannot be held liable for the pet’s safety should it get trapped in an area without our knowledge.
If your pet is one of the loveable types that can’t help but be a shadow to any possible treat giver (i.e. human), please consider a way to help us keep it confined enough that our housekeepers are able to complete their work in a reasonable amount of time.
We do not provide bio-hazard type cleaning services. This means we do not clean up human waste outside of a toilet, and do not clean up blood, needles or other potentially infectious materials. These situations present a health hazard to our housekeepers that is not regular in our line of work, thus we recommend a company that does this every day and is fully safeguarded from the health risks is called.
We do not clean litter boxes, pet urine, or feces due to potential health risks.
Our goal as a house cleaning company is to keep your home in a highly clean state, allowing you to focus on more important things than house cleaning with your precious free time.
That being said, we are human. What we want is a partnership with a client, who will let us know if something was less than satisfactory.
We guarantee our services for a period of 24 hours. If you notice anything within that period of time that was not absolutely to your liking please let us know and a manager will come fix it themselves. This way we:
A) fix this promptly, and
B) get a manager’s input on why it happened, so notes can be added to avoid the incident in the future.
We do not ask for any contract or agreement for recurring customers to sign. Our job is to keep you happy enough you want to stay, not trap you into it!
Any area consisting of multiple highly breakable items that must be carefully handled, such as a collection of drink ware or figurines.
We do not make top bunk beds, as we have found them to be too shaky and unsafe for our housekeepers.
We do not climb ladders more than two steps (our standard step stool), nor climb on top of counters or other raised surfaces.
We do not clean any exterior areas except the exterior glass of entry/exit doors when weather allows (generally above 40 degrees Fahrenheit).
We do not offer carpet cleaning services at this time.
We do not offer AM/PM requests unless it’s a one off and we have advance notice. We do send reminder notices via text and email the day before your scheduled cleaning so you can plan accordingly.
We have found that setting an exact time is a recipe for unmet expectations, as we cannot predict the exact conditions of each home, nor situations such as lockouts, last-minute cancellations, etc. We want to be sure to take care of each home thoroughly each time we come, even if surprise circumstances present themselves.
We ask that we receive notice two days in advance for any scheduled cleaning appointment that you wish to cancel or reschedule.
Cancellations that are not rescheduled create the need for more time at the following cleaning, therefore we enforce a cancellation fee that allows us to cover our additional time spent due to the longer time between cleanings.
Cleaning fee for the appointment after cancellation (after tax amount):
Weekly Cancellation Fee: $25.00
Bi-Weekly Cancellation Fee: $40.00
Monthly Cancellation Fee: **Cleaning will be charged at an hourly rate
Reschedules will be accommodated to the best of our ability, and usually we are able to find a spot that works.
Especially if you are not familiar with professional cleaning you may not be aware, but in order for our teams to provide a top-quality cleaning on an ongoing basis we must first catch the home up to what we call “maintenance mode.” This requires a cleaning that generally takes three times as long as a regular cleaning afterwards. Once a home has gone longer than one month without cleaning the act of making the home clean becomes much more challenging, takes much longer, and requires a very different approach.
Even for those clients who are switching from another company or individual cleaner, we often find that our standards are much higher than the previous service provider. Due to this, we always plan on taking the full amount of time. However, should we take less time than planned on, we will gladly credit the excess to your next cleaning.
We do ask that as much clutter as possible is picked up so that we can clean thoroughly. Cleaners are instructed to clean around piles of clutter.
Please ensure that all items of significant value are put away, including cash, jewelry and other small items. This eliminates any possibility of confusion should a cleaner need to move/adjust the area when cleaning.
Please maintain a comfortable working temperature year-round. This means keeping the air-conditioning on in the summer, and heat on in the winter.
Please make sure a note is left on the closed door of the room you do not want cleaned, to ensure there is zero room for confusion.
Got a question or comment about our service? Feel free to drop us a line anytime. Hit the envelope above to email us, or call 402-330-0930.
