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Seattle Green Home Cleaning & Eco-Friendly Maid Services

Cleaning Services

Choose from our most popular eco-friendly cleaning services

We offer the following cleaning services. A detailed description for each type of service is detailed below.

Don’t see exactly what you are looking for? Just contact us and we will be happy to tailor the service to your needs.

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Home Standard Cleaning

Keeps your home spotless with Scheduled Maintenance Cleanings. Includes kitchens, bathrooms, dusting, and floors. View a detailed checklist below.

The Standard Clean is our regularly scheduled cleaning program to maintain the cleanliness of your home or business at the Condition 2 level and can start after the Initial / Deep Clean (or a move-in clean).

Standard Cleans must begin within one month of the Initial / Deep Clean.

Kitchen: high dust for cobwebs, wipe down all cabinet fronts (focusing on handles), clean stove top and outside of stove, clean microwave (inside & out), clean outside of refrigerator, clean countertops and items on them, wipe all appliances on counters, up to 5 mins of dishes, wipe out dish rack (if empty), clean sink, dust all primary horizontal surfaces, spot clean walls, doors and trim, clean 1 window (if present), refresh pet water bowl, dust baseboards, vac and mop floor, empty trash and replace liner.

Bathroom(s): high dust for cobwebs, scrub tub/shower, clean sink, clean mirrors, dust all primary horizontal surfaces, spot clean walls, doors and cabinets, wet wipe baseboards, clean toilet and surround, vac and mop floor, empty trash and replace liner.

Remainder of home: Dust all primary horizontal surfaces, vacuum upholstery (tops only), clean one set of sliding glass doors (if present), clean mirrors, spot clean walls,

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Home Deep Cleaning

Deep cleans restore your home. Ideal to start your cleaning maintenance program, or as a one-time service (think: pre-holiday prep or spring cleaning).

The Initial / Deep Clean is required prior to starting a regimen and is the service type for the first visit to your home. This visit is used to bring your home up to a Condition 2 level.

Focuses on DEEPLY cleaning and scrubbing the most dirty areas, such as: the stove, sinks, counters, tubs/showers.

Our Deep Clean service has the same checklist as our Standard Clean; however, it is a longer, more intensive service and also includes wet-wiping of baseboards, shower curtain rods, and wall-washing for higher condition homes.

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Home Move-In / Move-Out Cleaning

The perfect step for moving in or out. Move-in / Move-out Cleaning combines our Deep Cleaning with cabinet and refrigerator interior cleaning.

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Vacation Rental Cleaning

Vacation Rental Cleaning is catered to VRBO and AirBnB hosts that also need cleanings between guests. Services include linen/towel change, fridge emptying, etc.

Our Vacation Rental Clean uses the same checklist as the Standard Clean, with these additional tasks:

  • Check fridge, freezer, microwave and oven for leftover food and throw out expired or grubby items. Wipe out all four
  • Check dishwasher and if dirty, run and replace items
  • Replace clean kitchen towels on the oven handle
  • Clean the coffee pot
  • Check inside of cabinets and drawers in kitchen and bathrooms and wipe out as needed
  • Replace all linens and bath mats in bathrooms
  • Change bed linens
  • Wash / dry / replace used linens (requires on-site laundry)
  • Vacuum undersides of removable couch and chair cushions
  • Spot clean glass and windows
  • Replenish toilet paper, paper towels, soaps, snacks and other specified items (must be provided on-site)
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Office Cleaning

If you have an office or commercial location, our Office Cleaning Service can include bathrooms, kitchen(s), floors, windows, trash, recycling, and more. Contact us to set up a walk-through and proposal quote.

Our Office / Commercial Clean is the same as the Standard Clean, with these additional tasks:

  • If present, check the fridge, freezer, microwave and oven for leftover food and throw out expired or grubby items. Wipe out all four.
  • Replenish toilet paper, paper towels, soaps, snacks and other specified items (must be provided on-site)
  • Spot clean interior windows
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Questions?

We have answers! Learn about optional add-ons, our pet policy, and more.

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Why trust Green Cleaning Seattle with your home and health?

We are Seattle’s only truly green cleaning company. Our eco-safe products and sustainable practices mean your home and family keep your family safe.

  • 100% biodegradable and non-toxic products
  • No chlorine bleach, synthetic colors, or artificial fragrances
  • Operating out of a solar-powered office
  • Rainwater collection and a drought-tolerant garden
  • Hybrid fleet cars and bulk purchasing to reduce waste

Learn more about our green cleaning company values and commitment to green.

You can also rest easy knowing that your cleaner is ethically employed by locals who actually care about employee rights and giving back to our community.

  • Fully licensed, bonded, and insured
  • Above living-wage pay and 100% of tips
  • Sick pay, family leave, and health insurance reimbursements
  • Free weekly yoga and monthly acupuncture for staff
  • Company-paid employee events such as Zoo Tunes, Theo’s Chocolate Tours, and Mariner games

Learn more about our team and commitment to employee rights.

Questions about Green Cleaning Seattle? We have answers!

Service FAQs

If you have signed up for The Standard Clean or The Deep Clean service, please try to have dishes out of the sink/off the counters and remove clutter from the areas to be cleaned. We ask that you do this so that we can devote as much time as possible to cleaning your home or business.

If you have signed up for the Move-out/Move-in cleaning service (and you would like the interior of your freezer cleaned), please be sure that your freezer has been in de-frost mode for at least 24 hours before your scheduled service. Also, if you have signed up for the Move-out/Move-in cleaning service (and you would like the interior of your oven cleaned), please note that there is currently not a natural oven cleaning product on the market. You will need to turn on the self-clean feature at least 24 hours before your scheduled service. If your oven is self cleaning, we can utilize this feature for you, however, and wipe the interior out. Please let us know if you would like for us to wipe out your oven.

Yes! Just because a task that you would like done is not listed above does not mean we won’t do it. Some common add-ons are:

  • Interior windows and casings (in addition to those specified above)
  • Dry dusting of blinds
  • Linen Changes
  • More than 5 minutes of dishes including loading / unloading dishwashers
  • Laundry (free / onsite only)
  • Laundry folding / putting away
  • Interior of fridge
  • Interior of oven

For insurance and liability reasons and/or for our cleaners’ safety, we don’t offer these services:

  • Post-death cleaning
  • Post-sewage cleaning
  • Post-Pest / infestation cleaning
  • Other biohazard cleaning
  • Home exterior cleaning
  • Nighttime janitorial
  • Pet mess cleaning
  • Junk or trash hauling (more than bag of trash per room)
  • Organizing services
  • Moving appliances or items over 30lbs
  • Wet-cleaning of blinds
  • Curtain or shower curtain cleaning
  • Furniture or floor polishing services
  • Carpet shampooing / wet-cleaning
  • Detailing stove hood interiors
  • Cleaning interiors of dishwashers, washing machines or dryers
  • Hand cleaning over 7ft (over 2 steps on a step stool)
  • Cleaning of ceilings
  • Hand cleaning of floors (with the exception of spot-cleaning)
Yes! Absolutely. We love pets (check out our ABOUT US page to read about our pets). However, if you have a dog (or dogs), unless you will be home, and/or unless your pet is completely comfortable with strangers, please try to have your dog out of the area that our Green Cleaners will clean. For safety reasons, (unless you will be home and/or unless your pet is completely comfortable with strangers) we ask that Fido be removed from the immediate cleaning areas. We also suggest that you let us know where you store dog treats (so that we can bribe Fido if needed!). And, please us know if your pet(s) are indoor-outdoor or indoor-only.

Many of our clients are not home and are at work during the time that we provide service. There are several options regarding how we may enter the home. Please talk to our office about options and to decide on a method for your Green Cleaner to enter your home/office (see below for some “how to enter” options). Please note: information regarding how to enter must be confirmed through our office at least 48 hrs before your scheduled service (excluding weekends and holidays). If our Green Cleaner needs to wait to enter the home/office, wait time is billed time. If an exception is made, and we are able to accept your key, there will be a $50 handling fee.

 

Keys are accepted for commercial clients; if you are not a commercial client, you may:

  • Leave a key for us in a specific location (and update our office on the location)
  • Attach a lock box to your door knob (and update our office on the combo)
  • Provide our office with the combination for your garage door
  • Arrange for your building manager or concierge to let our Green Cleaner inside (let your building manager or concierge know we are “Green Cleaning Seattle – Otium-Maid Services™”)

The BEST (we really do believe!) way to go is keyless. We HIGHLY recommend a keyless digital lock. It will be one of the best investments you can make, and you’ll never lock yourself out. If you do have a keyless digital lock, you can create a code just for us as well. We recommend the brand Schlage. If you want to do a lockbox, the lockbox that we suggest is the Master Lock 5400D Select Access Key Storage Box. Please be sure to update our office with the location & the code at least 24hrs (excluding weekends/holidays) prior to your next service date.

If your Green Cleaner cannot enter the home/office upon arrival, a cancellation fee will be billed. Please see below for our cancellation policy.

If something was missed in one of our standard cleaning service packages, and you are not satisfied with your house or office cleaning, please notify our office within 24hours of the cleaning and we will send the team back out – at our expense – to correct the problem. Please note, if you book by the hour and not up to our guidelines (IE if the service is “capped” – if the time needed to complete the service is limited and we are not allowed the time needed to complete), we do NOT guarantee the service. Also, we will email you a survey shortly after your first service. Please offer us your feedback when you receive it. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us. We find that great communication in the very beginning of setting up service insures a smooth set-schedule service – and is a great foundation from which we may develop our relationship. Also, if something is broken your home by one of our Green Cleaners (we do our best to be very careful but sometimes small accidents happen), we will contact you right away and let you know. And if you send us in the replacement receipt within 30 business days, we will send you a refund check within 14 business days.

We try our best to send the same Green Cleaner to your service every visit. However, we also give our employees the flexibility to adjust their availability as needed to help meet the other needs in their lives – such as school schedules, child care, volunteer work, etc. When our Green Cleaners change their availability, that does mean we will have to assign a new Green Cleaner to the services they are no longer able to do. However, rest assured! – all of our employees are just that: employees (not independent contractors). We do not guarantee the same Cleaner each visit; this just isn’t possible. However, all of our Cleaners are reliable; they are all trained, retrained and supervised by our company. They’re all excellent & consistent Cleaners.

If you would like for us to inform you by email when your cleaner changes, just let us know.

Just what you want us to clean! Our Green Cleaners bring all of our own, company approved, biodegradable and eco-friendly cleaning products. In fact, our Green Cleaners cannot use most products that you provide. Please see BELOW under “What products do you use?” for more details on what we can and do use.

Please note, also, for insurance and liability reasons, our Green Cleaners cannot clean anything above 7 ft and cannot climb higher than a one-step step-stool. If you would like your Green Cleaner to use a one-step step-stool, you will need to provide this item.

Although we rarely encounter a situation where we have to refuse service to a client, if our Green Cleaners continually feel uncomfortable working for a client and/or if the client harasses or solicits our company and/or Green Cleaners, we reserve the right to refuse service to anyone.

Product FAQs

Green Cleaning Seattle – Otium-Maid Services™ uses products that are non-toxic and eco-friendly. We neither use products that contain chemicals nor artificial fragrances. We also recycle and reuse as many products as possible, such as our cleaning towels (they are cleaned and sanitized after each use); and we recycle and reuse our spray bottles and cleaning containers as much as possible. Our vacuums are low-noise and Energy Star approved.

The power consumption of the Green Cleaning Seattle – Otium-Maid Services™ office is net-zero on an annual basis and our solar panels were installed by another local green business, SolTerra. Our office is also furnished with Energy Star approved appliances, eco-friendly flooring, and low VOC paint. Stone Soup Gardens installed our raingarden and 1320 gallon cistern in the summer of 2014. And we’re also stoked to say that in the Spring of 2018 we invested in our electric-assist cargo bikes! We’re the only cleaning company in the Pacific NW that is making the move to a carbon-free transit fleet.

The Green Cleaning Seattle – Otium-Maid Services™ office supports the Washington Toxics Coalition and the Organic Consumers Association, Seattle Tilth, Casa Latina, The Fremont Chamber of Commerce, The Seattle Good Business Network, and other organizations that are working to create awareness about green practices.

All of these things together mean that our business not only uses “eco-friendly” cleaning products – but also (and very importantly!) strives to keep our local economy and community dollars circulating locally and within our community.

Our main product line is Biokleen. Our vacuums are Miele canister vacuums, which are low-noise, light-weight, and Energy Star approved. However, our vacuums do NOT have a beater bar. This means you will not see vacuum tracks in your carpeting after we vacuum.

Please note, our Green Cleaners can ONLY use our company-approved products. We do have the following exceptions, whereby you can provide the below-noted products, if you desire (note: our Green Cleaners cannot use products that you provide unless they are listed below):

Stainless Steel Polish: we use a soft towel, drying well, for steel; however, 100% natural Lemon essential oil works well for this purpose. If you would like for us to use 100% natural Lemon essential oil, contact our office.

BioShield Floor Cleaner: We suggest BioShield Floor Cleaner. You can purchase this product HERE. It is great for wood, bamboo, cork, linoleum, ceramic, porcelain, and stone tiles! If you would like for us to use this product, please let our office know where it will be stored in your home.

Murphy’s Oil Soap: our Green Cleaners are allowed to use Murphy’s Oil Soap. If you would like for us to use this product, please let our office know where it will be stored in your home.

Dr Bronners: we approve all products from the Dr Bronners line.

You may also instruct our Green Cleaners to use your cotton or microfiber towels, non-scratch all-purpose sponges, regular brooms, and basic twist mops. However, we cannot use tools such as a steam cleaner or other equipment that our Green Cleaners have not been previously professionally trained on. Also, we cannot use the cleaning solutions/powders/liquids (other than those noted above) that you provide. We kindly ask that you do not ask our Green Cleaners to use products other than the ones we provide, or the ones listed above.

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Clean Conditions

The service time needed to clean depends greatly on the condition of your home when we arrive for the initial Deep Clean.

1: Spotless
Typically only applicable to vacation rentals or secod homes. Minimal use. Very tidy; no pets or kids; nothing needs deep cleaning or scrubbing.

2: Professionally Maintained
Already receiving professional cleaning at least twice monthly. Home is low use. Baseboards, cabinets, floors need very light cleaning or just spot cleaning.

3: Maintained
Being fully scrubbed down at least monthly by professional cleaning service or home owner. Very mild build up; moderately used home. Mild soap scum, light grime, pet hair, fingerprints, and/or dust.

4: Kept Up But Lived In
High use and surface cleaned, yet has places that need additional cleaning. Areas of build up that require scrubbing. This condition is about 60% of homes we do.

5: A Well Used Home
Hasn’t been professionally cleaned within the last year. Substantial build up in multiple areas that will require heavy cleaning to bring to Condition 2. Substantial dirt/dust/grime on floors/baseboards/walls/etc.

6: Needs Special Love
Home/office hasn’t had a thorough cleaning in a year or longer, if ever. May require a second visit to catch everything up to a Condition 2 level.

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Did you know that many cleaning companies are not really loyal - or local?

Many cleaning companies use virtual assistants to outsource some of their administrative costs to low-cost workers in other countries (that they can pay $4hr) and also do not pay their cleaners their full wage (nor give legally-required rest and meal breaks and sick pay).

Domestic workers are one of the most vulnerable types of workers. Employer abuse and labor trafficking is still prevalent in the domestic work industry. Learn more about the abuse statistics on domestic workers.

Green Cleaning Seattle – Otium Maid Services operates according to State and Federal law regarding wages, rest and meal breaks, sick pay. All of our staff are local and all are paid above Seattle minimum wage.

Our owner is also on the Board of Directors for the Domestic Workers Ordinance Board through the Seattle Department of Labor.

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