Whether it’s your first time hiring a professional Perth cleaning service or not, there are certain things one can do to ensure both parties (homeowners and house cleaners) are satisfied and happy with the experience. Quite often, clients are unaware of basic etiquette and preparations required to make their house cleaner feel welcomed and safe because, after all, the relationship between a homeowner and professional maid is a two-way street.

With that said, here are 5 ways you can prepare for a Perth cleaning service to have a satisfactory, smooth-sailing experience.

1. Do Your Bit to Reduce Clutter

Unless instructed or agreed upon prior to hiring the cleaning service, it is not your cleaner’s job to tackle clutter. While organising items or tidying up is typically within their job description, tackling large amounts of clutter is not. So, if you’ve got things lying around and out of place, take the time to put them away and leave your professional cleaner with a clutter-free space to clean.

It should also be noted that a cleaning technician cannot be blamed for ineffective results if he or she is forced to work around a messy room. On top of that, you will not be fully satisfied with a house that is clean yet very cluttered. 

2. Note Down Special Instructions

The goal behind listing down special instructions to be followed by the cleaner is to ensure that all cleaning tasks are carried out in a manner that you are satisfied with. Every house is unique, as are one’s cleaning needs; hence, referring to instructions will help the cleaner navigate cleaning tasks efficiently.

If you have special cleaning requests, on the other hand, this must be discussed prior to booking your Perth cleaning service. The specific instructions we are referring to may be in the form of personal preferences such as cleaning the kitchen first, and bedrooms last, or how to lock up before they leave (if you are not going to be around). Whatever they may be, it’s important to make the instructions clear, concise and, most of all, within reason.

3. Keep the Kids and Pets Busy

Although it’s nice to see how well your hired Perth house cleaner gets along with your kids and/or pets, it’s important to understand that they are working on a schedule and would like to come in and get on with their job without having distractions or interruptions.

Above this, for safety reasons, it is advisable to keep kids/pets out of the way while the technician is using cleaning equipment and products. Unless you have requested for an eco-friendly Perth cleaning service, it is likely that the cleaning agents being used contain chemicals which must be kept out of reach of children and pets.

4. Secure Valuables

There are two reasons why this is an important thing to do before your house cleaner arrives. From the homeowner’s perspective, there is always the worry of theft, and rightly so. If trust is something to be earned, it’s not unreasonable to expect that of your professional house cleaner, too. This is one of the reasons why it is important to ensure that the company in question vets and hires recommended house cleaners such as Perth’s very own CleaningBest. 

On the other hand, you need to understand from the professional’s perspective what it means to have valuables lying around while they are cleaning your home. For starters, there is the risk of accidentally damaging a valuable item because it was not put away. Secondly, if a valuable is lost or misplaced, it is a common practice by homeowners to put the blame on the house cleaner. Therefore, professional cleaning technicians prefer that you secure valuables before they arrive to avoid such unfortunate and unfair circumstances.

5. Organise Important Documents/Bills

When you leave bills, documents or other important papers lying around with junk mail or old magazines, they might get misplaced while your Perth house cleaner is tidying up. In some cases, if one of these papers have fallen down, the cleaner might mistake it for trash and dispose of it while cleaning your floors.

To prevent any of the above scenarios from happening, organise your paperwork ensuring that nothing is left out of place or mixed with books and magazines on your coffee table. If you haven’t had time to do this before your house cleaner arrives, simply instruct them to leave the papers/documents as they are.

Going back to work, meeting/interacting with people, and sitting in a confined space with colleagues, all hit differently with the reality of our ‘new normal’. While Western Australia has done relatively well to keep the number of COVID-19 cases in the state low, other places like Victoria and New South Wales could not do the same. Nevertheless, for now, things seem to be under control in Perth, WA, but one can’t help but ask for how long?

The fact is that, like other Australian cities, Perth offices must have a set of cleaning guidelines to ensure that the premises are sterile and free of viruses at all times (it’s better to be safe than sorry). So, what are the top tips to keep your office safe during the COVID-19 pandemic? CleaningBest Perth is here to explain.

1. Clean, Disinfect, Repeat

In these times of a potential, dangerous virus lurking around wherever you go, basic office cleaning does not cut it. Without a daily disinfection routine in place, you will only have a clean looking office space, not a sterile one. 

If you don’t have the time to perform standard cleaning measures followed by sterilising each and every high-touch surface in the room, it is highly recommended that you hire a Perth office cleaning service to clean and sterilise the space on a daily basis. Bear in mind that disinfection of a large space is best left to a professional commercial cleaning service as opposed to doing it yourself; more often than not, DIY results are nowhere near as thorough and effective as those achieved by experienced professionals.

2. Make it Mandatory to Practice Optimal Hygiene

If you run an office, you need to set good examples and institute strict precautionary rules that encourage good hygiene. By now, we all know how important it is to wash our hands thoroughly and wear a mask in order to prevent contracting COVID-19 or passing on germs to someone else; however, there are other measures that must be taken in an office setting to ensure that it remains sterile even after you’ve had a Perth office cleaning service come in and do the needful. Take a look below:

• Sanitise hands before and after touching door knobs, bathroom surfaces, and kitchen appliances/surfaces.
• Use disinfectant wipes to wipe down your desk, equipment, and surrounding areas/objects (that you touch frequently) before you leave your workplace
• Avoid unnecessarily touching things or surfaces in the office
• Dispose of used tissues/napkins immediately
• Avoid leaving used coffee mugs or water glasses exposed 

3. Maintain Social Distancing

While it may not be possible to stay 6 feet apart from colleagues at all times, it is definitely advised. As mentioned earlier, Perth, WA has not had as many coronavirus cases as other cities in Australia and, even now, there are only few active COVID-19 cases recorded in the state. Still, when/if things are to suddenly change is anybody’s guess at this point; therefore, until one can be absolutely certain that the virus has been eradicated, such preventative measures in offices are here to stay. It should also be mentioned that the number of on-premise employees and/or clients must be kept to a minimum during this global pandemic. 

4. Improve Air Filtration

While hiring a professional office cleaning service in Perth, WA is your best bet to keep the space clean and sterile, remember that airborne viruses are best tackled by a reliable air filtration system and good ventilation. To help prevent viruses from spreading in the air in your office, the Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value (MERV) of air filters must be numbered somewhere between 13 and 15. These types of air filters are generally used in areas of a hospital where patients with contagious infections are treated. To put it simply, if the MERV is on the higher side, this means that there are smaller holes in the filter and therefore, they are more effective at trapping pathogens.

In conclusion, with or without a raging global pandemic, the tips above are highly recommended among cleaning experts to keep viruses from spreading around your Perth office.