Part of the service I offer involves matching cleaners with clients and I always try to choose the best person available to fit in with the day / time my client requests. They are often surprised to hear that I have men available to do the cleaning & ironing.
Some people are very happy to have whomever I suggest but others are reluctant to try a male cleaner. There are a variety of reasons, from a belief that men just don’t know how to clean properly, to feeling uncomfortable having a man in the house. Often a client has a clear picture in their head of the perfect cleaner, which can be what they term a ‘good old fashioned’ cleaner, which normally means they want someone over 40, or someone in their 20’s who will have lots of energy and therefore get more done.
In my experience it’s not always the case that a younger person will have more energy, or that an older person will be a better cleaner. Everyone has particular things they are good at and part of my role is to match the people so that the clients expectations are met.
The current men on my books, Robin / Andrew / Moustafa / Roman / Ron & Jonathan all do a great job. Some of them clean with their partners, others alone, and all have very happy clients. I can vouch personally for Jonathan as he cleaned for me for the first time last week and did a wonderful job. In addition to the things I asked him to do, he did extra things like vacuuming lampshades and polishing my very smeary stainless steel bin in the kitchen to name just a few.
One thing you can be sure of is that I’ve taken up references for everyone , whether they are young, old, man or woman and have done my best to make sure that the person I supply is honest and trustworthy as well as capable at domestic cleaning & ironing.
I’d be interested to hear your thoughts on the subject ………………………………
Hello, interesting article. I live in London and work as a male cleaner for private houses, plus gardening. I find it useful to say that I am a male as a lot of people still expect a woman to do this job so at least there are no surpsises and the client is happy to see a man as they have picked one!
Being in the industrial cleaning myself I can fully understand this article and enjoy just how it’s been written. Many people assume that being in the waste disposal industry is be a awful job, but it isn’t all that terrible. We do have our off days though!