Sandra The House Cleaner

This is an update. I found Sandra off of Unilocal.Very friendly and easy to talk to.
She came to my place to clean for a move out situation. Let her in and left money for her as she said most clients leave money and let her do her thing.
I came back to my place to find the place not cleaned to a satisfactory level. Dust all over everything, floors not mopped, shower doors had remaining streaks. she left a broken drawer hanging half way out of the counter she claims that it was like that prior, but that’s incorrect. She was calm but defensive and figgity while explaining it to me. You’d think I’d get a call about it, but no… not at all. I’ve tried calling her to follow up about this and no calls taken.
Sandra did get in contact with me the next morning by text. She would not call which was odd. She said she would come by and touch up her work. She met me outside and this time had her son with her. I showed her the dirty counter tops etc. This time it was cleaned. She also walked off with some of my cleaning supplies, but returned them when I brought it up.
I appreciate her coming back. Did I think she would, no. Place finally was cleaned and we went our ways.
Would I recommend her or use her service again. Unlikely.

I loved Sandy and JD! I just didn’t like that when she started coming with a different woman all the time. Found $ 600 missing and don’t know which one of the workers took it because its always someone different.

I was desperate for someone to come clean my 1 bedroom apartment yesterday but when I called around like 20 places, only 2 or 3 answered the damn phone! and those that did wanted to send 2 people and had minimums of 2 hours ($ 100-​$ 150). I was very frustrated until I found Sandra on Unilocal.I called and she came by within 2 hours and did an excellent job for $ 65 ($ 80 with tip). I find her to be very pleasant to deal with and she really did a great job. The only thing I am going to tell her next time is to dilute more the bleach she used in the bathroom. The fumes bothered my eyes after she left, and even though the window has been open all night I can still smell it. I will definitely be using her again.

Wish this was a more positive review, but its not.
I found Sandy on Unilocal and was very happy the first time she and her husband showed up. Though I did feel the need to leave so they wouldn’t have to work around my two young kids, I was also relieved because the husband felt the need to regale me with war stories of inappropriate clients.
When I returned the house was clean and I was pleased with how quickly they worked. There were small things they’d missed but overall I thought they’d done well enough to invite back a second time.
My mistake.
Sandy showed up the next time with her 70+ year old mother. I felt bad having her mom clean our house, but had already hired her.
When I returned this time the floors were noticeably not mopped and the fridge I’d paid her $ 10 extra to clean out was only half done.
I communicated this to her and she said to take the extra $ 10 off, which I’d already effectively done by not tipping her.
Several months went by and I thought I’d give her one more chance and she responded that she would be unavailable based on how the last cleaning went.
Wow. Not a good business model. If you decide to hire her know that she will employ any available family member, and will cancel and reschedule with you at least once each time you try to book her, unless she flat out tells you to work with someone else.

The family was very nice… we liked them as people. But for cleaning no way. They didn’t dust and they cleaned the whole house w paper towel and windex. Sandy was very good at pointing out things that needed to be done and cleaned. Her husband did an ok job on the kitchen. But they didn’t move the small island to sweep… in fact, they didn’t sweep or vacuume… they didn’t mop either… they were just in and out. Good for sprucing up not good at all for cleaning… she seemed really upset when I told her I wouldn’t be using her serv again. Dashed out, didn’t even say goodbye.

No show, very irresponsible!

It says Sandra here on Unilocal,but her card says Sandy’s Housekeeping Services. She came exactly on time and was very friendly and accommodating. The house looks great and her rate was very reasonable. We will call Sandy again.

Very very professional service.

I found Sandra on Craigs list and was skeptical as to whether or not I could find someone I’d trust into my home from a site that (while a good resource) can be full of weirdos.
After hearing her voice mail message and talking to her briefly I decided to have her come out since my 1 Bedroom 1.5 Bath apartment was in dire need of a deep clean.
(I’m too embarrassed to tell you how long it’s been since I’ve dusted or cleaned the bathtub)
Sandra was fantastic!
She called right before she left her prior appointment and was on time. (Actually early)
She was very thorough, really took her time and found areas I didn’t think about to have cleaned.
Sandra was friendly, personable and another bonus is that she speaks perfect English.
PLEASE don’t get me wrong, in no way am I opposed to hiring any other ethnicity but a language barrier always makes things difficult as I was a slacker in High School and only speak English myself.
She charged a flat rate and I think her pricing was very reasonable as some other companies want to charge you for a 2 person crew with 3 hour minimum and expensive hourly rate.
Here are her rates and contact info which I took directly from her Craigs list post:
One bedroom for only $ 55.00
Two bedrooms $ 65.00
Three bedrooms $ 70.00
Four bedrooms $ 75.00
One time, weekly or monthly.
818−648−7941 or email

Give her a call and you’ll thank me!
:o)