In today’s busy world, all the family members of a house remain at work most of the time. Moms have to cook the food, feed the babies and put them to bed after a 12 hour work day. Weekends also spent with friends or relatives. So no time remains for cleaning the house. For this purpose many families seeks outside help of housekeepers etc. Now the house keeping or house cleaning business deserve a respectable position in the service provider business. Starting a house cleaning business is a productive idea for the person who has ability and interest in cleaning and housekeeping. With cleaning business, one can earn a reasonable amount which is approximately $15 to 17 per hour.

Brand name and insurance policy

Like all other businesses, cleaning business needs a brand name. Here you can study to choose a professional name to reflect the actual story. You can choose names like homestead helpers, California housekeeping, Miami house cleaning etc.  The next step you need that is insurance. You have to insure yourself to get the confidence of your clients. No one will be happy to hire a person for home who work unattended and is not insured.

Background check or police record

When you have had the insurance policy, now you need a background check and police record statement. Keeping in mind that you will work at people’s homes while they are away, you have to prove yourself a respectable citizen. Depending on which state you live in, you can pick up the application at the State Trooper Barracks, City Hall or the Police Station. This is a simple form that takes less than 5 minutes to fill out. The fee is generally between $3 and $15.00. You mail it in, and within 2 weeks the form is mailed back to you with an official stamp which states “No record.”

References

For the clients’ confidence, you have to get some references. By references, we mean the people who know you personally for your work and attitude. For this purpose you can clean a friends or neighbor house for free or you can do at a community center, church, hospital etc. The best would be to get references of friends, neighbor etc.

Work order

Make a work order to show your services and agreement agenda. State clearly for the time table of daily working hours. State for the services you will provide like,

• Cleaning of ceiling fans
• Dusting the trinkets
• Dusting of furniture and other objects
• Changing the bed sheets
• Vacuuming the carpets

Information packet and marketing your business

Completing all these steps, now you are able to make an information packet which contains all the information about yourself, work order, insurance policy, background check/police record and references. Now you can announce yourself to the public. For publicity, you can print the business cards or pamphlets. You can also make efforts for marketing the business by telling others personally. Starting a cleaning business is very profitable idea and it can produce good and regular income. So go ahead and try to open new horizons.

Originally posted 2009-06-06 12:36:47. Republished by Old Post Promoter