Mae Cleans Houses
Mae has over 20 YEARS of experience managing the cleaning of homes and small businesses.
Schedule your Free House Cleaning Consulation
(360-420-0759)
email: mae@cleanshouses.com
What Mae Offers
- Regular Single-family Houses: weekly or every other week cleaning
- Condo Cleaning: Monthly or every other week cleaning
- Vacationa Rentals: Cleaning Managment
- Small Offices: weekly
I have clients who want me to come in and do what I do. They don't want to think about it too much, they want to be able to rely on my judgment at what needs attended to each week.
I have other clients who don't want me to bother with the kitchen, but have the bathrooms as a priority.
Mae's Cleaning System
Lay of the Land
- Lay of the Land I grab a trash bag and empty all the trash receptacles while I observe what shape the house is in. Will I have to pick up toys, is the kitchen in need of extra attention, where the bathrooms used heavily during the week.
The Tri-cycle Method
- Tri-Cycle
I organize my cleaning chores on a Tri-cycle.
I organize my cleaning chores on a Tri-cycle. (No, not literally.)
I divide your house up into three areas.
- Kitchen
- Bathrooms
- Living room/Bedrooms.
My method of attack is to rotate those three areas, so that each one gets special attention sometime during the month. I am flexible, so when I do my lay of the land, I make a decision as to whether I should prioritize a different area.
Kitchen - there are always extras to do in the kitchen. I am more than happy to clean out your frig, wash down and oil cabinets and dust the top of your cabinets were you might keep decorative plates.
Bathroom - Inside the medicine cabinet, clean out area under the sink, and pay critical attention to shower/tub area.
Living Room and Bedrooms -Vacuum or sweep, floor and decorative moldings, oil wood furniture, dust and spot wash fingerprints of walls and doors.
Mae's Regular Routine
| KITCHEN | BATHROOM | LIVING ROOM / BEDROOMS |
| Wash out window tracks | Wash out window tracks | Wash out window tracks |
| Straighten and Organize | Straighten and Organize | Straighten and Organize |
| Load/Unload Dish Washer (includees. hand wash certain items) |
Mirrors (includes. medicine cabinets) |
Dust / Polish Furniture and Surfaces |
| Stove Top (clean and polish) |
Toilet (in and out) (includes fixtures and surrounding area) |
Make and/or Change Bed |
| Clean Microwave | Scour Tubs /Showers | |
| Spot wipe Frig | ||
| Glass enclosures and doors | Glass enclosures and doors | Glass enclosures and doors |
| Wash window above sink | Wash Sliding Glass Door Windows | Wash Sliding Glass Door Windows |
| Scour Sinks | Scour Sinks | |
| Clean and Polish Countertops | Clean and Polish Countertops | |
| Spot wash door and handles | Spot wash door and handles | Spot wash door and handles |
| Spot wash fingerprints off walls | Spot wash fingerprints off walls | Spot wash fingerprints off walls |
| Spot wash light fixtures (includes light plates and light housings) |
Spot wash light fixtures (includes light plates and light housings) |
Spot wash light fixtures (includes light plates and light housings) |
| Spot wipe Cabinets | Spot wipe Cabinets | Spot wipe Cabinets |
| Polish all Stainless Steel | Polish all Stainless Steel |
Polish all Stainless Steel |
| Spot wash light fixtures (includes light plates and light housings) |
Spot wash light fixtures (includes. light plates and light housings) |
Spot wash light fixtures (includes. light plates and light housings) |
| Empty Trash and Wash Receptacle |
Empty Trash and Wash Receptacle |
Empty Trash and Wash Receptacle |
| Sweep Floor | Sweep Floor | Sweep Floor /Vacuum Rugs (includes move small pieces and vac under) |
| Hand Wash Floor | Wash Floor | Wash Floor |
Testimonials
"Mary is a very pleasant, positive person. She was excellent as our housekeeper,
being very thorough and knowledgeable. We trusted her in our home when
we were away. We think that she would be of great value to you AND your home."
RR and SR, Old Town Anacortes
"Mary Stoughton's work is excellent. A clean house is uplifting. Important to us too is her lyalty, cheerfulness, and flexibility when we needed to change schedules. Hiring Mary will be a positive experience for you."
AB, Anacortes, WA