After Party Cleaning

• Cups, bottles, cans and plates collected room by room
• Trash bagged and taken out to the curb or dumpster
• Spills on carpet and upholstery treated while they are still fresh
• Kitchen counters, the sink and the stovetop after a night of cooking
• Bathrooms cleaned and restocked after a night of heavy use
• Furniture moved back where it was, decorations and tape taken down

• A stain that has already dried into a rug, which needs an extraction machine rather than a spot treatment
• Damage: a scorched countertop or a cracked table is repair, not cleaning
• The yard, the patio and the pool area, unless you ask up front

• Confetti, glitter and balloon weights, all picked up by hand before anything else starts
• Red wine, candle wax or grease that has had all night to set
• A rented venue with a handover time the next morning
• Glassware and dishes washed by hand because they will not all fit in one load

How long it takes is driven by the number of guests, not by the size of the place. A house left until Monday takes longer than one done the morning after, because everything has had time to set.

Book this for the day after an event at home or in a rented venue, and book it in advance — the good slots the morning after a weekend go early.

• Can you come tomorrow morning, and what time would you start?
• Do you take the bags away, or leave them by the door?
• There is red wine on the rug. Can you treat it, or do I need carpet cleaning?