I did four calls today...and all I moved was 2 couches and 2 chairs...everything was already done for me...why ???because I let the customer know how I like it......

Sorry to say...you cleaners that are moving everything under the sun make it bad for everyone...I'm a cleaner not a mover.....

What are you doing with heavy pieces like the buffet???blocks can't hold that up...you're going to wreck the wood and the carpet by putting it back on wet carpet...mold will grow underneath....you shouldn't be moving it in the first place....

once you pres pray to drag heavy things across the will warp and stretch the carpet...say if you break something.

If you have to move things move them right out clear the room, and don't put them back...it is not our job...

if you move more than 2 items per cleaning area you've moved too much..

And how about the old folks??

How about the inconvenience of the kitchen and bathroom being full of crap??

How about the customers who will put the stuff back before its fully dry.

Of all the stuff you've come up with, the is the one I disagree with the most.

Not to be a mud slinger but I would call a cleaner who doesn't move the necessary furniture a slacker. I can't believe that Sears, Servicemaster and Interior Care are going along with this either.

Just listening to all this moving around of furniture is giving me a sore back. I don't know what it's like in Toronto ( I guess I will soon I'm opening up shop there next spring) But here in Montreal we move nothing that is heavy or that can be broken. Bedroom is customers responsibility, otherwise we go around everything, living room we will move sofa and chairs and coffee tables and replace them immediately, bookcases, china cabinets, and all other heavy furniture we do not touch.

I've had a case where the customer requested 3 men to help move heavy furniture at her expense @ $15.00/hr x3 men to re-arange her whole house after cleaning, she paid the pizza and drinks, we were there 7 hours, and when her husband came home ......he wanted most of it back in the original position or after discussing with his wife moved elsewhere....another 4 hours.......she gave us each $10.00 tip and the total bill was $ 495.00/moving furniture.........$325.00 / Cleaning......gave me a checque for $ 820.00 and guess what........IT BOUNCED.    I NEVER MOVE FURNITURE.

                       NIGHTRIDER   Finally got my money 100.00/ month

   I'm a cleaner not a mover...we are cleaners...stop moving everything under the sun...10 dining chairs in the living room...do you know how long that takes to move clean and pad...helll nooooo

stop it just stop it

Stanley, get a helper to move ,pad, and pull hoses.

cleaning wall to wall carpet means just that clean it all,so what if it takes longer to do the job correctly since you charge enough to cover all the expenses, leave the half cleaning jobs to the splash and dash artists. do the best possiable work and the rewards in the end will be yours.you will have so many referrals that your  sore back will come from carrying your money to the bank

Steamdragon be careful of your wording telling Stanley to get help padding. I already read where from time to time Stanley uses terry cloth toweling to absorb soil.

Lets not get Pad Man too excited. He eventually will convert us all but lets make it more difficult for him. I know Ted still has a warehouse full of Ninja's to sell.

Actually I've always used terry cloths on furniture.....it's kind of hard to do on the carpet...but for the most part it works.....still have to steam it though....

Ted can have an on line auction!!!!!

We seldom move much furniture, however we have a small machine that can do under beds without having to move them.

If the phone answerer handles the customer well, this issue can be greatly reduced. My wife is an expert at making them move all breakable and getting them to move most everything they want moved. We tell them to not bother with chairs and couches as they are easy to move.

Unfortunately the people in my area have furniture, wood floors or concrete and a roof.  Apparently some of you must have an area where people do not furnish their homes.  Do the have dirt floors and a grass roof, or are they made of ice??? And if they are made of ice would you use a tm???