House Cleaning on Siesta Key
Over the last thirty or forty years, single-family homes in the United States have continued to increase in size at a geometric rate. According to the National Association of Home Builders, the average home size in the United States was 2,700 square feet in 2009, up from 1,400 square feet in 1970. So over the course of almost forty years, the average home size in the United States has doubled. The increase in home size we see in the early two-thousands is almost like – based on 1970s square footage – owning a second 1,400 square foot home.
Siesta Key has experienced similar growth in home size over the past thirty or forty years what with the draw of beautiful beaches, blue Gulf waters, and warm weather beckoning to be experienced. Some of the homes on Siesta Key can even double the national average square footage and approach 5,000 square feet or more. That’s like owning four 1,400 square foot homes!
The reason we bring this up is not to point out any excess; far from it. In fact, we’d love to be able to live in that large of a home. But imagine yourself in a 1,400 square foot home for a moment. Picture a large living room/kitchen common area, a modest laundry room, three moderately-sized bedrooms (perhaps one is a den), and two small, yet full-sized, bathrooms. Sounds pretty good for a single family with one or two children.
Now imagine cleaning that 1,400 square foot house. How long do you think it would take you dust, wash windows, vacuum, broom, wash counters and appliances in the kitchen, mop, clean fixtures in the bathrooms, and anything else that is common cleaning practice? Two hours? Three hours? Four or more? For the sake of illustration, let’s assume that a basic cleaning (like the one described in the earlier sentence) takes three hours. That’s the better part of a morning after getting the kids to school or sleeping in on Saturday.
Now imagine that you’re cleaning a 2,700 square foot house. Based on our loose estimate for cleaning a 1,400 square foot home, the 2,700 square foot home would take six hours. That’s a full day’s work! But we’re not done yet. We’ve got to double that again to reach some of the home sizes we see today. Doubling our work estimate again gives us twelve hours of cleaning for a 5,000 square foot house! If you cleaned three hours a day, it would take you four days to fully clean such a large house. By the time you finished, it would be time to start again!
Now imagine that both adults work full-time. That leaves only Saturday and Sunday to clean. You could do it if you gave six hours on Saturday and six hours on Sunday. Using that schedule, your week is pretty full, wouldn’t you agree? So when do you have time to enjoy the beautiful beaches, blue Gulf waters, and warm weather beckoning to be experienced? You don’t.
What’s a homeowner to do? Throw in the towel and move off of Siesta Key? Heavens no! The simple solution is to hire a cleaning service. Remember, our estimates above were for a single individual cleaning a certain square footage. Take the twelve-hour estimate for the 5,000 square foot home. Now, instead of one person cleaning, imagine two people cleaning. Instead of doubling the time, we can now half the time involved. Cleaning a 5,000 square foot house is now down to a more manageable six hours. Your cleaning service could come in at nine, clean until noon, take a lunch break, come back at one, and be finished by three…all while you’re at work and the kids are at school. You’d never even know they were there except that the house is so clean. But what if your cleaning service sent three people…or four? Cleaning time could be reduced to a morning. From twelve hours down to three or four. That’s a pretty good rate of return for your investment don’t you think? That would give you the time to enjoy everything that you moved to Siesta Key for.
So next time you feel overwhelmed with the prospect of cleaning your house, contact HouseMaids and let them give you the two important things: a clean home and free time to enjoy your surroundings with your family.
Dial 941-953-4300 today!
HouseMaids is proud to offer home cleaning, business cleaning, and commercial cleaning to the residents of Sarasota, Bradenton, Lakewood Ranch, University Park, Palmer Ranch, Osprey, Bird Key, Lido Key, Longboat Key, and surrounding areas.