Three Marias

I wish I had looked on Unilocal before having them clean my house. The head person also lied about the price to me. Then when I wrote to her e mails about my dissatisfaction she did not return them. At first when the girls left it seemed they had done a good job. Later I discovered numerous things they had not done. 3 girls for 2.5 hours and they did not do what 4 girls could do in one hour, and charged me 3x as much. (A different cleaning service which I had left for other reasons.) I wrote an extensive review on Angies List. I’ll see if I can cut and paste it here:
, At first it seemed fine. Then at the end they told me the price. 230 $. This was not what I expected at all. I had talked to the owner on the phone. She declined to come see the house but after my description she said a usual cleaning every other week would probably cost around $ 90, but not to quote her on that, and that the «girls» would tell me. She said the first cleaning would probably be «little bit more.» So I guessed something like $ 150 max. I have never paid more than $ 120 to have my house cleaned, and almost always it has been $ 90 or less. She did not tell me I needed my own cleaning supplies.
The girls were very nice; three of them, and they worked for 2 hours and 15 min.
But They were peeved to have to bring in supplies from their car. When they told me the price at the end I was shocked. They said they charged $ 10 for gas, and $ 10 for cleaning supplies, and 30 $ per hour for the first cleaning, but that later it would be $ 22. (I was not sure why the hourly charge would be different, since work is work, although I could see that the amount of time would be more for the first cleaning.) My house was not unusually dirty for someone who has been spot cleaning on her own for a couple of months.
I argued with them about the price, said I was totally shocked, that the owner had not told me charges for gas or supplies; I also told them what the owner had estimated, and what I had imagined. Finally they agreed on $ 175, which is what I paid them.
But later I was sorry I had given them that much, because over and over I discovered things they had not cleaned, and the quality of the work was less than what I have usually received.
I wrote a long letter to the owner explaining how upset I was but she did not respond. The next day I wrote another, because I had discovered all the things they had not done. They had even left the garbage bag of trash on the back porch. There were cobwebs everywhere, although I had pointed them out at the beginning and given them a long pole with a duster especially for that purpose. They had not cleaned the microwave. There was more I will not go into here. I demanded part of my money back and said I thought $ 120 was generous for the quality of the work. I did not hear back from her, even though I told her otherwise I would write her up on review sites.
I learned my lesson of trusting an owner, who seemed very nice on the phone, without having her quote me a firm price.

I’m not sure WHO is writing reviews for this company but my guess is their friends and relatives. There service was absolutely awful!!! I have a one bedroom apartment that needed light cleaning and mopping. They took my bed sheets off the bed to wash but never washed them or re-​made my bed. My nightstand still had dust on it, they didn’t sweep anything because there was dust on my floors, they didn’t clean out the fridge, they left bags of garbage sitting by my front door, they left clothes in disarray on my couch. I informed them I have teacup chihuahuas but it still smelled like dogs in my house. My 12 year old niece could have done a better job than this!

The people who come to clean your house are great but the owner is a very rude and nasty it’s a shame she doesn’t know to run a business or how to deal with people, she on Angie’s list stay away from the owner she hangs up on you and doesn’t hold up her end of the bargain, lies and is very rude

I have used Three Maria’s since 2005. She is accommodating, thorough and a good person. The ladies who come to my home are polite and work like crazy to get the job done and my home is a big job. Thank you Maria for being there for me and my family.

Used them based on recommendation from another website. The cleaning was good and seem to be thorough, but I felt they lied about the price. Website advertisement is not clear as to the true price. I paid $ ²¹⁰⁄₂ people for 4 hours.

I am so surprised to see bad reviews — have been using 3 Marias for 6 years and continuously love them. They do a thorough job on my older home, well-​used by 3 small children. Maria is responsive and flexible, always willing to work around a travel schedule. I have recommended them to several friends.

They did a competent job cleaning my two bedroom – dirty! condo. I would highly recommend them. BUT they are pricy: $ ⁹⁰⁄₃ hour minimum even though they were done in about 1 hour.

Treats customers terribly. Lied about price.