Light Housekeeping in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea
Not cleaning. The kitchen, the washing, the bathroom, and whichever floors get walked across every day, kept at the standard that lets somebody go on living here.
A safety matter before a tidiness one
A kitchen that has got away from whoever lives there is not an aesthetic question. It is food going over, a ring left burning, a slippery floor, and rubbish that nobody indoors can still carry out.
It is also the plainest early warning available. Forty years of a spotless house, followed by a house that is merely nearly spotless, says more than any telephone conversation.
So the work gets done and the state of the rooms gets recorded. The second half is as useful as the first.
Housekeeping happens inside the visit rather than as a separate booking. An aide with an hour in the house does the kitchen and bathroom while the kettle boils.
Where a home has got badly behind, that is a one-off clean by a cleaning firm, and we will say so rather than charge care rates for it.
What gets done
Fitted around the rest of the visit, never booked as a clean of its own.
A kitchen fit to cook in
Plates done, surfaces cleared, the hob seen to, and a sweep of the fridge for whatever has gone past its date.
A bathroom nobody slips in
Surfaces gone over, the floor dried off, and the mat and rails glanced at while the aide is already in there.
Washing and bedding
One load washed, dried, folded and back in the drawer, and the bed stripped and remade on a regular turn.
Floors anybody has to cross
The hall, the kitchen, the bathroom. Dry with nothing on them counts for far more than a shine.
Bins, post and paper
Rubbish out, letters collected, and the growing pile on the table put somewhere findable.
The condition noted
The first thing anybody notices is a home starting to go. It is logged as a warning, not as a job done.
Jobs this does not cover
- Spring cleans and deep cleans
- Windows, balconies and everything outdoors
- Moving heavy furniture or white goods
- Emptying rooms that have been filling for years
- Gardens, yards and terraces
- Work that needs a ladder or protective kit
Easy to accept, visibly useful
Which is why it is so often the first hour a reluctant household agrees to.
Ask which hours come back — (954) 388-1625