r/HouseCleaning

This is not a joke.

I'm in touch with a variety of robotics companies that are looking for people like us who enjoy cleaning either professionally or for our own homes and selves.

The idea is that you record yourself cleaning your home (with a head-mounted camera / iphone), and then submit your video data. The data is then cleaned for removing any personal information, cut and edited to only focus on useful chores, and annotated in order to be provided to AI / robotics companies who would use this data to improve their models.

It's a cool new type of work that can be fun side income or just additional income while you're already cleaning as part of your work.

I am happy to send details for anyone interested - please DM!

Hi guys!! So I’m doing my first cleaning tmw.

I started this as a side job to save up for my friend to come out from new York this summer(I’m in Chicago area and I’m paying for the ticket and a bunch of other stuff) and I’m trying to save up about 1,100.

I put up an ad on Facebook for my local community and this woman reached out to me.

She has asked me to clean her house which includes 3 bedrooms(2 of them being the kids rooms), a kitchen, 1.5 baths, and a living room.

She wants to pay me 160 at the least. She said her house is a level 6 out of 10 mess. I’m doing the walk through at 9 am and we will discuss official pricing after she requests certain things and she’s open to suggestions. I am able to work till 5;30 pm the latest. I want to charge her a little more because of the time (the starting price) that it will take me. I feel kinda bad cause it’s midnight right now and I feel bad raising the price since it’s pretty late at night and I don’t want to spring it on her tomorrow. She also is going to leave a tip but idk how much and I’m not gonna ask. She is paying me in cash and will be out of the house to let me do my thing after the walkthrough. She is very nice and willing to adjust the price after the walkthrough. Is it bad that I’m hoping she suggests 200+ for this? I’m going to be there for 8.5 hours and I don’t wanna sell myself short. I don’t have much experience in this business but I’ve cleaned family members houses and friends before this and they’ve payed me like 50-100 because it was way less time and legitimately wanted only a basic wipe down. Please lmk what I should do!!!!!!

I’m using her supplies as well.

Also any tips for this clean? She wants a bit of a deep clean for the bathroom and her kitchen. Im kinda nervous and hoping I do well!!!!!!!

She’s willing to pay extra for services like oven cleanings, grout removal, and fridge cleaning.

Is this normal??

Trying to clean my Oven, I inherited from my mother.

it needs some strong cleaning as the inside has small grease splatter stains.

I tried using baking soda but it didn't do much so I'm thinking of trying a non toxic degreaser,

I'm afraid that I won't be able to rinse the surface off enough after words so I want the least dangerous solution as possible.

any advice?

So we bought a house that has all wood and tile flooring. We have a Mastiff, American bully, and 2 dachshund. I'm looking to purchase a cordless vacuum and steam mop. Any recommendations would be nice.

I work long and unpredictable hours and my building has one washer and one dryer for twelve units. The dryer takes three cycles to actually finish anything. I spent months trying to make laundromat drop-off work and the two-day turnarounds kept not lining up with when I needed clothes, which for a work-heavy week is a real problem. I started comparing pickup services specifically on turnaround and real coverage area, not just "we serve your city" marketing. The thing I kept running into was services claiming coverage and then having issues on the first order, or same-day being technically true only if you book before a cutoff that isn't advertised clearly.

The other thing I looked for was whether the service ran their own operations or was a marketplace matching you with whoever's available. The inconsistency I had early on tracked almost exactly with the contractor model, where quality varies by who shows up. When I need something the same day I use No Scrubs and they pickup from my door, and their folding quality has been consistent across multiple orders. I use Rinse for bigger loads and it has also been consistent. If you're looking for something similar the questions I'd ask upfront are: what's the actual cutoff for same-day, do they own their operations or is it a marketplace, and can you add care instructions per item.

I've been hired to clean a family friends' house this week, and I'm looking for any tips on efficiency/anything I might not think to do. I've literally never seen this house before, but from what I'm told it's a relatively big place.

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