Domestic Bliss: Hiring a Good Housecleaner

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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Who Rates Best (& Worst) in the Chicago Area? Now You'll Know.

Housecleaning Services

	Paying for housecleaning services is, for many consumers, considered no more of a luxury than hiring help with plumbing or appliance repairs. Free time may simply be too scarce to spend large chunks of weekends dusting, mopping, vacuuming. If you are feeling desperate for help, this article may be just what you need-whether you're looking to hire a company or an individual. From Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine
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	Name	Number of ratings	Checkbook's top rating ()		What percent of customers rated firm "superior" on our survey for "overall quality"	Firm's price index score
	Name	Number of ratings	for quality	for price		Firm's price index score
1.	A A Cleaning Svc 111 W Main St Cary, IL 847-516-4381		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
2.	Action Maids 1260 Cobblers Xing Elgin, IL 847-608-1333		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
3.	Best Maid & Cleaning Svc 5865 N Lincoln Ave #109 Chicago, IL 773-989-8484		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
4.	Chestnut Associates Chicago, IL 312-332-5575		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
5.	Cleaning Authority 3150 Skokie Valley Rd #9 Highland Park, IL 847-266-0295		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
6.	Cleaning Authority 1683 S Mount Prospect Rd Des Plaines, IL 847-297-3254		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
7.	Cleaning Authority 600 Industrial Dr #L Cary, IL 847-516-4132		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
8.	D's Dust Bunnies 212 W Washington St Round Lake, IL 847-740-0541		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
9.	Dial-a-Maid 909 Foster St #E Evanston, IL 847-869-6243	26 ratings	Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
10.	Diana Services 3636 Whirlaway Dr Northbrook, IL 847-480-9147		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
11.	Dust Connection 3505 N Normandy Ave Chicago, IL 773-276-4200	33 ratings	Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
12.	Euro Maids PO Box 5366 Naperville, IL 630-579-1366	25 ratings	Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
13.	European Maids 5 Elizabeth Ln Downers Grove, IL 630-724-0400		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
14.	Happy Maids 654 S Northwest Hwy Barrington, IL 847-382-0082	22 ratings	Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
15.	Helena's Polish Cleaning Service 105 N Ott Ave Glen Ellyn, IL 630-469-0216	29 ratings	Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
16.	Helping Hands 481 W Alexander Blvd Elmhurst, IL 630-530-1324		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
17.	Home Cleaners 409 Lexington Dr Schaumburg, IL 630-910-8900	23 ratings	Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
18.	Home Cleaning Ctr of America 630 Executive Dr Burr Ridge, IL 630-655-8705		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
19.	Home Pride Svc 5120 Belmont Rd #V Downers Grove, IL 630-852-1123		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
20.	Hour Maid Cleaning 544 Zenith Dr Glenview, IL 847-759-1003	33 ratings	Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
21.	House Beautiful 21020 Rand Rd #C Lake Zurich, IL 847-540-6363	13 ratings	Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
22.	Krystal Clear Cleaning 130 W Liberty Dr #215 Wheaton, IL 630-682-5656		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
23.	Kulas Maids 1920 Maplewood Northbrook, IL 847-559-0966	77 ratings	Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
24.	Lottie's Cleaning Service 1 Cheswick Ct Schaumburg, IL 847-843-1048	20 ratings	Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
25.	Maid Brigade 850 W Bartlett Rd #3-C Bartlett, IL 630-830-1550		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
26.	Maid Pro 2508 Gross Point Rd Evanston, IL 847-869-2005		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
27.	Maids 5530 W 110th St #11 Oak Lawn, IL 708-422-2176		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
28.	Maids 2823 Sunset Ave Waukegan, IL 847-249-3144		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
29.	Maids Maids Maids 7015 N Keeler Ave Lincolnwood, IL 847-677-6243		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
30.	Mary's Cleaning Svc 20 Chicago Ave Oak Park, IL 708-383-2770		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
31.	McMaid 1793 Bloomingdale Rd #7 Glendale Heights, IL 630-682-1661		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
32.	McMaid 7501 N Milwaukee Ave Niles, IL 847-647-1213	19 ratings	Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
33.	McMaid 4300 Lincoln Ave #M Rolling Meadows, IL 847-991-2383	28 ratings	Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
34.	McMaid-Southwest Suburbs 9838 S Roberts Rd Palos Hills, IL 708-430-2550		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
35.	Merry Maids 925 W Chicago Ave #1 Chicago, IL 312-455-0710		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
36.	Merry Maids 421 E State St Geneva, IL 630-232-9400	18 ratings	Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
37.	Merry Maids 54 S Villa Ave #B Villa Park, IL 630-532-5881	15 ratings	Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
38.	Merry Maids 1554 Crescent Lake Dr Montgomery, IL 630-897-0001		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
39.	Merry Maids 8302 S 88th Ave Justice, IL 708-839-1777		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
40.	Merry Maids 7536 N Ashland Ave Chicago, IL 847-328-8680	25 ratings	Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
41.	Merry Maids 1775 Winnetka Ave #102 Winnetka, IL 847-446-0672		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
42.	Merry Maids 3148 Calwagner St #1 Franklin Park, IL 847-455-7338		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
43.	Michelle's Cleaning Service 737 Oakwood Ct Westmont, IL 630-325-6258	16 ratings	Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
44.	Mighty Maids-Mighty Men 2950 N Sheffield Ave Chicago, IL 773-472-7711	27 ratings	Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
45.	Molly Maid 4912 Main St #B Lisle, IL 630-241-7100		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
46.	Molly Maid 121 S Lincolnway #103 North Aurora, IL 630-966-2566		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
47.	Molly Maid 17732 Oak Park Ave #D Tinley Park, IL 708-614-7575		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
48.	Molly Maid 13033 W 143rd St #B Lockport, IL 708-645-2550		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
49.	Molly Maid 100 S Atkinson Rd #105 Grayslake, IL 847-548-6889		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
50.	Molly Maid 1421 Old Deerfield Rd Highland Park, IL 847-681-1800	14 ratings	Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
51.	Penny Maid Service 25975 N Diamond Lake Rd #111 Mundelein, IL 847-566-7750	14 ratings	Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
52.	Perfection Cleaning Svc 3213 Doolittle Dr Northbrook, IL 847-564-1300		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
53.	Skokie Maid & Cleaning Service 8350 Lincoln Ave Skokie, IL 847-679-8548	24 ratings	Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
54.	Sweet Peas Cleaning 1219 S Addison Ave Lombard, IL 630-495-8388		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
55.	The Cleaning Authority 865 E Wilmette Rd Palatine, IL 847-963-2244	12 ratings	Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
56.	The Maids Home Service 1822 Ridge Ave #160 Evanston, IL 847-328-0028	20 ratings	Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
57.	Upstairs Downstairs Cleaning 462 Harmony Dr Wheeling, IL 847-808-0003		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 22 local housecleaning services. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.

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Housecleaning Services in Barrington, IL	Housecleaning Services in Bartlett, IL	Housecleaning Services in Burr Ridge, IL
Housecleaning Services in Cary, IL	Housecleaning Services in Chicago, IL	Housecleaning Services in Des Plaines, IL
Housecleaning Services in Downers Grove, IL	Housecleaning Services in Elgin, IL	Housecleaning Services in Elmhurst, IL
Housecleaning Services in Evanston, IL	Housecleaning Services in Franklin Park, IL	Housecleaning Services in Geneva, IL
Housecleaning Services in Glen Ellyn, IL	Housecleaning Services in Glendale Heights, IL	Housecleaning Services in Glenview, IL
Housecleaning Services in Grayslake, IL	Housecleaning Services in Highland Park, IL	Housecleaning Services in Justice, IL
Housecleaning Services in Lake Zurich, IL	Housecleaning Services in Lincolnwood, IL	Housecleaning Services in Lisle, IL
Housecleaning Services in Lockport, IL	Housecleaning Services in Lombard, IL	Housecleaning Services in Montgomery, IL
Housecleaning Services in Mundelein, IL	Housecleaning Services in Naperville, IL	Housecleaning Services in Niles, IL
Housecleaning Services in North Aurora, IL	Housecleaning Services in Northbrook, IL	Housecleaning Services in Oak Lawn, IL
Housecleaning Services in Oak Park, IL	Housecleaning Services in Palatine, IL	Housecleaning Services in Palos Hills, IL
Housecleaning Services in Rolling Meadows, IL	Housecleaning Services in Round Lake, IL	Housecleaning Services in Schaumburg, IL
Housecleaning Services in Skokie, IL	Housecleaning Services in Tinley Park, IL	Housecleaning Services in Villa Park, IL
Housecleaning Services in Waukegan, IL	Housecleaning Services in Westmont, IL	Housecleaning Services in Wheaton, IL
Housecleaning Services in Wheeling, IL	Housecleaning Services in Winnetka, IL

Subscriber Comments/Reviews

CHECKBOOK provides subscriber comments on their experiences with the firms they use. Please remember that individual subscriber comments are informal. Subscriber comments may give you insight into the types of features and problems that exist in a service field, but are not the best basis for selecting or rejecting a specific firm. To assess the quality of a firm's performance, we recommend that you give more weight to the percentages of favorable ratings. Those percentages are generally based on much larger numbers of consumers' ratings (the number of consumer ratings is noted above).

Subscriber from CHICAGO, IL wrote about DUST CONNECTION, Chicago, IL on 07/14/09: Spokesperson spoke English (Barely). Cleaning ladies did not. Speed was their goal, not cleanliness. We..........

Subscriber from CHICAGO, IL wrote about MIGHTY MAIDS-MIGHTY MEN, Chicago, IL on 10/18/08: First cleaner was excellent, agency appeared to have no interest in working with me to..........

Subscriber from CHICAGO, IL wrote about DUST CONNECTION, Chicago, IL on 10/18/08: After initial good performance from a nice cleaner, the managers proceeded to randomly change dates..........

Subscriber from SKOKIE, IL wrote about SKOKIE MAID & CLEANING SERVICE, Skokie, IL on 09/24/08: We've had the same maid for sometime. She does not speak English, contrary to what..........

Subscriber from WAYNE, IL wrote about MERRY MAIDS, Geneva, IL on 08/26/08: The quakity of the cleaning depends greatly on who is sent -- some cleaners are..........

Subscriber from BATAVIA, IL wrote about MERRY MAIDS, Chicago, IL on 07/22/08: A TERRIBLE WASTE OF MONEY.......

Subscriber from LOMBARD, IL wrote about EURO MAIDS, Naperville, IL on 07/07/08: I started using EuroMaids a month ago for weekly cleaning and they have been doing..........

Subscriber from HIGHLAND PARK, IL wrote about KULAS MAIDS, Northbrook, IL on 09/19/07: If you have the same staff every week they can get complacent about the quality..........

Subscriber from EVANSTON, IL wrote about KULAS MAIDS, Northbrook, IL on 09/05/07: They didn't quite dust up to my standards, but those are pretty high. Overall, though,..........

Subscriber from WILMETTE, IL wrote about DIAL-A-MAID, Evanston, IL on 08/06/07: Prompt, quality, and efficient level of service delivered by friendly staff........

Subscriber from , wrote about HOUSE BEAUTIFUL, Lake Zurich, IL on 07/17/07: This company only has a couple teams that do good work, most employees do not..........

Subscriber from WHEATON, IL wrote about HELENA'S POLISH CLEANING SERVICE, Glen Ellyn, IL on 01/30/07: Starting times varied greatly from what they had committed to, and they did less than..........

Subscriber from SKOKIE, IL wrote about MCMAID, Niles, IL on 10/04/06: Good but expensive.......

Subscriber from EVANSTON, IL wrote about KULAS MAIDS, Northbrook, IL on 10/02/06: Mediocre for price. Too expensive.......

Subscriber from SKOKIE, IL wrote about DIAL-A-MAID, Evanston, IL on 09/26/06: VERY VERY TOO POOR IN ADVICING ON SERVICE OPTIONS AND COSTS. DO NOT THE CUSTMERS..........

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