Most vacation property owners hire professionals to clean their rentals between tenants. But did you know that you don't have to absorb these costs yourself but instead can simply pass them along to the renters? Many property rental websites allow owners to charge renters a one-time "cleaning fee" to account for the cost of preparing the vacation rental for their arrival and cleaning up after they leave. Renters typically accept these add-on charges without question because they want to e...

Renting out a rental property through a web-based service like AirBnB or Vrgo can offer a little extra income. And if it's close to where you live, it's easy to go over and clean it after your short-term renters leave in order to get it ready for the next booking. But when the property is many miles away from your primary residence -- like many such properties in South Florida, whose owners live several states away in many cases -- you need a reliable on-call cleaning service to prepare i...

There are lots and lots of residential cleaning companies in South Florida. But there's only one that you don't have to think twice about once you hire them: Carvalho's Cleaning. That's because our teams of reliable, experienced cleaning professionals always put the client first. When you hire us to clean your residence, vacation property, or rental home, you can be sure that we will be there on time, do a thorough job, and leave your property sparkling clean and ready without complicatio...

One of the worst phone calls you can get as a vacation rental owner is when an angry tenant calls to complain that they arrived to find a property that hadn't been cleaned. It means that you've been "ghosted" by your cleaning contractor. Ghost cleaners don't show up for their cleaning appointments. Like ephemeral spirits, they are invisible because they aren't there. And if you own vacation property that is hundreds or even thousands 0f miles away from where you live, there's not much you...

In South Florida, Spring Break is one of the busiest seasons of the year. So property owners who rent their units to college students and other short-term tenants from late February to early April benefit from being able to get them cleaned and available as quickly as possible. In other words, during Spring Break, time is money. so finding a reliable residential cleaning company like Carvalho's Cleaning to get your rental units ready as quickly as possible is critical to your success. A ...

Many people don't work traditional work hours anymore. Only a few years ago, working 9 to 5 Monday through Friday and having weekends off was practically universal. But every since the COVID-19 epidemic, an increasing number of people are working from home, commuting during off hours, or working evenings and weekends. This has wreaked havoc with home services companies such as residential cleaners. but Carvalho's Cleaning has adapted to changing times and can clean your home according to ...

At Carvalho's Cleaning, we love it when condo associations or management companies hire us to clean multiple units within the same complex. It allows us to maximize our efficiency and save time and money on transportation and equipment costs. In South Florida, there are a lot of condominium complexes that are composed mostly of second homes or vacation rental properties. Many of these are managed by a company that coordinates rental, cleaning, and even sales for all of the individual owne...

When it comes to hiring a cleaning service for your home or business, there are literally hundreds of choices. But only Carvalho's Cleaning offers reliable, responsible cleaning from proven professionals with an established track record.  Cleaning services come and go. Anybody can create a website and start signing up clients. But Carvalho's Cleaning has more than a decade of experience providing top-quality cleaning services for homes and businesses throughout South Florida. We've b...

Everywhere you look these days, people are making up for time lost during the global pandemic. The two years spent canceling plans and avoiding crowds have now motivated travelers in particular to get back out and discover new places. Sporting events and concerts are selling out at record paces. Public festivals and cultural events are standing-room only. And vacation destinations that have been mostly empty for the previous two seasons are now filling up quickly with visitors looking for...

When you hire a commercial cleaner to service your business, home, vacation rental, or other property, the last thing you want is for their name to show up among your incoming calls. That almost always means there is a problem. The cleaner may be calling to reschedule. Or cancel. Or to report a problem or complain that there is an added task that is going to cost extra. The best calls from your commercial cleaners are the ones that you don't get at all. With cleaning companies, silence tr...