In like…gangbusters? It’s time to prepare and tackle your spring cleaning list. Okay, we know most of you aren’t actually doing your own cleaning, but managing it can still be a full-time chore. And when in the Hamptons, no one wants chores. So let us help! We’ve served thousands of homes since 1995, and can help with almost any household need.

May we suggest the following schedule?

SPRING/SUMMER

Indoor
Complete in-home cleaning, including:
Bathrooms (weekly)
Beds and linens (cleaned and changed weekly)
Brass and other fixtures (polished seasonally and upon request)
Carpets (steam cleaned seasonally and as needed, vacuumed weekly)
Chandeliers (cleaned seasonally; more frequent upon request)
Clutter/organization (weekly)
Floors (weekly)
Indoor surfaces, counters, kitchens, shelves (weekly)
Inside of refrigerator cleaned and stocked–we will shop for you (seasonally and before new guests/as requested)
Silver polishing (seasonally)
Windows, interior (seasonally)

Plus:
Grocery and other shopping (weekly or as needed)
Painting rooms or touch-ups (seasonally or as requested)
Post-renovation clean-up (as needed)
Staging, with plants, other (as needed)

Outdoor
Grills and entertainment areas and furniture cleaned (weekly)
Ground maintained (weekly)
Gutters cleaned (seasonally)
Outdoor furniture painted (seasonally or as requested)
Pools cleaned (weekly)
Storm cleanup performed (as needed)
Windows cleaned (seasonally)

Other
Handyman services upon request, including emergency repairs
Office cleaning and organizing

END OF SEASON
Thorough cleaning, winterizing premises

* Because of high demand from Memorial Day through Labor Day, we advise clients to schedule well in advance and select a consistent day. Similarly, we recommend that clients wishing to schedule an end-of-season cleaning (or end-of-rental cleaning) do so well in advance because of the extra time needed.

While you are contemplating your to-do list, consider the origin of the proverb “In like a lion, out like a lamb.” It is rumored that the phrase began as a reflection of astrology, with March 1st featuring Leo in the sky, while the end of the month Aries the ram climbs through the heavens. Then there’s the symbolism of the Easter Lamb, with Easter falling during March or April.

The first similar quotation appeared in1624, when playwright John Fletcher wrote “I would choose March, for I would come in like a Lion…But you’d go out like a lamb when you went to hanging.” The phrase was revised to its current usage in 1670, by John Ray in his book of English proverbs, and appears fully in vogue when John Adams wrote it in his diary in 1788.

Let us tame the lion in your chaos!