Author Archives: David Losh

Many people ask how much we charge. The answer is simple and straight forward, but let’s put all of the different rates up here so you can compare. First is the individual who has the job of cleaning who charges … Continue reading →

A lot of people have the dream about franchising the services they provide. It’s a simple formula of putting together methods of doing business, and duplicating them for any one who will pay the fees. The most common franchise is … Continue reading →

One of our long time clients called to ask if we could clean his dad’s place in Bellevue, his dad was in the hospital. I said sure, but he asked if we could be confidential, I said sure. He seemed reluctant, … Continue reading →

As the kids get out of school there is a kind of reluctance to have a clean house because it will just get dirty again. Lot’s of people go on vacation, and don’t need to have the house cleaned. This … Continue reading →

You have to take the whole thing apart, put the upper enamel sections in the sink, and wash them. The burner grills can be put in the sink to be rinsed with the hottest water you can, then taken out … Continue reading →

Our business page for FaceBook sat there for about a year before I paid attention to it. Blogging eats up a lot of my time already. In this past month, with just a few posts, the response from FaceBook has … Continue reading →

Your regular household vacuum usually tries to do too much. It wants to be both an upright, and a canister. Commercial cleaning companies know that the goal is to have more suction directed at picking up dirt, and hair. Many … Continue reading →

Another cleaning company we do business with, we refer clients to them and they refer to us, claims in thier advertising they only use microfiber rags. We also use microfiber, but we have found terry cloth, and bar towels work better … Continue reading →

Maid in the Northwest is one of the oldest independently owned cleaning companies in Seattle. The owner, Liane Christianson, is in charge of the daily activities of the business after all of these years. Some other cleaning companies have been … Continue reading →

We are happy to be one of a few long established independent cleaning companies in Seattle. There are a about a dozen franchise cleaning companies here, and a thousand small independents. This doesn’t include the individual housekeeprs, or maid services, … Continue reading →