Home Services

If you’re here looking for alternatives to Handy, it’s likely because you share some of the same concerns many others have expressed about working with Handy’s local network of contractors.…

When you’re looking for the right way to get your home professionally cleaned, you generally have two options. You can book a national cleaning service, which sends its own employees,…

If you've been on the hunt for a reliable, easy-to-book home cleaning service, two options you may have already encountered are Homeaglow and Handy. Both services provide vetted, background-checked cleaning…

In a world where we’re all trying to balance work, family, social lives, and the endless list of adult responsibilities, the biggest challenge usually comes down to one thing: time.…

Both Homeaglow and TIDY let you book a cleaner online without making a phone call, and both will show you pricing before you commit to anything. I checked them both…

When I first heard about The Cleaning Authority's Detail-Clean Rotation System, I was extremely intrigued! The idea is that your home gets divided into zones, and each zone cycles through…

My mother-in-law cleaned houses for nearly a decade as part of the rental business she ran. Listening to her talk about her regular clients over the years gave me a…

If you've been using Merry Maids (or got a quote from them) and now you’re wondering if there's something better, you and I are two peas in a pod! I…

Outsourcing house cleaning used to feel like something that only “rich” people did because most of us, well... we just do the do and clean our own houses like the…

Hiring a house cleaner can feel like a luxury, but as far as I’m concerned, it’s a necessity when you’re juggling kids and work and errands and the fifty-thousand other…