@Calvin173 Cleaning is very important. It’s the first impression and can make or break a stay. A stray hair in the bed or bathroom, leftover food in the oven (I was a guest and this DID happen to me and who know how long it was there), enough toilet paper and towels, detergent (one host only had two packets for an 8 day stay with 3 people, one being a toddler; as a host I have a whole bottle there), dried out dog poop behind a bed (again this happened to me as a guest and we only found it at the end behind the bed when I was making sure my son didn’t leave behind any toys or random crayons), random stuff and dust bunnies under a bed, mold in the bathroom (and this was a superhost?), dog hair on stairs (not a hair or two - significant clumps of hair) and more. I want to create a nice experience for guests and clean to a level I’d like a place to be cleaned.
If you have a cleaning crew I’d recommend trying them out before a new guest arrives with a checklist of what you expect to be cleaned. I wrote up a how to clean because I was out of town when we had a change in guests and wrote out every single thing so my partner could clean. It was helpful when I paid a friend to clean as well. I’ve heard people say cleaning crews charge more when they know it’s an Airbnb sometimes $$120-150 for a small space like mine (1bd/1ba). It depends on their commute, if there are other jobs in the same area, etc. I have to check and see if I can get someone reasonable if I can’t or don’t feel like cleaning myself. I’ve also changed to minimum 2 night stay because I was tired of cleaning 4 days a week or so. It depends on the host and comes down to time, money and expectations. Good luck!
