There are many reasons to hire a home cleaning service and housekeepers to get your home ready for summer guests and parties. The first is that hiring a cleaning service lets you spend your time doing what you want to do while a professional cleaning crew does the chores to make your home sparkle. 

Since they clean houses for a living, a cleaning service knows the best products and methods to make your home fresh and inviting. You won’t need to invest in cleaning products or tools you won’t use very often, because the cleaning crew can tell you what they’ll need. If you are expecting guests, a cleaning service can get your house in shape, leaving you time to plan how to entertain your company.

A professional cleaning service will tackle all the tough cleaning chores that are part of spring cleaning. You can get your windows washed, get the layer of dust removed from the ceiling fan, and have the window blinds cleaned. Getting a housekeeper to perform chores like these is especially important for homeowners who have limited mobility, are older, or who have a fear of heights.

A home that gleams from a complete spring cleaning is very welcoming and inviting to guests. Why not achieve that look without exerting elbow grease yourself. Hire a cleaning service, and enjoy the benefits of spring cleaning without the work.

If you live in the greater Boston/Metro-West area and are looking for a responsible, trustworthy housekeeper and house cleaners call Minute Women Inc at 781-862-3300.

Asthmatics are not the only ones that suffer from being trapped inside with these irritants. Something as simple as mold spores may be the entire reason why you just don’t feel 100% all the time. Don’t continue to feel run-down and under the weather for no reason! A weekly or bi-weekly house cleaning from a house cleaner can prevent this. 
Even something as simple as being your own house cleaner can bring on an asthma attack or irritate allergies you didn’t know you had. Prevent asthma attacks and illness by hiring a Boston house cleaner. The harsh chemicals used in everyday cleaning products can be not only irritating, but dangerous to those using them. Even with cleaning gloves to protect skin, cleaning products release fumes that can irritate and inflame issues that already exist and create issues that didn’t exist before. Those same chemicals can also make the overall air quality worse instead of better.

Our company promotes  greener products; not only do you not have to use products with harsh chemicals in them yourself, but you can let us do it for you and have peace of mind knowing the products we use will make your house both look and breath cleaner. A weekly cleaning will have you breathing more easily.

Get fast, professional service from a company with people you can trust. Call Minute Women Inc today for a quote or to set up an appointment! We service the Metro-West Boston area!

Having someone that specializes in cleaning homes will save you stress and valuable time. Wouldn’t it be nice to come home from work and not have to worry about dusting and cleaning? For a lot of people, this would make their day. A hassle free way to ensure that the air you breathe is clean and your house is presentable if any unsuspecting guests decide to drop in to say hello. Dust is highly overlooked, yet it contributes to countless sicknesses and colds every year. Dusting is not fun and very time consuming, but it still needs to be done. This is why people with little time should hire a housekeeper to do it for them.

Your quality of life is directly related to how happy you are. People that are always stressed and never have time to relax generally wear their bodies down and get sick more often than those who are less stressed. Depending on the occupancy of your home, you may only need additional cleaning once a week. It will not break the bank and provide you with some spare time to handle other responsibilities or enjoy a hobby. Homeowners in the Boston area that do not have much time to clean should look into hiring a housekeeper to tidy up and get make their home a healthier place to live.

1)      Window Washing in the Sun

You would think with the sunshine pouring in, that there would be no better day?  A nice sunny day is one of the worst times to clean your windows.   The reason is because of the sun’s heat it will dry the glass cleaner too quickly leaving streaks.  Cleaning your windows on a day when it is cloudy or overcast is better.  Mix two ounces of vinegar with 20 ounces of water, and a few drops of liquid soap.  Use a microfiber cloth and you are good to go!

2)      Scrubbing a Rug

When wine (or some other offender) is spilt on a rug, many times people run over with tonic water and start scrubbing furiously with a cloth or towel.  With scrubbing, you are just going to ingrain the wine into the carpet even more.   Take the cloth, and dab it onto the stain.  As the stain comes up, dab clean pieces of the cloth until the stain is gone.

3)      Spraying Wood Polish on the Table

If you spray the polish onto the cloth instead you will save a lot of polish over the course of multiple cleanings.  It does not take that much product to polish a table properly, and if you over polish the table can become sticky.  Use polish with citrus oil in it, and it will bring out the natural color of the wood.

Read About Why Microfiber Clothes Are The Best To Clean With

4)      Abrasive cleaners on your bath tub

Using abrasive cleaners like Ajax or Comet which granulated powders can scratch tubs, and over time scrub the polish off of porcelain.  Instead, use a mild cleaner like soft scrub or scrubbing bubbles.   These products will leave your bathroom clean and keep it shiny.

5)      Cleaning a Cold Oven

Cleaning a warm oven is much easier than cleaning it when it is cold.  Warm the oven for about 10 minutes on 250 degrees, and then turn it off.   Spray non-abrasive cleaner (or make your own with baking soda and water paste) on the inside and let it sit for about 20 minutes.  Scrub with a nylon brush and rinse away the paste with a wet sponge.

Cellular shades are a cost effective way to reduce the amount of energy loss in a home.  They block out the UV rays in the summer, keeping you home cooler, and lock in heat in the winter time.  They improve the décor, absorb sound, and have a surprisingly early ROI.

• What Kind of Shade.   Cellular shades are available in different grades of opaqueness.  They come in light-filtering to room-darkening varieties.  If you want to completely filter out light, side rails can be added.
• The More Cells, the Better. Cellular shades come in multiple shades.  There are single, double or triple-celled.  The more cells, the better the insulation and ability to block light.
• The View.  Cellular shades, when raised, stack higher than ordinary shades. This may be important with those who want to minimize the obstruction of view of their windows.
• Easy and Efficient.  You will be impressed how effective these are for your home, and they can be installed in less than 10 minutes.  To find out more details about how efficient they are, and cost savings go here.

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Our house cleaning services can clean these types of shades and more.  If you are looking to get house cleaning in the Metro-west Boston area, click here to see our website, or call us at 781.862.3300

Having a Boston housekeeping service also allows you to spend more quality time with those that you love.  Instead of doing the chores, and cleaning when you see your parents, you can have more time to talk, and enjoy each other’s company.  Housekeeping solves the problem of not having enough time.  Most children in this position are married which children, and already have a lot of their plate to take care of as it is.  Now maintaining a regular schedule of cleaning a parent’s home is a lot to ask, and may take up to three or more hours each cleaning depending on the size of the home.

Home Cleaning Service Can Do More.

Hiring home cleaning service is more than just cleaning.  We can offer some services to clients other than just cleaning.  Laundry service is another important job to be done for the elderly.   Having cleaning, pressed, and folded clothing goes a long way for the elderly.  They look appropriate, and will feel good about themselves for looking presentable, and independent.

The overall cost for housekeeping service is minimal for what you are getting.  For thirty dollars an hour you would have a responsible Boston area housekeeper come to your parents’ home, clean the house, wash dishes/put them away, clean and fold clothing, and most importantly check on your parent or parents.  Housekeepers we hire must pass a background checked, we require them to provide us 6 professional and personal references, and they are all licensed, insured, and bonded.

Having time with your parents is important, but you want the right kind of time.  The burden of cleaning up their parents’ home because they are no longer capable of doing so is something no one wants.  Having a housekeeper can eliminate this problem and allow you to have a better time when visiting your parents.

When I was growing up, we would hide a key next to the door under a flower pot that had no flower in it. It was pretty obvious if someone wanted to break in where a key could be found.

Now a days crooks and thieves know where the nicest parts of town are, and know most people are gone during the day. Leaving a key is necessary to let people into your home to clean, but leaving it in an obvious place is not.

Here are a few options of how you can hide a key, without it being obvious.

1) Extreme Velcro. This stuff is great. It is heavy duty so it can be used outside in wet and dry places. You can use it on rocks, metal, and cinder blocks – you can stick it anywhere and it will hold anything. 

Place a piece of Velcro on the top in side part of your gutter. Then cut a piece and adhere it to the “head” of the key (where you grasp the key when entering a house) on both sides. Then attach it to the top inside part of the gutter. You can use this same principle for under and an A/C unit, or under the electrical meter on the side of your home. Walk around your house, and look for more places that others may not have thought about.

2) Ziploc Bag. Get a small key-sized Ziploc bag and bury it under a pile of rocks or bark mulch roughly ten feet away from the front door or more.

3) Sprinkler Hide-a-key. This works if you have sprinkler heads, but I feel it is better than the fake rock, and can be placed anywhere. In a garden, the lawn, next to a tree. It allows you to keep the key safe, and far enough away from the front door so it is not suspicious.

4) Key-less Entry Door. For those that have the money, having a key-less entry door is great because there is no key to hide or loose. They come in two types of styles, finger print recognition, and punch codes. They range in price, and can cost over $100.

Wherever you decide to hide your key, make sure it is not in an obvious cliche place. Anywhere in the immediate area of the door the key opens criminals already know about, and will check for. Lock your doors and windows, an hide your key ten or more feet away from the door it opens to ensure thieves will have a much harder time finding it.

Leave your comments below on some good places to hide a key.

Living in Boston isn’t easy when it comes to the weather and keeping your house clean – especially this time of year.  Though we haven’t been hit with the big Nor’easters yet, and it has been really nice out lately,we all know it is coming.  This means everyone in your home will need multiple pairs of shoes to wear, layers of clothing, gloves, and hats.  Snow and salt will be tracked into your home, and the place will get messy.

Keeping your home clean is our job, but we want you be extremely happy when we clean your home.  Keeping your place tidy and clutter free during the winter when there are lots of boots, and layered clothing around can become difficult but is necessary for us to clean your home effectively.

Nothing slows down the cleaning process more than a messy breezeway filled with unorganized coats and boots.  The same goes for messy desks that have papers, bills, memos, and other important information on them.  Keeping the tables, shelves, floors, and countertops as clutter free as possible allows the cleaners to come in and clean your home more effectively, thoroughly, and quickly.  In the end this will save you money because we will be able to clean your home faster so you do not have to pay for more hours of service than you need.

We laugh at the joke too, clean the house before it gets cleaned.  It can be a chore cleaning up the clutter so we can clean effectively, but we do not know how you keep your house organized, so we cannot organize it for you.  We understand that there is going to be clutter sometimes, and we will do our best to organize the boots, and hang up the coats and clean around it.

Boston winters can make a house tougher to live in, tougher to tidy up, and tougher to clean.  By keeping clutter to a minimum you can capitalize on having a cleaning service in Boston during the winter months.

What if I told you there are 4 cleaning supplies that will save you money and would eliminate almost all of your expensive cleaning supplies under your sink?  Also, you could save hundreds of dollars a year by purchasing these items over those name brand supplies?  The four items are bleach, ammonia, baking soda, and white vinegar.  If you invest in some spray bottles and these items, most, if not all of your cleaning supplies will be replaced.  These items are cheaper than name brand items, and for less money you get even more product.  As a general rule of thumb do not mix any of these chemicals with anything but water.  Mixing them can create dangerous and deadly fumes.  Here are our 4 cleaning supplies that will save you money.

 White Vinegar –

Vinegar kills mold, bacteria, and germs.  It is a mild acid and is environmentally friendly, inexpensive, and is not a harsh chemical.  Vinegar is great for cleaning kitchen floors, coffee makers and the pots, clean windows, and clean animal stains.

Baking Soda –

You can clean your refrigerator, microwave, and small appliances.  You can mix it with a lot of water to have a cleaning solution, or use less water to make a paste to scrub with that won’t scratch your surfaces.  Baking soda can be used to get out stains in coffee mugs, and plastic containers.  Also, an open box of baking soda in your refrigerator will eliminate food odors.

Ammonia –

Ammonia is an all purpose cleaner.  A mixture of 1 tbsp of ammonia, 1 tbsp of liquid detergent, and 2 cups of water will create an all purpose cleaner that can be used on countertops and woodwork.  Leaving a ½ cup of ammonia in a cool oven overnight will allow you to easily clean the grease inside without using heavy chemicals.

Bleach-

Bleach is a sanitizer.  Using it in the bathroom and kitchen is the best.  Ammonia, vinegar, and baking soda clean effectively, but do not disinfect as well as bleach does.  Using 1 tsp of bleach in a quart of water you can disinfect your kitchen, cutting boards, and bathroom, as well as killing mold around the house.

So those are our 4 cleaning supplies that will save you money, time, and eliminate most of your hash chemicals around the house.  What are some of your inexpensive ways to clean your home?  Write some comments on what you do to save money when cleaning around the house.