cleaning services
Rich people doing chores for first time: 'It's been a complete shock'
"I didn't even know where to put the trash," she says.
Hospital cleaning staff surprised with moving round of applause
With health care workers being applauded in streets around the world, it's just as important to acknowledge the non-medical staff bravely working in hospitals. That's why these grateful doctors and...
Boozy maid who passed out on floor allegedly pulled same stunt more than once
The maid who drank a Williamsburg woman’s vodka and passed out on her kitchen floor has pulled the same stunt before — and more than once. “[She was] nude waist...
Worst maid ever drank my booze, wrecked my home and passed out on the floor
The only thing these maids cleaned out was the liquor cabinet! A Brooklyn woman expected a spick-and-span home when she hired a cleaning company to tidy up her Williamsburg pad....
These domestic superheroes combat evil one wrinkle at a time
Some like it hot, pressed and starched. Especially members of the Brooklyn Ironers’ Union -- a group of eight domestic superheroes who combat evil one wrinkle at a time. “We...
Inside the dark underworld of the naked cleaning industry
The seedy underbelly of London's "naked cleaning" industry has been exposed with employees revealing they are being "pressured" into sex. Women are being paid just $26 an hour to clean...
The craziest Tony goes to a Bronx dry cleaner
And the Tony goes to . . . Ernest Winzer Cleaners? Spot on! On June 10, the Bronx dry cleaner that’s kept Broadway freshly pressed for 110 years will receive...
This family-owned company cleans bloody crime scenes
A family cleaning firm faces stomach-churning crime scenes on a regular basis as they go in to clean up after the cops have left. Leanne and Kenny Elliot run Certitude...
The worst thing about being a crime scene cleaner isn't the dead bodies
You know your house is messy when a forensics team clad in hazmat suits has to come and shut down your street to clean it up over five days. That’s...
Baby boomers are way messier than millennials
You won’t be able to scrub this from your memory. More than three in four millennials (77 percent) say that they thoroughly clean their homes at least once a week,...
Roomba maker wants to sell your home's floor plan
Robot burglars had better not get any ideas. The maker of the Roomba robotic vacuum, iRobot, wants to start selling mapped floor plans of customers’ homes to Google, Amazon and...
Buying time could be the secret to happiness
Money can’t buy you love — but it can buy you the time to enjoy life. A new study has found that people who pay workers to do the annoying...
Topless cleaning lady arrested for stealing underwear
A woman who offers a topless cleaning service in Bangor, Maine was arrested for allegedly stealing underwear from a local lingerie shop. The Bangor Police Department said that the woman,...
Cleaning crew finds skeletal remains in Brooklyn home
A cleaning crew made a grisly discovery -- skeletal remains -- in a Brooklyn home Wednesday, police sources said. The cleaners were inside the home on Skidmore Lane near Avenue...
Inside the orderly mind of Japanese tidying guru Marie Kondo
Cruel people would write Marie Kondo off as an organizational freak. Yes, the 30-year-old Japanese author and decluttering consultant has come up with a signature process for getting rid of...
The pros who charge $500 an hour to clean your home
Cher Horowitz’s closet in the 1995 flick “Clueless,” in which a computer hosts a curated catalog of its contents, is every woman’s dream. But thanks to modern technology, Madame Paulette...
Fashion power couple refused to pay housekeeper $100K in overtime: suit
A Manhattan housekeeper is trying to take the family of an iconic Italian fashion house to the cleaners, labeling them in a lawsuit as rich cheapskates who don’t pay overtime....
Brooklyn has the most passionate sports fans in NYC
Who says you can’t air dirty laundry? When it comes to favorite home-town teams, The Post has the dirt on where the true fans live. WashClub, an on-demand laundry service...
My maid ruined my Balenciaga blouse so I sent her to boot camp!
Jill Wilpon will never forget the phone call she received this spring. “It’s done, it’s gone,” the voice on the other end wept. “My Balenciaga blouse was thrown in the...
Cleaning up with a laundry service
Former Morgan Stanley trader Rick Rome was tired of his dry cleaner mangling his clothes with harsh cleaners. Looking around for a business opportunity, he also came to believe that...