Cleaning Fee Includes:

  1.  Sanitized and cleaned bathrooms
  2.  Surfaces wiped, vacuumed, or dusted; from dressers, night stands, to counter tops, etc. in the 4,500
       square ft. House
  3.  Freshly laundered Bedding, for 14 Sleeping accommodations
  4.  Freshly laundered Bathing Towels, over 22 sets of towels & fold
  5.  Freshly laundered 22 Thin extra towels (should you forget your own beach / pool towels)
  6.  Freshly laundered kitchen hand & dish towels 
  7.  Freshly Striped & Made, up to 12, Beds, from Full top & bottom bunks, to King size; to Queens to Convertible   
       sofa bedding.
  8.  Check for and return to Owner any items guests left that they may wish to have returned.
  9.  At pool side, wiping down tables
10.  Covered Deck areas (off house), tables are wiped down
11.  Slider doors are cleaned as needed
12.  Hot Tub is emptied, cleaned, sanitized, filled and treated.

All that being said, because nothing takes up as much time as doing the laundry (well most of the time), any towels you have washed and dried, while not required, is appreciated.  Even if its just starting the first load of towels prior to your departure, its a big time saver.  Don't bother folding the laundry.  The maids, like me have a bad case of OCD and want them folded a certain way.

Not Included in Cleaning Fee:

• Moving household items such as glasses, dishes, board games, interior or exterior furniture, etc. From, for instance, the pool or dock area, loft, or bathroom, to the room / area they go in.  
• Removal of any decorations or the remnants of decorations or party favors.
• Removal of all evidence of chalk drawings, if your children has done any.  Our maid staff has not budgeted for this removal & the next family would no doubt like a clean pallet.  We have worked hard to depersonalize the house.  Leaving only a few family photos.  We ask that our guest also remove their personal touches on the house & its surrounding areas before departing, returning the house to the same condition they found it, except for what is covered by the cleaning fee.
• Washing, putting away all glasses, pans, dishes, etc. used during your stay, OK to put your departure morning dishes, glasses, etc. In dishwasher & leave them to wash after you depart
• Removing trash from night stands, counters, floor, etc.  During your stay, please Pick up trash, used tissues, receipts, paper plates, pizza box, etc. & please put this trash into a can, there is one in every room, in the loft, please use the bathroom trash can.  At the end of your stay, please make sure all trash (including food from freezer, refrigerator, cabinets, etc.) is disposed of in one of the large dumpster style trash receptacles under the house.  If trash day, Wednesday or Saturday, please move container to street.
• Disposal of used food from kitchen, bar area, etc.  Please dispose of this in the large downstairs trash receptacles under the house.
• Grease or Oil stains.  Should you spill these are other difficult to impossible to clean up products, proffessional steam cleaning will be required and there will be a charge back. 

While 95% of our guests, before this document, did so anyway, the 5% who needed some reminding, the above is not included in the cleaning House fee.