In today's busy lives, we all need helping hand for accomplishing our day to day housekeeping tasks. Specially, working women feel exhausted in handling both office and home work themselves. They don't get time for themselves. Consequently, they lose interest either in their jobs or personal life and get into grip of stress and other physical and psychological problems. If you have lots of work burden or wish to live a bit comfortable life, it is better to appoint maid services for daily housekeeping tasks. However, finding a quality maid service is a hefty task.

With so many service providers, it becomes difficult to choose good quality maid services. If you are looking for quality house cleaning services, following tips can be helpful:

• Recommendations from people you trust are the best way to find suitable service maid. If you find a service you need, find out how long they have been in business and ask for references. It is advisable to ask for at least three references and make sure to check all of them.
• Check, if the list of companies recommended are bonded and insured. Exclude companies which are not bonded and insured. Ask housekeeping services to issue a certificate of liability. It will assure you coverage for any unforeseen issues or damages.  
• While choosing house cleaning services, ask them to provide you with a free consultation. The company will send their representative to your home to review the work to be done and giving you their price for the cleaning work.
• Ask if the company has a guarantee policy. It will be helpful in case any issue arise on part of quality of cleaning services or other such matters. Such a policy will create responsibility on part of their cleaning crew. Call the manager or owner of the house keeping services immediately.
• Decide what areas of your home need to be cleaned. Consider, if there are any specific area which are important for the services. Make a detailed list of all your requirements. All companies do not provide all services. Hence, such details will help you in short listing the services you are looking for.
• Ask what kind of cleaning products are used by the cleaning crew of the company. Certain cleaning products are made up of harmful chemicals. Specially, if you have children or pets or have allergies, it is important to know what's in the cleaners. Hire services which use non toxic and biodegradable products.
• Be clear on payment terms and policies. Ask cleaning company about their method of charging for services such as by the hour or by the day. It is better to select a company that offers services on flat fee as opposed to a per-hour charge. With per hour charges, you may have to pay more to maid deliberately working slower to get bigger paycheck.

Never let cheapest price be influencing factor for selecting housekeeping services. A company which offers cheapest price may be offering less in terms of quality. It is better to enquire about company from neighbors, friends and online reviews before delegating responsibility of your home in their hands.