House cleaning services Singapore

Maintaining a clean house is a big and demanding task for families in Singapore. 

Typically, both the husband and wife hold a full-time job and there is very little time left to do house cleaning themselves.

Even with a live-in maid, other priorities are usually more important than making sure the home is spotlessly cleaned e.g., taking care of elderly parents or young children or cooking and laundry.

To help upkeep the cleanliness of the home, young families would tend to engage home cleaning services company in Singapore to do the cleaning either on a regular basis like weekly cleaning or a one-off spring-cleaning service on special occasions.

What to consider when engaging a cleaner for regular house cleaning?

 In Singapore, you can engage a cleaner directly or via a cleaning company for regular maintenance cleaning.  The most important factor for hiring a cleaner is to ensure the cleaner is legally allowed to work. There are many independent cleaners looking for jobs but they may foreigners on social visit pass or work permits who are not allowed to work as independent cleaners. The penalty for engaging illegal workers is heavy here in Singapore.

Other factors to consider is the experience of the cleaner. You should ask and find out what kind of cleaning experience they have and how long have they been doing housekeeping. Another consideration just as important is the attitude of the cleaner. You should have a short interview and have your own opinion about the cleaner’s attitude (honesty, politeness, flexibility, punctuality etc).

When you are engaging from a cleaning services company, you need to find out if the company is sending you the same cleaner to clean your house or it may be different cleaner each week. Look at the reviews of the house cleaning company to ensure it does not have adverse customer reviews.

House cleaning services Singapore - As with most developed countries, engaging cleaning services is expensive in Singapore. You may want to consider if you do require once a week cleaning or if once in every two weeks will do. The needs vary from family to family and you should consider the frequency based on your own need and affordability.