The four weeks
One clean a week for your first month home
For parents with a newborn and a house that is not getting any easier. Four weekly visits, the same person where we can.
The first visit is booked around your due date and moves with the baby. Each visit follows the same list, so you know what you will find.
What is included
By room, on every visit
Kitchen
Counters, sink and stovetop wiped
Fronts of appliances and cabinet fronts
Floor vacuumed and mopped
Bathrooms
Toilet, sink and tub or shower
Mirror and glass wiped dry
Floor mopped
Where you sleep
Dusting and vacuuming
Bed made, or changed with linen you set out
Surfaces cleared of what we may move
Living areas and entry
Dusting, vacuuming and a damp mop
Entry mat shaken out and floor wiped
Gear and piles left where they are
How a visit goes
In order, from the text to the goodbye
- 01
Step 1: A text, fifteen minutes before
From Khadija, Elisa or Nhi. Reply 'not now' and we move the visit.
- 02
Step 2: In, quietly
A soft knock or a text from the step. Shoes off from November to March.
- 03
Step 3: The list, in the same order
Kitchen, bathrooms, bedroom, living areas, floors last so nobody walks on a wet one.
- 04
Step 4: A note on the counter, or by text
What we did, what we left alone, and anything we could not do.
Before we arrive
Four things that make the visit easier
None of it has to be tidy. This is only what helps.
Before the first visit
Leave a key or a code, or open the door yourself. Alarms: tell us the code and whether the system chimes.
Put clean linen on the bed if you want the bed changed.
Tell us where to park. In a snow emergency we park where the city says, and we text you.
Tell us about pets, and which rooms to leave alone.
Three questions about the four weeks
How long is a visit?
About 2.5 hours on the four weeks, and about 3 hours on the laundry plan. Bigger homes take longer, and we say how long at the walkthrough text.
What if the baby is early or late?
Text us. The four visits start from the day you are home, not the day on the calendar.
Can I skip a week?
Yes. Text us 24 hours ahead and we move that visit to the end of the plan.
Hold the four weeks around your due date
Text us the date. We reply within one business day with the weeks that are open.