Hello - this is my first post after some time browsing the threads and taking advantage of all the fab advice! I'm really struggling to find a really good cleaner in the Teddington area. Ive had one currently only for two weeks but I'm not sure it's working out! It's the first time I've had a cleaner, so I'm not sure exactly what to expect, but she came for the second time yesterday for two hours, and when I came home I couldn't really tell that she had been in (I have a little two bed flat). The first time she came she scratched all of the chrome fittings in our brand new shower cleaning it with a pan scourer :( and she was 45 mins late, meaning I was an hour late to work. The second time (yesterday) she called at 9am saying she wanted to come at 9.15am rather than 3pm and then hung up on me when I asked if we could please stick to the original time as I had sillily managed to lock myself out that morning and was hoping she could let me back in if I got back for when she was finishing at 5pm. In the end I agreed for her to come early and leave the keys for me under the mat which I really didn't want to have to do (anxious about safety!)
At the moment I'm thinking of going back to doing it myself, as the current set up is making things a lot
more rather than less stressful, and the house still isn't all that clean so I'm having to go over it again myself anyway. But I'd be super grateful if anyone has any personal recommendations for a cleaner they use that they have been really happy with! I was (maybe naively) looking for someone with a bit of a wow factor, making it a pleasure to come home!