Giving cleaners keys to your house?

[shineandglitter]

I am thinking of getting a cleaner what should I do about keys?

What do people do if there not indoors.....

1) Do they leave keys in a safe place outside?

2) Do they hand a spare key over?

3) Or do they collect keys the night before and drop them off to you through the letterbox?

[right-then-petal]

depends how much you trust the cleaner

[tommy.irene]

number 3 sounds good till you get to know them.. 

[tommy.irene]

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[rose2008-2008]

You do want a cleaner. I probably dont live near you or i would apply!!!. Im a very good cleaner!!!!!!!!.. Yes they have to be trustworthy.

[cookiecookuk]

i deffinately would not leave my keys with cleaner.

[lhasa.two]

Perfectly ok to give the cleaner a key if he/she is a professional cleaner... providing you have at least two references from their existing customers (preferably telephone calls as existing customers can outline quirks, benefits etc) and have their address contact details, not just a mobile number. You could drop off the key prior to their first visit just to check out the address.

Saying all the above can count for nothing sometimes... my niece just recently sacked her cleaner when she discovered she came for just 10 minutes and took money for 3 hours... Only found out  from child sitter (child ill at home) when child sitter asked my niece if that was normal?! She had glowing references... 

[queenelsa83]

Our neighbour in the flat below us does...in fact, she's actually here right now, I can hear her as it's every Wednesday 🙂

[electric*mayhem*band]

Tie the key to a piece of string, the other end of the string to your door knocker. Pop said key through the letter box - voila !

That was a public announcement, brought to you on behalf of the Police Commission.

[lhasa.two]

Lol, and probably hotly denied as the thing to do by the Police Commissioner.