Navigating High Demand Cycles
Each year, high demand cycles make it hard for you to get a house cleaner. How can you be the early bird that gets the worm? By knowing when those cycles are and how to maximize your own opportunities, of course. In this post, I will give you some insider information on how to get cleaning for move outs, holidays, and other high-demand times.
Spring Cleaning
The Event: Spring Cleaning is when winter is over and everyone is ready to shake off the cobwebs, air out the house, declutter, and spruce up.
The Time Period: Mid-April to early May.
When You Should Book: Call between February 15 and March 15 to schedule your consultation and get on the calendar.
May Move Outs
The Event: Around 25% of Manhattan, KS leases end on May 31. Many students, soldiers, and locals need move-out cleaning during this time.
The Time Period: The last week of May.
When You Should Book: As the only company in the Flint Hills that offers our Security Deposit Guarantee, we are especially hard to get during peak move-out times. Call between February 1 to 15 to schedule your consultation and get on the calendar. Calls made in early May will likely not get a booking, and may be referred to a trusted partner. Calls made after May 15 may not even get a call back due to extreme call volume.
July Move Outs
The Event: If you thought May was bad, July will shock you. 70% of Manhattan leases end on July 27-31.
The Time Period: The last week of July and first week of August.
When You Should Book: Again, as the only company in the Flint Hills that offers our Security Deposit Guarantee, we are especially hard to get during peak move-out times. Call between May 1 to 31 to schedule your consultation and get on the calendar. Calls made in July will not get a booking.
Football Season
The Event: Many people host football watching parties, especially for away games.
The Time Period: Any football game in the fall or winter.
When You Should Book: Call for your consultation a week or two in advance. Next day services are largely unavailable: if you think you can shop, decorate, cook, and clean all by yourself, then get the consultation anyway and let us know how it’s going a couple days before. We might be able to squeeze you in if the consultation has already been completed.
Christmas Parties
The Event: It’s Christmas, duh.
The Time Period: December 20-24.
When You Should Book: Call in early December to book your consultation. We would love to Deep Clean your house just in time for the holidays, but a lot of people have the same idea: the early bird will definitely get the worm.
If you want us to work on Christmas Day, there is a $500 minimum. Why? We hope that’s enough to deter people from asking us to work on Christmas day.
Amber Starling, Author
Founder and President of
Good Witch Cleaning Services, LLC
IICRC Journeyman Textile Cleaner