apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

Great idea for a business!! From the sounds of it, they may actually also conquer the other problem that I have with cleaning services -- the exploitation of workers (hope so). And as for those who think men don't clean as well as women, the best cleaner we have ever had was a man.

What are their prices like? I go back and forth about getting a cleaning service, and one of the things that always stops me is the price some companies want to charge.

I'm a customer of a similar service here in DC, called The Green Mop. I'm a big fan! I have a small apartment and every time I try to deep clean, I feel like I smell ammonia or bleach for days afterwards. When the Green Mop visits, the place is spotless and I (and my dog) don't go to sleep breathing fumes.

there are a couple of similar services here in nyc (i've used urban maid green), but little green men sound even better!

Does anyone know of a green cleaning service in the bay area? I live in Los Altos and would LOVE to look into a service like this! Thanks for the post!

Little Green Men does a terrific job - they've been cleaning my rowhouse for about three months (we did have to wait about six - eight weeks for an initial appointment b/c demand for their services is so high). They provide initial quotes over email and I found their prices to be in line with other cleaning services in the area. One of their best features (aside from the green stuff) is their reliance on email for scheduling/ reminders/ questions/ etc. Makes communication really easy.

I'd highly recommend another cool new green/eco-friendly cleaning company in the DC area called hellogreenclean:
http://www.hellogreenclean.com

I love their name! I've been using them on a bi-weekly basis for the last couple of months and can't say enough good things. They do a great job, they're super nice and professional, and totally accessible.
It's the first time I've had no reaction to cleaning supplies in my home too (they will also leave some supplies for you should you need them on your own time- how cool is that?)- it's a godsend as I'm hyper-allergic to everything.

Try them out- they're honestly wonderful.

We hired HelloGreenClean with high hopes of loving them till end of time! However, this was very short lived. The owner showed up with two girls to deep clean our more than 5000 sq ft home after having promised to bring three (and he left ten minutes later). The girls were very nice and worked diligently, but the job was just too big for only two people and, thus, was incomplete when they left. We emailed Johnny Irannejad, the owner, complimenting the girls on the work they had accomplished but asking that he come to inspect the results of our $400 deep cleaning as much of what he had promised would be done still remained undone; and we wanted him to see for himself. He flatly refused, saying he trusted his supervisor (one of the girls in our two-girl crew) and that he had not had to inspect a deep cleaning for five whole months. We found it difficult to believe that he would refuse our courteous request. We were brand new customers who were going to be on a bi-weekly schedule and ready to send our friends and family his way. Did no one ever teach this company about customer service? With no other way to go, (he had our credit card number), we sent photos of everything that had not been fully cleaned (ceiling fan, window sills, doorsills, furniture, shower stalls, light switches, etc) thinking that he would have to acknowledge the facts. Instead, he rudely ignored the photos, not even acknowledging their existence. We wrote again, requesting an appointment for him to send the girls back to finish the deep cleaning; but he insisted the job was complete and expressed his amazement that we would dare to suggest otherwise. He then informed us that if we chose to continue with HelloGreenClean, it would be at an increased rate and not what he had quoted after the thorough in-home inspection he had performed prior to our deep cleaning. We found Mr. Irannejad's failure to fulfill the promises he made, his total disregard for our concerns, his refusal to inspect his crew's work and his attitude to be rude, unprofessional and disrespectful.

Wow. I just read Paris137's review and was waiting for a mention of Joyce's 'Ulysses." My goodness...there are reviews, and then there are stream of consciousness rambling episodes. My eyes hurt.

It's fine is she wants to post a critique- but that's a particularly nasty (and strangely personal) review. I don't normally post follow-up comments, but I feel the need to defend my own review.

Since becoming their customer, I haven't had any allergic reactions to cleanings in my home- the cleaners have become friends and people I genuinely respect, including the owner, who has never been anything but pleasant and professional. My experiences with hellogreenclean (and the experiences of the many friends I've turned them on to) have been excellent, and I think it's a shame this person seems hellbent on personal destruction. It seems really weirdly personal...emphasis on the word "weird."