Now: kitchenLincoln Square · Thursday 9:24

Thursday, 12:40.

You could read in it.

A two-bed flat above the bakery on Lincoln Avenue, with flour on every sill. Mei and Claire went top to bottom and did the floors last, by hand, and dry.

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In9:04

Now9:24

Rooms1 of 6

Floor0% buffed

Every other week$168

The same two cleaners every other Thursday, with the same kit in the same order.

You get two names, not a rota. Mei and Claire learn where the spare key lives, which shelf stays as it is, and that the cat hides under the bed on Thursdays.

Same pair every visit

Since 2014

Employed by us, never subcontracted

Insured

Our own kit and products

Included

Meet the team

Mei and Claire

Thursdays in Lincoln Square

Average visit, two-bed flat

This year

3 h 40 min

Timed across 1,240 visits this year. We quote the time as well as the price, and tell you when a visit runs over.

Services, by what they look after.
Every visit starts with your surfaces.

Prices are for a two-bed flat. We quote yours after a ten-minute call, and the price does not change after the first visit.

Regular cleanEvery room top to bottom, floors last.Every week, every other week or every four weeksfrom$148

Deep cleanInside the oven and fridge, grout, limescale, the tops of everything.Once, or each spring and autumnfrom$340

Move in, move outEmpty rooms, inside every cupboard, marks off the walls, keys returned.Booked around your lease datesfrom$420

Beds and linenBeds stripped and made, sheets washed and folded, towels changed.Added to any visitadd$24

After the buildersFine dust off every surface, paint flecks off glass, floors twice.Quoted after a short visitfrom$560

Top to bottom,
in the same order, every visit.

Dust falls, so a visit starts at the ceiling and ends on the floors. A room is only done once, and the note says when each one was finished.

2.7 mCeiling fans and light fittingsDust falls, so the visit starts at the top.

2.1 mPicture rails and the tops of framesA soft brush, then a damp cloth.

1.4 mShelves, sills and switchesThings lifted, wiped under, put back where they were.

0.9 mWorktops and tablesDegreased, rinsed and dried with a second cloth.

0.1 mSkirting boardsBy hand, the whole way round.

0 mFloors, lastVacuumed, then mopped and dried.

1 of 6

Ceiling fans and light fittings2.7 mTop to bottom, floors last. Done.

2.7 mCeiling fans and light fittingsDust falls, so the visit starts at the top.

2.1 mPicture rails and the tops of framesA soft brush, then a damp cloth.

1.4 mShelves, sills and switchesThings lifted, wiped under, put back where they were.

0.9 mWorktops and tablesDegreased, rinsed and dried with a second cloth.

0.1 mSkirting boardsBy hand, the whole way round.

0 mFloors, lastVacuumed, then mopped and dried.

1 of 6

Ceiling fans and light fittings2.7 mTop to bottom, floors last. Done.

2.7 mCeiling fans and light fittingsDust falls, so the visit starts at the top.

2.1 mPicture rails and the tops of framesA soft brush, then a damp cloth.

1.4 mShelves, sills and switchesThings lifted, wiped under, put back where they were.

0.9 mWorktops and tablesDegreased, rinsed and dried with a second cloth.

0.1 mSkirting boardsBy hand, the whole way round.

0 mFloors, lastVacuumed, then mopped and dried.

1 of 6

Ceiling fans and light fittings2.7 mTop to bottom, floors last. Done.

We bring our own kit.
Five things, one job each.

Every pair arrives with the same caddy, packed the same way, so nothing from a bathroom ever touches a kitchen.

Multi-purpose spray

Worktops, tables and handles

Soap and refills

Mild, unscented, refilled each morning

A hand packing spray bottles into a mint caddy

The caddy

Packed the same way every visit

Scrubbing brush

Grout and the base of taps

Sweeping dust into a black dustpan on an oak floor

Dustpan and brush

Stairs and skirting boards, last

Multi-purpose spray

Worktops, tables and handles

Soap and refills

Mild, unscented, refilled each morning

The caddy

Packed the same way every visit

Scrubbing brush

Grout and the base of taps

Dustpan and brush

Stairs and skirting boards, last

Prices by the plan.
Pick the home closest to yours.

Two cleaners, our own kit and the same pair every visit. No deposit and no contract; move or cancel a visit with 48 hours’ notice.

Kitchen40 min

Bathroom45 min

Bedrooms55 min

Living room35 min

Hall15 min

Floors30 min

9:00, in3 h 40 min, room by room12:40, out

Every room, in the order we clean it.

Two cleaners, our own kit and products, and the same pair every visit. Floors last.

Two-bed flat, about 68 m²

$168a visit

Book this plan What a deep clean adds

Last week’s notes.
In their words and ours.

Every visit ends with a note on the counter. These are from last week, with a line from each home.

Thursday, October 15, 2026

Two-bed flat above the bakery

9:04Let ourselves in, shoes off

9:40Kitchen

10:25Bathroom

11:20Bedrooms

11:55Living room

12:35Floors

We noticedThe bathroom fan rattles when it starts. Worth a look before winter.

Mei and ClaireLocked up 12:40

Lincoln Square

Thursday

I came home and could see the grain in the floor again.

Sophie, Lincoln Square

We noticed: The bathroom fan rattles when it starts. Worth a look before winter.

Andersonville

Wednesday

They found the grout was white under all that.

The Okafors, Andersonville

We noticed: The seal around the tub is lifting at one corner.

Ravenswood

Tuesday

I sleep through it. That is the whole review.

Jen, Ravenswood

We noticed: Nothing to report. The fern is doing well.

Roscoe Village

Monday

Deposit back in full, the same afternoon.

Marcus, Roscoe Village

We noticed: Two keys left in the kitchen drawer, as agreed.

Where we clean, by day.
Chicago’s North Side, five days a week.

Each pair keeps to a few neighbourhoods, so they are never far from your door. Not on the list? Call us; we add streets when a pair has room.

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Tuesday1

Wednesday1

Thursday1

Friday

Before your first clean.
The six things people ask.

Answer

No. Most of our clients hand us a key or a door code on the first visit. It is kept in a numbered envelope, never with your address.

From the journal.
Notes on keeping a home.

Short pieces from the people who clean for a living: the order we work in, what goes on marble, and what we write on the note.

Oct 2, 2026

Why we clean top to bottom

Dust falls. A short note on the order we work in, and why the floors are always last.

3 min read

Sep 18, 2026

Marble, vinegar and other mistakes

What we use on stone, oak and brass, and the three things we never put on them.

4 min read

Sep 4, 2026

What we write on the note

The note we leave on the counter, line by line, and why the last line matters most.

3 min read

Sunlight through a window into a dim room

Dust shows in the light.
By twenty to one, it won’t.

Book a first clean and we will send the same two people every visit after it. A ten-minute call first, so we can quote the time as well as the price.

Book a first clean

(773) 555-0148

Thursday, 12:40.

The same two cleaners every other Thursday, with the same kit in the same order.

Services, by what they look after.Every visit starts with your surfaces.

Services, by what they look after.Every visit starts with your surfaces.

Top to bottom,in the same order, every visit.

Top to bottom,in the same order, every visit.

We bring our own kit.Five things, one job each.

Prices by the plan.Pick the home closest to yours.

Prices by the plan.Pick the home closest to yours.

Last week’s notes.In their words and ours.

Last week’s notes.In their words and ours.

Where we clean, by day.Chicago’s North Side, five days a week.

Where we clean, by day.Chicago’s North Side, five days a week.

Before your first clean.The six things people ask.

Before your first clean.The six things people ask.

From the journal.Notes on keeping a home.

From the journal.Notes on keeping a home.

Why we clean top to bottom

Marble, vinegar and other mistakes

What we write on the note

Dust shows in the light.By twenty to one, it won’t.

Dust shows in the light.By twenty to one, it won’t.

Dust shows in the light.By twenty to one, it won’t.

Services, by what they look after.
Every visit starts with your surfaces.

Services, by what they look after.
Every visit starts with your surfaces.

Top to bottom,
in the same order, every visit.

Top to bottom,
in the same order, every visit.

We bring our own kit.
Five things, one job each.

Prices by the plan.
Pick the home closest to yours.

Prices by the plan.
Pick the home closest to yours.

Last week’s notes.
In their words and ours.

Last week’s notes.
In their words and ours.

Where we clean, by day.
Chicago’s North Side, five days a week.

Where we clean, by day.
Chicago’s North Side, five days a week.

Before your first clean.
The six things people ask.

Before your first clean.
The six things people ask.

From the journal.
Notes on keeping a home.

From the journal.
Notes on keeping a home.

Dust shows in the light.
By twenty to one, it won’t.

Dust shows in the light.
By twenty to one, it won’t.

Dust shows in the light.
By twenty to one, it won’t.