We were contacted recently by a family who were about to move out of the house that they had been renting for the past ten years, as they were moving into a bigger property. In order to get their rather huge deposit back, they asked us to clean their three-bedroom property from top to bottom, including all of the windows, the oven and the fridge freezer.
We were contacted this week by the owners of a cafe in Washington, Tyne & Wear. They told us that they wanted us to professionally clean their café as it had been closed for the last few weeks while it had been undergoing refurbishment. The café was now fully refurbished but it was covered in dust and dirty marks, which the builders had left behind.
At the end of the week we were called by a private doctor’s surgery in Darlington. They informed us that they had a weekly cleaner, but they wanted us to carry out a more thorough job, including washing all of the windows and professionally cleaning all of the computing equipment in each of the GP’s offices.
This week we were contacted by a couple who ran a youth hostel in Carlisle. They asked us whether we would be able to fully clean their youth hostel, including the insides of all of the windows, and each of the five dorm rooms. We agreed to do this and told them that we would be around at 11am on the agreed day.
We were contacted earlier this week by a customer who ran a small business in Middlesbrough. She told us that she had fifteen people on her staff and that she had never had her offices professionally cleaned, but thought that it was about time she did. She asked us to come in and professionally clean all of the computers and office equipment that she owned, as well as cleaning the communal areas such as the toilets and the staff kitchen.
This week we were contacted by Sunderland council, who wanted us to clean one of their libraries in Sunderland. They told us that the library had been closed for the past two weeks because of a faulty central heating system and they had decided that this was a good time to get it professionally cleaned.
We were contacted by a landlord who owned a pub in Hartlepool. He told us that the pub had been closed for the past week for refurbishment and now that the builders had left, he wanted us to come in and give the place a thorough clean so that it would be ready for its opening night.
At the beginning of the week we were contacted by a man who owned a small restaurant in Chester le street. He asked us to give both the front and the back of his restaurant a thorough clean as he was going to be inspected the following week and he wanted to make sure everything was up to scratch. We arrived at the restaurant, on a busy street in Chester le street at 10am, keen to get started as soon as possible.
This week we were contacted by a woman who ran a B&B in County Durham. She informed us that she had been running her business for the past five years and while she usually did all of the cleaning herself, she now felt that the building need a more comprehensive clean than she was able to give it.
At the beginning of the week we were contacted by a couple that wanted us to give their seven-bedroom house a thorough clean, as they had hosted their extended family over the Christmas and New Year period. They informed us that they had hosted two parties over the holidays, and had their family, who ranged in age from 2 years to 85 years, staying in all of the guest bedrooms.
At the weekend our staff were called to a three-bedroom house in the Gateshead area. Our customer informed us that he had thrown a large party the night before and he wanted us to clean up the mess, as he didn’t feel capable of facing the task himself. When we arrived at the property we understood why.
At the beginning of the week we were contacted by a hall of residence in South Shields who wanted us to clean one of their student halls, as it was now the end of the university year and they wanted it to be clean before the new students moved in. They told us that the block had 40 rooms, all of which contained a bed, wardrobe and sink. The block also had four communal kitchens and two lounge rooms that needed to be cleaned, as well as eight toilet and shower rooms.
This week we were contacted by a landlord, who had been left with a very dirty property after some of his tenants moved out unexpectedly. As well as being left with several unpaid council tax bills, he told us that the flat was in quite a bad state, with a lot of dirty dishes, food debris and rubbish throughout, but especially in the bathroom and the kitchen.
At the beginning of the week we were contacted by a local council who wanted us to clean a nearby primary school before the children returned after the summer holidays. They told us that the school was quite a small one and that they had a caretaker, who did cleaning regularly, but he wasn’t able to carry out a deep clean himself and they wanted us to clean all of the windows and buff all the floors throughout the building.
At the weekend we were contacted by a law firm in Morpeth who wanted us to clean their office space. They told us that they had thrown an office party on Friday night and wanted the office thoroughly cleaned before everyone returned to work on Monday morning. When we arrived at the office, we discovered why our customer had decided to have it professionally cleaned.
This week we were contacted by the local council, who asked us to clean an old people’s home in Ashington. They informed us that on the day they wished to hire us, most of the residents would be out on a day trip, while those that were unable to go would be in the lounge area, leaving us free to get on with cleaning all of the rooms.
This week the owners of a mansion in Alnwick contacted us, to ask us if we could give their property a spring clean. They told us that the house was extensive, with eleven bedrooms, six bathrooms and several rooms for entertaining, and though it wasn’t very dirty, it was hard for them to keep on top of the cleaning all year round.
This week, the executors of an estate in Berwick Upon Tweed contacted us to ask if we would clean the property of a recently deceased man in Berwick Upon Tweed. They informed us that they had already had the property cleared of the man’s belongings and furniture, but now they wanted us to give it a thorough clean as it was going to be put on the housing market as soon as possible.
This week we were called to a two bedroom flat in the Cramlington area of Northumberland. Our customer told us that she had been living in the rented flat with her partner for the past ten years, but as they were now in the position to buy their own house, they were moving out. In order to get the substantial deposit back from their landlord, they asked us to give the flat a thorough clean.
We were contacted earlier this week by a couple that had been having extensive building work done to their house in Blyth for the past two months. They told us the builders had taken down a partition wall, renovated their attic space into a study area and also added a conservatory to the back of the property. Although the quality of the work was very good, their attempt to clean up after themselves had been less impressive and they had left a lot of building debris behind, as well as a lot of dust and dirt in all of the carpets.
