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nycShort version: I am happy with Up & Go and you can get 10% off a housecleaning with this referral discount code: GIVE10GET10-475
Longer version:
My experience using the Up & Go co-op for cleaning has been more than adequate. The MTA made my cleaner late to my home the first time, and the initial clean took longer than she expected (since we hadn't had a cleaner in some of our rooms for several months), but I think she did a good, thorough job, and I appreciated that she spoke English that was good enough for us to communicate easily. And then for subsequent cleanings things have gone faster.
We have a two-bedroom, one-bath apartment, and paid extra to have the housecleaner bring cleaning products instead of providing them ourselves. Price breakdown for the first cleaning (charged to my credit card only after the cleaning):
This is a little more than I've been charged by my previous cleaner, We Can Do It, but I am really happy about being able to pay with a credit card online instead of having to have cash on hand to pay the cleaner, and with the ease of scheduling and rescheduling online, including setting up regular (e.g., monthly) cleanings. There was a miscommunication about my second or third booking and I got a $50 discount on the next cleaning by way of apology.
Also I work from home so I consider housecleaning expenses to be deductible expenses on my taxes and my tax accountant seems to think that's fine.
Up & Go is sort of a meta-co-op/platform cooperative that handles booking/scheduling and payment processing, and works with area housecleaning co-ops who are the ones who actually do the cleaning.
You get 10% off a cleaning with discount code GIVE10GET10-475 .
Longer version:
My experience using the Up & Go co-op for cleaning has been more than adequate. The MTA made my cleaner late to my home the first time, and the initial clean took longer than she expected (since we hadn't had a cleaner in some of our rooms for several months), but I think she did a good, thorough job, and I appreciated that she spoke English that was good enough for us to communicate easily. And then for subsequent cleanings things have gone faster.
We have a two-bedroom, one-bath apartment, and paid extra to have the housecleaner bring cleaning products instead of providing them ourselves. Price breakdown for the first cleaning (charged to my credit card only after the cleaning):
2 br, 1 bath base price: $111 - $121
Provide cleaning products: $11
Fresh Start (additional charge for a first-time cleaning): $32
Estimated Price: $153 - $163
Estimated Hours: 3.5-6
Actual Hours: 6.0
Final Price before tax: $163.00
Tax Amount: $13.72
Payable Amount: $176.72
This is a little more than I've been charged by my previous cleaner, We Can Do It, but I am really happy about being able to pay with a credit card online instead of having to have cash on hand to pay the cleaner, and with the ease of scheduling and rescheduling online, including setting up regular (e.g., monthly) cleanings. There was a miscommunication about my second or third booking and I got a $50 discount on the next cleaning by way of apology.
Also I work from home so I consider housecleaning expenses to be deductible expenses on my taxes and my tax accountant seems to think that's fine.
Up & Go is sort of a meta-co-op/platform cooperative that handles booking/scheduling and payment processing, and works with area housecleaning co-ops who are the ones who actually do the cleaning.
You get 10% off a cleaning with discount code GIVE10GET10-475 .
