Have you stopped having your cleaner come to your house during the COVID-19 pandemic out of concerns of the virus spreading?
Although you might believe this is the best thing to do to keep your home, your family, you, and your cleaner safe, it is not the right move to make.
Keep reading to learn why it is more important than ever to not cancel having a cleaning professional work on your house.
Our Dilemma
COVID-19 is a worldwide illness that has resulted in the media, government officials, and doctors to emphasize the importance of hygiene, sanitation, and cleanliness.
We have been told to stay away from others in society, quarantine or isolate inside our home, line up for our store trips, wash our hands for certain amounts of time, and to cover our faces up in public.
Although this all means we need to stay as sanitary and clean as possible in order to avoid this pandemic becoming even worse and to beat this virus, it also tends to discourage us from having anyone visit our homes unnecessarily.
When it comes to hiring a cleaner, that leaves us with a dilemma.
You would like to prevent COVID-19 from spreading and to keep everything as sanitary as you possibly can, but when you deny a cleaner from entering your house, you deny them the opportunity to keep your environment clean. It is a Catch 22 situation.
The reasons to employ a cleaner for your property definitely outweigh the reasons why you shouldn’t.
Easing of Restrictions
Keep in mind that on May 15 the government lifted the Stay At Home Order. New guidance was issued for an economic recovery that championed physical distancing and health.
Doug Ducey, the governor of Arizona laid out criteria that aligned with specifications issued by the Centers For Disease Control and Prevent and the White House.
The advice from professionals allowed for lockdown measures to be eased with the belief that it is less likely that there will be a COVID-19 resurgence.
The new Executive Order for Arizona not only protects the public’s health but in addition, provides individuals and businesses with public health guidance to ensure that physical distancing continues.
Arizona’s Department of Health Services has also issued guidance for customers and businesses to allow them to resume partial operations. Many of those services – including gyms, spas, and pools – are much more invasive than having a cleaner come to your house.
Keep reading if you need more reassurance.
Hiring A Cleaner To Clean Your Home During COVID-19
It is very important to hire a cleaner for your house during the COVID-19 pandemic. Keep reading to learn the reasons why:
1. Professionalism
When you hire a cleaner, they provide you with a professional service. Now is a critical time to keep your home as clean and hygienic as possible.
A worldwide illness that thrives on an unhygienic environment or bacteria is definitely not the time to be lax or skimp at keeping your house clean at all times.
And although you naturally feel that you can do a good job at cleaning your own home, can do as good a job as a professional can?
2. Take a Break
Like all of us right now, you are most likely worried about the pandemic, and what all this means for your life.
Why would you want to put yourself through additional stress? If you are able to hire a cleaner to keep your home clean, that means you will have one less thing that you have to worry about.
You can not only check that task off of your list that needs to be done on a weekly basis but it will also allow you to focus on other matters. At the same time, you will be looking after the health of everyone in your household.
That will help you sleep better at night, knowing that you are doing everything you can for your family’s well-being and safety.
3. You Help The Big Pictures
When you are a responsible citizen and use a professional cleaning service, it can help you rest easy knowing you are doing your part for helping to combat the overall pandemic.
The truth of the matter is, the more strict we are about maintaining a very high hygiene level, the faster we can get the virus under control. If you decide to skimp on keeping things as clean as possible, it will result in COVID-19 being around much longer than any of us want.
Although it is easy to claim you cannot make a difference by yourself, this is not true.
A public effort is needed to beat coronavirus. All of us have been told to remain indoors and stay away from other people. We need to do this in order to beat this virus. Keeping our cleaners on will help to enforce professional hygiene levels is just as critical a step as social distancing or isolating.
4. Don’t Allow Yourself To Be Scared
If you stop your cleaning service, that is giving in to your fears about the pandemic.
Although our lives have needed to significantly change in 2020, we can’t just hide away out of fear. Don’t allow yourself to be one of the people who are panicking and frightened.
COVID-19 can be combatted in a calm way, and one way to do this is to employ a cleaner.
5. Social Distancing
Having a cleaner come into your house to clean doesn’t mean you need to throw out social distancing rules.
If you are responsible, you are already social distancing when you leave your house.
When you go grocery shopping, or when your mailman comes to your door with a package, or you are running essential errands, you stay six feet away from other people. Those rules need to be enforced with your cleaner also.
If you both stay six feet apart from each other, you will both be safe. You can make sure that the products and equipment that they need are in an accessible place, without needing to get close to them.
If your cleaner can’t find a mop – ask them to stay six feet away while you go look for it.
6. COVID-19 Precautions
All over the world, professional services and businesses are needing to adapt to the global COVID-19 crisis. That means that companies are enforcing professional standards, as well as their employees, who interact with customers.
The same rules are enforced by professional cleaning services – they will enforce the personal protective equipment that is worn when cleaning staff is sent to someone’s house. Extra protection is added when cleaners wear gloves and masks.
Cleaning staff members are trained on how to professionally clean your house without risking the spreading of infection, keep things at maximum sanitation levels, and ensure that both they and you are not put at risk.
7. Keep People Employed
For many people, this is a very scary time, with all of the uncertainty COVID-19 has put on the entire world. Many people are concerned about their income and jobs – including those working within the domestic service industry.
So if possible, it is important to do your part to keep people employed. An important way to do that is to retain your cleaning service.
Another thing that is recommended is – if possible – pay them their regular rate. Since there will be higher cleaning levels, increase their salary whenever possible, in order to help with any shortfall they might be experiencing due to having less work. Given the current climate, you might need your clean to work extra hours each week.
8. You Are At Home For Longer Periods Of Time Right Now
Keep in mind, that over the last few months we have been instructed to stay in our homes as much as we can. That means you and your family members have used your house more than you normally would.
You might be working from home, your children might be home-schooled, and so, although you are going into and out of your home much less, you are using your belongings much more than normal.
For this reason alone you need to ensure that you keep up with keeping your house professionally clean.
9. Clear Things Out
Now that we have more time at home, many people have been taking the opportunity to clear things out.
Households all over the world are now sorting out their garages, their basements, their attics, and their closets. We are all throwing things away that we don’t ever use or don’t need.
That creates several hygiene problems. You could be uncovering items that were long-forgotten and create more dust. You may be generating additional trash while you are sorting through bedrooms and closets.
If you use this time to do these types of chores, having a cleaner will give you extra help to keep things clean.
10. Professional Products
Keep in mind that professional cleaning companies might use heavy-duty commercial cleaning products that you do not necessarily have access to.
Although the products that you can buy in stores are effective, when you employ professional cleaners who have extra-strong cleaning supplies, your house can end up even more sanitized and cleaner than you could have possibly imagined.
Does your cleaner do your laundry also? The same thing applies. Professional cleaners frequently use a more powerful detergent that can be more effective at cleaning your clothes during this difficult and dangerous time.
11. Assure Others
Although it is recommended that you employ a cleaner during this time, some people might not agree.
For all of us, the COVID-19 pandemic is a completely alien situation. People are looking to their friends and families for guidance and advice.
When you employ a cleaner to clean your house, you are setting an example for other people. In turn, that helps to spread a positive message. You can help other households and people stay hygienic and safe.
In addition, you are supporting other companies and their business as well as their cleaning staff’s livelihoods. As previously mentioned, everything helps.
12. Your Home, Your Rules
A major benefit of employing a cleaner in your house, is you control the environment that they are working in.
Although professional cleaning services do everything they can to ensure they keep your house safe, during COVID-19, you can also contribute to this.
What can you do?
Allow ventilation. Keep the windows and doors open around your house where cleaning will be done.
Wear personal protective equipment, like gloves and masks, when your cleaner is inside of your house doing the work.
Make sure to have hand sanitizer available, and that it is easy to access your equipment.
Tell other household members to stay out of your cleaner’s way. You want the cleaner to have the ability to do their job effectively and safely. Ensure that you, the pets, and your kids are elsewhere while they are doing their work. You can send the kids outside for exercise while your cleaning is cleaning your house. Or have them take your dog on a walk.
Manage your household in such a way that it minimizes risk to your cleaner and to you. That will help to ensure that job is done better and faster, and everyone can have peace of mind during this difficult time.
Hire a Cleaner
The most important reasons for hiring a cleaner during this COVID-19 pandemic prove why it is so important to have someone professional keep your house spotless, hygienic, and sterilized.
If you want to learn more about the services that we offer and to receive a quote, call us right away. We will be happy to answer any questions you have and are ready to get you home in top condition.
We are here to assist you in your battles against COVID-10 and getting the virus under control – as the world eventually recovers from it.
