Response from The Cleaning Authority - Austin
Hi, I'm so sorry we showed up while you were in the hospital and having surgery. Surely to be charged our lockout fee when we arrived on your regular clean day, and could not enter must have frustrating. If we had known of your inability to have the clean that day, of course we wouldn't have come. Once you replied to the credit card receipt for our standard "lockout fee" {i.e., we charge 1/2 price when we are unable to enter a home through no fault of our own on the day of a regularly scheduled clean}, we then became aware of the extenuating circumstances. I see that our admin charged your card a few weeks after this incident as we had left voice mails hoping to hear back. That charge is meant to cover the cost of sending a fully trained team to your home on cleaning day. We hadn't charged you at the time as we were hoping to hear back from you as to what happened that day. Once you sent an email advising of the mistake, we voided the charge and wrote off the lockout fee as a courtesy. Lockouts are always frustrating, and we work to minimize this frustration wherever possible. Our preference is always to clean your home. I'm sorry for the frustration this caused you.