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CLEANING AUTHORITY

House Cleaning

Reviews

3.019 Reviews
Number of StarsImage of DistributionNumber of Ratings
5
11%
4
26%
3
21%
2
26%
1
16%


Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
3.4
value
3.6
professionalism
3.5
responsiveness
3.3
punctuality
3.7
Showing 1-19 of 19 reviews

Christine P.
11/2015
1.0
house cleaning
  + -1 more
They called me this morning, 3 days before Thanksgiving, to tell me that they weren't coming back to my home. They were very rude. They left me in a terrible position. I find this to be so unprofessional!
Description of Work: I have used this house company for 6 years.
Rating CategoryRating out of 5

Laura P.
07/2013
3.0
house cleaning
  + -1 more
They are really good but you have to follow behind them. You need to remind them to clean under the bed and clean the lounge. You have to be there and none of them spoke English and so it was very hard to communicate with them. I would try to tell them to clean under the bed and they just didn’t understand. I thought their price was pretty high.
Description of Work: I used Cleaning Authority to clean my whole house.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
3.0
value
3.0
professionalism
4.0
responsiveness
3.0
punctuality
3.0

$125

margaret R.
07/2013
3.0
house cleaning
  + -1 more
Went great in the beginning. Then they kept changing out the cleaning women. Some didn't speak English and I'd try to communicate in high school Spanish. Sweet ladies, but hard to tell them what was needed to be done. Often they would clean quickly, missing areas. I'd complain and the problem would go away for a time and then they'd get lazy again.
Description of Work: Clean the house bi monthly

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
3.0
value
4.0
professionalism
3.0
responsiveness
3.0
punctuality
4.0

$130

Christine P.
07/2013
4.0
house cleaning
  + -1 more
Don't leave any valuable items around. A piece of jewelry was stolen with a value of over $ 1,000.00. This is hard to prove. The owner can do very little about it. As a result I have put most valuable items in a safe deposit box. So, that settles that problem and the cleaners won't be tempted. Minor breakings I let go because that can happen easily in the course of a cleaning session. Giving them adequate feedback helps I will continue to use them even though they have increased their fee because of the 0.5% increase in sales tax. Proceed with caution. Give them a try, just keep in mind whenever you have people working inside or outside your house 100% honesty is hard to come by with most companies. It's difficult to hire good and honest people for everybody running a business.
Description of Work: These folks have cleaned my home for several years (over 4 years).Generally, they do an adequate job. Some things I do not like is that they do rotations. I have asked them not to do this with me. The people who do the cleaning refuse to understand or speak English. This bothers me.Communication is poor. Owner is friendly and responsive. Supervisor is short and to the point. Most of the time friendly and punctual.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
4.0
professionalism
3.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$113

Rene S.
06/2013
5.0
house cleaning
  + -1 more
April was fantastic! On time and did the job better than I would have done. Everything was perfect. Could not have asked for more polite and thorough people!
Description of Work: Apartment cleaning

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$100

Val Y.
06/2013
3.0
house cleaning
  + -1 more
I did not like their pricing methods. I had something disappear that cost 750 dollars. I can't say it was because of them as I had traffic in the house. I had other people in the house, so I don't know who took it. The girls were very pleasant. I am going to be looking for another housecleaning service. I am eighty two and I am handicapped and I nap a lot.
Description of Work: I used Cleaning Authority for housecleaning services. They dusted and used a small vacuum that was not that effective. They did the superficial cleaning.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
3.0
value
1.0
professionalism
4.0
responsiveness
4.0
punctuality
4.0

$85

Kimberly H.
03/2013
1.0
house cleaning
  + -1 more
Called and scheduled an appointment for an in home estimate. I took off work early for the appointment. Not only did they not show up, when I called to inquire about it they stated that they had called to confirm the appointment that day and did not get an answer. I have no record on my cell phone of them calling, they did not leave a message if they DID call. I told them that I had taken off work early just for this appointment, and asked if they would send someone out even if it was later. I requested a call back to let me know either way if they were going to send someone out or not. I never heard back from them again. I will not give my business to this company and would discourage others as well. If they are that irresponsible, definitely DO NOT want them in my house.
Description of Work: Called and scheduled an appointment for an in-home estimate. No services performed because they never showed up.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
professionalism
1.0
responsiveness
1.0
punctuality
1.0


John M.
03/2013
5.0
house cleaning
  + -1 more
They are very responsive about setting a schedules and making sure that people show up when they are supposed to. They are responsive about rescheduling in holidays. Their communication is very good. The quality of cleaning is very good. For the time they spend and what they do, I think the price is high. They are very friendly. They have a lot of foreigners as workers and they speak a little English.
Description of Work: We use Cleaning Authority for maid services.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
3.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$83

Mike B.
08/2012
2.0
house cleaning
  + -1 more
See above.
Description of Work: We called and scheduled an appointment. The company called the same day to confirm. The appoint time came and went, 25 min later I called and told them to forget it. If a company cannot call their client and say they are running late or even take the time... I dont want them in my house.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
professionalism
1.0
responsiveness
2.0
punctuality
1.0


Larry P.
07/2012
4.0
house cleaning
  + -1 more
I would recommend it although I am not totally happy with the thoroughness of the cleaning. They want to ensure that we deal with the manager rather than the people directly. They are very reliable in terms of showing up when they are supposed to show up. The price is just about the typical price.
Description of Work: I use the services of Cleaning Authority for house cleaning. I have been using them for couple of years. They come twice a month. They have a rotation that they do. They do general cleaning but then they have emphasis on certain rooms on certain visits. They clean the bathroom and clean the kitchen, vacuum and dust. They do just typical housecleaning.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
4.0
value
4.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$100

Mary W.
02/2012
2.0
house cleaning
  + -1 more
I think their service that we had here was adequate. Our problem was breakage because getting breakage and getting reimbursement for the breakage was very difficult and very prolonged.
Description of Work: They did a total house cleaning.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
4.0
value
4.0
professionalism
2.0
responsiveness
2.0
punctuality
5.0

$120

Mary W.
01/2012
2.0
house cleaning
  + -1 more
What I included in the detail above just about covers it. The three incidents noted took place in the spring and winter of 2011.
Description of Work: For several years (when the Hicks owned the franchise) the monthly service from the Cleaning Authority (CA) was satisfactory. Since the change in ownership, the time allocated to my home was apparently shortened as there was always a rush to finish the job. Last spring the team cleaning accidentally chipped one of a pair of porcelain vases. Unfortunately they tried to "fix" the vase by gluing the chips back - not well. It took months for the franchise owner to respond to my claim and when he did, the response included the following: Are you sure the vase was not already broken? What is the value of the vase? How can I be sure this wasn't a cheap garage sale purchase? Because there was only one provider who could repair the vase, the CA owner did accept the cost, but refused to pay it. The only way I could get any value was through their offering additional cleaning at no cost to me. And to get to this point took months! Also, the settlement took place after I had filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau. In December, the team accidentally broke the glass blender container. The CA manager asked for a copy of the invoice for its replacement. After a month I got a check for the container cost and half the shipping cost. The CA authority owner said because I ordered other items only half the shipping cost would be paid. In fact I did order a blade and ring but these items added only $.32 and the total shipping costs of $10.54. A phone call to me or a check online from the company would have indicated this. So after a month I did get a check from the CA, albeit for $5.00 less I expected. These two incidents reflect the poor service from the ownership. After the cleaning in November, I called the office to express great disappointment with the service that day. They did send an inspector over who confirmed the problem areas and they did clean the areas missed. However, this added to the breakage problems seemed to indicate a service far inferior to the service provided prior to the change in franchise ownership. Since the teams sent out (and it is never the same two persons) are pleasant and seemingly hard-working I surmise that the time constraints the ownership imposes on them is reflected in the cleaning deficiencies. I have canceled service with the Little Rock Cleaning Authority franchise and would certainly not recommend them to anyone.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
3.0
value
3.0
punctuality
2.0

$129

Cathryn W.
10/2011
3.0
house cleaning
  + -1 more
Poorly
Description of Work: We employed The Cleaning Authority for bi-monthly cleaning of our 2300 sq ft home beginning in October 2010. The first two cleanings were deep cleanings which were fine. Over the course of the year, the cleanings became less thorough. The showers and bathrooms were not up to standard. The hardwood floors were dull and had film on them from the products they had used. And finally, several pieces of my jewelry went missing! When we called the company to terminate the services, they weren't even concerned or compassionate about our considerable loss.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
3.0
value
4.0
professionalism
3.0
responsiveness
2.0
punctuality
3.0

$200

Mercedes C.
01/2010
2.0
house cleaning
  + -1 more
My first experience with a cleaning company and should have paid attention earlier. Had t pick up the house before they arrived. Dusting and vacuuming were fine. Bathrooms and floors became a constant battle. Showers never clean. Toilets were nasty. The hard floors would barely get a wipe down so grime developed in corners and floor texture. I repeatedly called for follow up, but supervision was just not maintained. Issues would recur immediately. Got tired of cleaning the house before and after each visit.
Description of Work: Used for biweekly housecleaning for almost 2 years

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
1.0
value
4.0
professionalism
2.0
responsiveness
1.0

$100

Phylise H.
08/2007
2.0
house cleaning
  + -1 more
The Cleaning Authority sent 3 ladies to clean my house on their 1st visit. These ladies cleaned for about 3 hours. They were supposed to do a "detailed" cleaning. At the end of the 4 hours a supervisor came in to inspect their work. She made them do some of it over as it was a sloppy job. On another occasion, 2 ladies appeared and one could not speak English so I could not communicate with her. The other lady spoke very little English. They could not follow my directions due to the lack of English. The other problem with this company is they do not come when they are scheduled to come. They were scheduled to be here for the 2nd cleaning between 12 and 2 p.m. and never came. I contacted the office and the person claimed they were coming between 3:30 and 5:30, so I canceled them. Each time they were scheduled, there was always a mixup of some sort. The owner of the company promised me detailed cleaning and reliability, but that didn't happen!
Description of Work: The Cleaning Authority was to perform 2 detailed cleaning services and then come every other week to keep the house clean. Each time they came, they were to "detail" one area of the house on a rotating schedule. I used them for the 1st 2 detailed cleaning and once for the regular cleaning service.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
3.0
value
2.0
professionalism
3.0
responsiveness
1.0
punctuality
1.0

$300

Rebecca B.
07/2007
1.0
house cleaning
  + -1 more
When I interviewed the owner, he said I would never have to clean my house again, if I hired him. Only, he neglected to mention that the cleaners won't move anything, and they won't stand on a step stool or ladder and they can't lean out to clean fans or light fixtures. All too dangerous for their employees. This is really bad, since I am 6 feet tall and all the cleaners were short. Over time, everything over 5' got really dirty. They also, didn't mop well and all the little textured dents in the floor accumulated dirt. Nasty. This was unacceptable to me and I thought we had, had an understanding, that THEY didn't fullfill the contract, but THEY REPORTED ME TO THE CREDIT UNION FOR NONPAYMENT. They are good at dusting, cleaning bathrooms, and vacuuming, but don't expect a clean house like I did. And, be advised that if you are unhappy with the service, there is no way out, you will end up with a mark against you on your credit report. Don't do it. Unbelievable & unprofessional.
Description of Work: I hired them to come and clean my house, every other week. They require you to sign a one year contract, which I didn't mind since it was a reasonable price.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
1.0
value
5.0
professionalism
1.0
responsiveness
1.0
punctuality
3.0

$70

Deb M.
07/2007
4.0
house cleaning
  + -1 more
1st clean was great. Showed up and got to it. Everything sparkled when I got home, kitchen & bathroom deep clean. The 2nd time, different people showed up. The house was clean, but it just did not look, as good as the first time. It still looked good, just not like the first time. Also, they left the door unlocked. The lock is tricky and they may have thought it was locked, but it was not. I will still use and they return this week. The price will go down to $76 now, after the initial cleans.
Description of Work: This company uses a rotational cleaning schedule. 1 visit is a deep clean to kitchen & bathrooms & general clean to rest of house (ROH). The next visit is a deep clean to rest of house and general clean to kitchen & bathrooms. General clean includes cleaning the floors, counters, walls, showers, tubs, sinks, toilets, mirrors, cobwebs, microwave wiped out, vacuuming, mini blinds dusted, picture frames dusted, etc. Deep clean involves scrubbing grout, wiping door frames/doors, grease drip pan cleaned, nic nacs wiped, extra attention to floors, appliances cleaned/shined, furniture/upholstery vacuumed, carpet edges vacuumed.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
4.0
value
4.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$122

09/2006
4.0
house cleaning
  + -1 more
When they come out, I have to have the house picked up and fairly clean already so they could do the tedious work. They are trustworthy and they do a pretty good job. The only down fall is that they normally send out different people each time I feel they could be more consistent.
Description of Work: They cleaned the bathrooms, floors and dusted my 6000 square foot home. They come out every other week to clean.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
4.0
value
4.0
professionalism
4.0
responsiveness
4.0
punctuality
4.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$178

LESLIE F.
07/2006
4.0
house cleaning
  + -1 more
I am very pleased with the service. They always send out two to three people. They are friendly and make sure to leave behind any questions that they might have for me and I do the same as well. The only thing that this company does not do has to do with laws regarding their safety like standing on things.
Description of Work: One time every two weeks I have this service come in my home and clean the basic things. They take care of dusting, moping, vacuuming and cleaning the baseboards.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
4.0
value
4.0
professionalism
4.0
responsiveness
4.0
punctuality
4.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$125

    Contact information

    11701 INTERSTATE 30, Little Rock, AR 72209


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    Service Categories

    House Cleaning

    FAQ

    CLEANING AUTHORITY is currently rated 3 overall out of 5.
    No, CLEANING AUTHORITY does not offer free project estimates.
    No, CLEANING AUTHORITY does not offer eco-friendly accreditations.
    No, CLEANING AUTHORITY does not offer a senior discount.
    No, CLEANING AUTHORITY does not offer emergency services.
    No, CLEANING AUTHORITY does not offer warranties.

    Contact information

    11701 INTERSTATE 30, Little Rock, AR 72209