House, So Clean

Hiring a cleaning service just never occurred to me before. Or
I should say when it did occur to me, I felt guilty like I couldnt
handle cleaning my apartment on my own. Some sort of house cleaning
denial, it seems. I have never been one to clean my house as a hobby
(believe me, I know people who love to do this) I am more of an
organizer. I like to make my stuff look pretty and rearrange my
bookshelves by colour, but you wont find me on my hands and knees
scrubbing the floor. It just seems obvious that a cleaning service would
have really taken a load off all of these years.

I was so excited when I was introduced to AspenClean,
a Vancouver company that promotes and uses products that are
plant-based, smell great and care for the environment. They have just
launched their cleaning services in
Calgary and I was lucky to be invited to try out their products and
their services before officially launching the company.

I was immediately pleased by their super-friendly approach to customer
relations. After scheduling your cleaning services, they send you a
confirmation email. A few days later they send you another email
notifying you of the time window they will be arriving and then a
representative will call you the day before to let you know what time
exactly they will be coming. Very helpful as I like to have everything
planned out in advance. Dealing with a fairly busy schedule at all
times, it is details like these that make AspenClean so easy to deal
with. Before the cleaning appointment, I had already been using their
household products for a couple of weeks and was very surprised at the
results. All natural and made with plant materials, these products
REALLY clean. Each product is colour-coded and is matched up with a
coordinating micro-fibre cloth and together they can tackle any stain or
mess. I honestly hardly had to scrub at all and clearly I hate scrubbing
so this felt like a miracle happening before my very own eyes.

The cleaning service itself was a dream. I met the team of four lovely
ladies who were on the mission to bring my apartment to spic-and-span
quality. They brought with them all of the great natural products and
quite possibly the most gorgeous lime green vacuum I have ever seen.
While I worked away in my office, they went all neat-freak on my place
from floor to ceiling. It was beautiful. Again, great customer
relations, they double-checked with me before they left to see if there
was anything else I wanted done.

I feel like a changed woman since this experience, quite literally. The
day to day maintenance doesnt feel like such a chore anymore once you
can see your sparkling reflection in your kitchen backsplash. And with
plenty of great options (including monthly, weekly and one-time
cleanings) you dont have to be a Rockafeller to afford AspenClean to
help out around your house.