Secrets to Hiring the Right House Cleaning Service
Are you trying to discover the best secrets to hiring a housekeeping service? We've got everything you need to know here.
How often should you get your house cleaned?
This is one of the questions we get from new clients: “How often should I get my house cleaned?” There’s no single answer because every home and the people who live in it are different. Should it be once a week? Every other week? Monthly? It really depends on your home, your lifestyle, and your [...]
Can I get a customized cleaning or add-on cleaning services?
We’re glad you asked! We absolutely can customize our cleaning service to meet your specific needs and fit your budget, to the best of our ability. We can also add on several specialized services whenever you might need them. Here are a few examples of how we can customize your cleaning or add on beneficial [...]
How long will it take a cleaning service to clean my home?
If you’ve never had the delightful experience of outsourcing your house cleaning to a cleaning company or maid service, you might be unsure how long it will actually take. When you do the cleaning, you probably have days when you whip through your home in a matter of minutes to clean up the mess. But [...]
What does it mean to be bonded and insured and why should I care?
Why Are Bonding & Insurance Important? When you compare house cleaning companies, you’ll notice that many of them say they are “bonded and insured.” But what does this actually mean? This important information can help you decide which cleaning company you feel most comfortable hiring. What Does Bonded Mean? Being bonded gives you a way [...]
What questions should you ask a cleaning service before hiring them?
Inviting someone into your home is a big deal, and you wouldn’t let just anyone cross the threshold. When you’re shopping around for the best cleaning service, here are several questions you should ask up front to make sure you are comfortable with the person or company you are hiring. How much do you charge [...]
What causes different price quotes for cleaning a home?
When you’re shopping around for a maid service for your home, you may receive a wide range of price quotes. What causes these price differences? Why are some house cleaning companies more expensive than others when they’re all quoting prices for the same house? Size of company One of the biggest factors is whether you’re [...]
What’s the difference between hiring an independent cleaner vs a professional cleaner with employees?
If you’re just starting to look around at potential cleaning companies, you might be surprised by the range of options that are available, from large well-known franchised companies to solo independent cleaners working out of the trunk of their cars. Then there’s us. Buckets & Bows Maid Service is a locally-owned professional cleaning service with [...]
New Year. Healthier You. But Is Your Home Helping?
Diet and eat healthier, exercise more, and lose weight are this year's top three New Year's resolutions. 71% percent of us have one or more of these goals on our New Year's resolutions list this year. It looks like we are a nation working to get healthier...and perhaps struggling to achieve these goals, given how many [...]
We Teach the Pros
Hundreds of maid services in the US and Canada and as far afield as UAE, New Zealand, the UK and Ireland come to Debbie and Buckets & Bows Maid Service for how to grow their own business.
Your Best Foot Forward as We Go Back To School: 8 Survival Strategies
The kids are back in school! These first few days might have been a bit of a blur. You just got lucky getting everyone out the door on time with two shoes on. But now it’s time to rein in the new routine. Set yourself up for a great year with fewer arguments and less [...]
Moving Day
Summertime…but not all of our customers are thinking about their summer vacations. Some of them are thinking about moving. May through September is the busiest time of the year for moving and this means that our maid service fills out our schedule with move in and move out cleanings. With 1000 people a day moving [...]
How To Boost Your HOME Appeal
Have you noticed an uptick in For Sale signs in your neighborhood? Welcome to house selling season! Every viewer of HGTV knows the meaning and importance of curb appeal when you've got your house on the market. 'You have to get them in the door!' So we spruce up the outsides of our homes: green, [...]
BBMS Offers DIY Spring Cleaning Tips
We know all about Spring Cleaning at Buckets & Bows Maid Service. So, when media publishers around the country need copy for their spring editions, they call us and talk to our owner and president, Debbie Sardone. She is after all America's Top Cleaning Expert, living right here in Flower Mound, TX. Thanks to Murray [...]
The Gifts of Clean for the Holidays
We would never advise giving someone a vacuum for Christmas. It might get you banished to the guest room or removed from next year's gift exchange. But if it's featured prominently on their wish list, you may be dealing with a clean freak who will welcome your acknowledgement of her need for clean. So here [...]