Beware "The Cleaning Fairy"

Cleaning fairy

New method for getting new clients isn’t exactly legal.

For a little over a year, independent house cleaner Susan Warren has been breaking into empty homes, doing some light cleaning, and leaving a bill. Her philosophy: many homeowners just don’t know how good it can be to have a house cleaner, so she feels they need to know first-hand; that will lead them to call her back and hire her officially to be their house cleaner.

 

 

Her biggest regret is that she didn’t prepare and leave a more professional invoice for her services.

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    CeCe Mikell is the Editor-in-Chief for Cleaning Business Today, coming to the cleaning industry from a 25-year career as a college professor of communication and business followed by executive roles in operations and finance. LinkedIn

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