Guides
Guides
Practical guides for office managers, practices, HOA boards and short-term rental hosts who want to know what good cleaning looks like, whether or not they ever hire anyone. We’re Mark and Brett, the owners of Cheerful Cleaning in Portland. We write these from what we see on the job: the checklists we’d hand to a new cleaner, and the spot-checks we’d run ourselves.
Office cleaning checklist
Daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly tasks, grouped by area, with a spot-check list to see whether your cleaning is really happening.
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Airbnb cleaning checklist
A room-by-room turnover checklist for hosts, with a restock list, a guest’s-eye final walk-through and what to photograph.
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Office cleaning cost
How office cleaning is priced, what moves the hours, and six questions that let you compare quotes fairly.
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What commercial cleaning includes
What a regular visit covers, what a deep clean adds, what belongs to a specialist, and janitorial vs cleaning services.
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Setting your Airbnb cleaning fee
A host’s method: start from the real cost of one turnover, then adjust for stay length, size and pets.
Read the guide →Each guide ends with how we handle the same job, but the guides work without us. Is there a topic you’d like covered? Call or text (503) 847-2829, or email [email protected], and tell us what you’re trying to get done.