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For sure, just get the rooms you need cleaned. You may need to be there the first time they do a partial house clean to remind them some rooms are off-limits/ out of the cleaning scope. I have found even when I say some rooms need not be touched during a full-house clean my cleaning service always tidys up in a small way at least. In your case you’re not paying for the extra rooms so may not be as problematic for them to stay out.

Absolutely! I currently don't have anyone doing this, but last time I did, I specified what they needed and don't need to do. I clean a lot myself and I only wanted them to focus on what I needed help with the most.

We have our entire house cleaned but I think you can ask them to do whatever you want. You might want to leave a written reminder. My MiL finds is useful to have her cleaning person do the kitchen and bathrooms and then focus on ONE other thing each visit: for instance, the windows, the outside, master bedroom, baseboards. That way it’s a constant clean for the messy places and rotating deep clean for the less messy areas

I think that’s perfectly reasonable. We have someone come in every 3 weeks and I leave a list of things we’d like done in order of priority and she completes whatever she has time to. She asked me for a list on her second visit and so far I really like it. She can also write notes back to me about specific areas and puts little checks so I know she’s completed it.
Works great for us.

We’re pretty tidy and vacuum prob every time we eat (kitchen area) and at least twice a week the whole house. Our cleaners however does the blinds (high up ones) and the ceiling fan and then vacuums after all the dust falls to floor. She also pulls up the rug and vacuums underneath. And as she’s wiping down kitchen and bathroom during the deep clean, dust and little crumbs go to floor which she vacuums up. So I feel like even though roomba does a good job, it’s a different type of vacuuming?

@periwinklebee

Ours is super high too! She uses this like long stick and stands on our staircase to reach. But man dust was everywhere!

@periwinklebee: they make 6 foot long swiffer dusters! I use one plus a step stool and can reach almost any dustable surface in my house, which has lots of two-story rooms/vaulted ceilings with high windows. It’s taller than the standard one, so read packages carefully. It’s a lifesaver

My mom has a house that only some rooms get used (like guest rooms and bathrooms) so her cleaning people leave an awesome checklist that says which rooms get cleaned every time, and the extra tasks they did this time and what they will do next time. I think sometimes she asks they do the whole house if we are coming to visit or just left.