Helping Hands Custom Cleaning LLC

10/23/2026

My insight on the new Airbnb rule about guests not having to do the dishes, from the perspective of someone who cleans cabins.
As someone who cleans cabins, I have a lot of thoughts on this.

People don't realize how much goes into cleaning a place after someone checks out. There's laundry, bathrooms, floors, kitchens, trash, restocking supplies, checking for damage, cleaning hot tubs, and all the little details people don't even think about.

Honestly, I think one of the most overlooked parts of this job is how we're just expected to clean up whatever mess people leave behind, no matter how they left it. Dirty dishes piled everywhere, trash left sitting out, food all over the place, things thrown around, and hot tubs left in a condition that takes extra time and work to get ready for the next guests.

I get it. You're on vacation. You're paying to stay somewhere, and you're not supposed to have to do the cleaner's job before you leave. Nobody is saying you need to scrub the bathrooms, wash every sheet, deep clean the kitchen, or clean the hot tub yourself before you go.

BUT there's a difference between normal checkout and leaving a mess that you wouldn't even leave in your own home.

We're cleaning professionals, not your personal maids. We're there to clean and prepare the space for the next guests, not spend extra time picking up after grown adults who act like their mess magically disappears when they walk out the door.

The crazy part is that when we do our jobs right, nobody even thinks about what it took to get that place looking the way it does. They just see a clean cabin, fresh linens, a ready to use hot tub, and move on.

There's a real person behind that clean space, putting in physical work, time, and effort to make sure everything is ready for the next person.

Being on vacation doesn't mean basic consideration goes on vacation, too.

I want to know what other cleaners think about this. Do you feel like some guests forget there's an actual person who has to clean up after them?

10/21/2026

10/04/2026

I hear the phrase “I clean toilets for a living.”

And as house cleaners we can say it, and laugh about it. But we know when others say it they like to make our work sound “unimportant” or “unskilled”.

But we don’t just “clean toilets.”

We give overwhelmed moms peace in their own homes.
We give working parents more time with their kids.
We give single parents one less thing on their never ending to-do list.
We help older couples reach the places they physically can’t anymore.
We help people recovering from treatments, illness, grief, or simply a difficult season of life.

And let me be VERY clear, you don’t have to have kids, work 3 jobs, or a “reason” to have a clean space. I work with people in all stages of life.

Sometimes we aren’t just cleaning a house, we’re lifting a weight off someone’s shoulders.

So yes, I clean toilets for a living.
But, I also give people time, peace, and a little piece of their life back.

And I’m damn proud of that. 🤍✨

09/25/2026

Dear House Cleaners,

Yesterday, I had to move some appointments around because life got messy on my end.

I apologized to both clients, but I still walked away feeling like I had failed. Like I had been unreliable. Like I should’ve somehow figured out how to make everything work anyway.

Then one of my clients said something to me that honestly changed about 10 years of industry trauma in one sentence:

Kim reliability doesn’t mean being at every appointment 10 minutes early with a fake smile on. You are reliable because I can trust that you’ll be here as soon as humanly possible, and I can rely on you to get the job done.”

Whew.

She will probably never understand the weight those words had on me.

So, to every house cleaner who has spent years believing that being “professional” means never getting sick, never having an emergency, never running late, never needing to reschedule, and somehow never allowing your personal life to affect your work:

You are a human being before you are a house cleaner.

Reliability doesn’t mean life never happens to you.

It means when life DOES happen, your clients still know they can count on you.

I really needed that reminder yesterday. ❤️

09/16/2026

NO job is too big for Helping Hands Custom Cleaning LLC!
This home required an extensive deep cleaning due to heavy pet waste and unsanitary conditions. Our team worked hard to remove the waste, thoroughly clean and sanitize all affected areas, and help restore the home to a healthy more comfortable condition.
We approach every home with compassion professionalism and absolutely NO judgment.

07/27/2026

From a House Cleaner’s Eyes… and Sealed Lips
We see far more than dust.
We notice the wedding ring sitting on the dresser… when it used to never leave your finger.
We hear the arguments through thin walls, and pretend we didn’t.
We see the single parent trying to hold it all together while unpaid bills cover the coffee table.
We see the mountain of laundry that somehow never gets any smaller.
We open the refrigerator and find takeout containers where home-cooked leftovers used to be.
We find empty w**e bottles tucked under the bed that no one else was supposed to know about.
We notice the child’s height marks on the wall getting taller every month.
We see the hospital bracelets sitting on the bathroom counter.
We watch the guest room slowly become someone’s permanent bedroom.
We notice when one toothbrush becomes two…and when two quietly becomes one.
We see the dog bed that’s suddenly gone.
The sympathy cards.
The moving boxes.
The urn on the bookshelf.
The medications that weren’t there last month.
We notice more than most people realize.
But here’s what defines a truly exceptional house cleaner…
It isn’t just how well they clean your home.
It’s the bedside manner this profession quietly demands.
The ability to witness life’s most personal moments without judgment.
To hear… but never repeat.
To see… but never assume.
To care… without overstepping.
Because cleaning a home has never been just about removing dirt.
It’s about protecting the dignity, privacy, and trust of the people who live inside it.

—Boss Lady

07/04/2026

Before and after waxing floors in a commercial building

07/03/2026

Before and after a deep clean we did

06/22/2026

Cleaning services are NOT cheap. We bust our behinds day in and day out to bring peace to everyone else's home and business. Then we go and do it again the next day and the next day too!!! The cost of supplies, insurances, oil changes and fuel alone!!! Just bc you only want to pay $20 an hour or less does not mean our books are not full with clients who understand what it takes to deliver what we do every day and pay our rate. Most of the ones who understand.... it's bc they've had failed cleaning services in the past and you hold VALUE to them!

You go scrub toilets all day, bend over 800 times a day, squat for 3 hours out of your day, go home spend your evening doing invoices, paperwork, responding to client text and calls, fixing last minute schedule changes, unload everything from you car for the 3rd-6th time, disinfect everything, do a minimum of 2 loads of work laundry all before you even had a chance to have a bite to eat for the day and then YOU go do it for $20 an hour ALL DAY EVERY DAY!!! Then get the tax bill too 😉

Also, lmk how relaible that person will be doing all that for $20 an hour!!!!! Get back to me after you do please!!!! I'd love to hear your takeaway!!! If we weren't worth our rates we wouldn't be in business!!!!!!