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“Deep Cleaning” – What’s it Mean to You?

5 years ago

I have a friend that has some health issues that prevents them from lifting, moving, bending, contorting and all the other things you must do to get to those hard to reach areas to clean. She’s been this way for a few years now and it had gotten to the point that she no longer had guests over because she was embarrassed for them to see the inside of her house.


She’d talked for months about needing to hire a cleaning service for routine dusting and vacuuming but that her home must first undergo a “deep cleaning”. She was given the name of a cleaning service by a friend. They showed up at her home, gave her an estimate, set a date/time and told her that she would need to be out of her home while being cleaned, and would receive a text when to return.


The service showed up 30 minutes early on the date catching her a little off guard. She said that they arrived in 3 cars, with buckets, mops, brooms step ladders, etc. She counted 14 people. Three and a half hours later she returned.


Three days later I called to see how things went.

She paused and said that things had never been cleaner but she was still processing what had happened and searching for the right words to describe her feelings. “Violated” was the next word she uttered.


Everything had been moved and cleaned but not everything had been returned to the same place. Her laundry detergent had been placed high on a shelf and she could no longer reach it. Pantry items had been moved to kitchen cabinets. Everything had been unplugged but not plugged back in. Unopened food items had been “thrown out”.


I asked her if she thought things had been taken.


She said she didn’t know because she was still finding stuff.


I’m leaving out a lot but this is getting long. I just wanted to what others have experienced when having their homes “deep cleaned”.


TIA

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