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Decent Cleaning offer professional Cleaning Services and these Terms and Conditions apply to any business booked with us electronically, using our online enquire form, verbally, through telephone, or by visiting our office, a Client's office or a Client's home. We may add to or alter these Terms and Conditions from time to time and any alterations or additions will apply to new business and existing contracts by giving them 30 days' notice. Our Cleaning Services may be ordered by using telephone, e-mail or using an online enquire form via our website, hereby the client agrees to be bound by these Terms and Conditions: These Terms and Conditions constitute the contract between Decent Cleaning (the “Company”, “Agency”) and the Employer, Client, Firm, or Corporate body, as the case may be (the “Client”) that seeks provision of cleaning services, which are to be performed by the Cleaner (the “Company, Cleaner”). The Company/Agency and the Client (together the “parties”) agree that the cleaning services will be provided by the Terms and Conditions herein.
Decent Cleaning (“The Agency, Company”) has a minimum of 3 months' contract for domestic clients during which we can replace the cleaner at any time and find the most suitable person who will meet your requirements. We also have a verbal and electronic agreement in place, followed by the Client signing a short contract that the Client can cancel by giving us four weeks' notice. The contract cannot be cancelled if there is an outstanding charge. All applicable fees and invoices must be paid before closing the Client account.
1. For domestic clients, the Agency will make every effort to select a suitable cleaner before making an introduction by closely vetting cleaners through interviewing procedures, checking references, and police checks if required.
1.1 For Commercial Clients, all Cleaners provided are directly employed by our Company.
1.2 Our Company directly employs all Cleaners who provide Pre/End of Tenancy cleaning,
2. While the Agency takes great care in selecting the right Cleaner for the Client, the Client is solely responsible for satisfying themselves as to the cleaner's suitability.
2.1. The Agency endeavours to ensure that the cleaner always maintains a high standard of work, integrity, and reliability.
3. Claims. While the Cleaners make every effort not to break items, accidents do happen. Identical replacements are always attempted but not guaranteed. For this reason, the Company requests all irreplaceable items (whether monetarily or sentimentally valuable) be stored away and /or not cleaned by the Cleaners.
3.1 In case of damage, The Company will repair the item at its cost. If the item cannot be repaired, the Company will rectify the problem by crediting the client with the item’s present actual cash value toward a like replacement from a Company’s source upon payment of the cleaning service rendered.
4. Insurance. All our Cleaners have public liability coverage provided by AXA Insurance Group. The insurance is not for minor accidents; the policy has a £250.00 excess charge, which the client must pay. Decent Cleaning will attempt to repair any damage locally before notifying our insurance.
4.1 The Company’s insurance (“the Agency”) cannot accept and will not cover or be liable for loss, damage to property, or injury to the worker without a signed agreement.
4.2 The Company and the Insurance Provider (s) will prosecute to the fullest extent of the law any attempt to commit insurance fraud or any use of false information to commit any type of fraud. Monetary compensation and legal fees may be incurred.
4.3 The Company shall not be liable for any consequential or indirect losses incurred by Client(s) due to a Cleaner's failure to comply with his or her contractual obligations, theft, or collusion for whatever reason.
4.4 The Company will not be liable under any circumstances for any loss, expenses, damages, delays, costs or compensation (whether direct, indirect or consequential) which may be suffered or incurred by the Client arising from or in any way connected with :
5. The Client must allow the cleaner access to hot water and power.
5.1 If the Client requires the Cleaner to clean behind or under any heavy items (e.g. a fridge, bookshelf, or other furniture), it will move those items before the commencement of the Service. It will secure or remove any fragile, delicate, breakable or valuable items, including cash, jewellery, works of art, antiques, or items of sentimental value before the commencement of the service.
5.2 Our regular domestic cleaners do NOT do a deep cleaning or deep cleaning of any appliances, such as the oven inside. Our Cleaners are prohibited from using bleach and any corrosive substance in the Client’s home. Any bleaching or corrosive substance provided by the Client and used in the Client’s home is at the Client’s risk. In addition, the Client must instruct a Cleaner if any item(s) within the property needs to be handled with extra care to avoid damage. Our cleaners do NOT clean the property's exterior, such as doors, windows, balconies, sheds, gardens, garages, etc. Our cleaners are prohibited from using a ladder/step ladder for any cleaning purpose and do NOT allow them to climb on any furniture such as a stool or chair. Our cleaners do NOT clean high, hard-to-reach areas such as chandeliers, tops of cabinets, and high windows above 4 metres.
5.3 Not all our cleaners are able or prefer to iron. Therefore, if we replace a Cleaner, we may replace it with one who is NOT able to iron until we find the one who can.
5.4 If Clients own pets, all unsupervised pets must be kept in a crate or in a secure area during a Cleaner visit.
6. The Company will provide all cleaning materials and equipment only for Pre/End of Tenancy cleaning. The Company may provide cleaning products, materials and equipment for commercial cleaning if the Company and Client agree. Still, there may be a surcharge in the event of a need for specialized equipment. We will quote separately for this before booking the services. We DO NOT provide cleaning chemicals, materials and equipment for domestic Clients.
7. The Client agrees to keep polite communication with the Cleaner and anyone from the Company. Abusive, harassing or offensive behaviour, whether verbal, physical or visual, is unacceptable. This includes any demeaning, insulting, embarrassing or intimidating behaviour directed at any Cleaner or employee of Decent Cleaning related to race, colour, gender, national origin, age, religious creed, physical or mental disability, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, veteran status, citizenship or another characteristic protected by law. If any such behaviour or conduct is discovered, whether directly or indirectly, the contract will be terminated immediately, and no refunds will be due and may be prosecuted.
8. As per our Health and Safety Policy, if any of the Client's household members is sick, and such sickness may pass on illness to the Cleaner like a cold or the flu, the Client must inform us immediately before a Cleaner visit.
9. If the Client wishes to engage a Cleaner for an extended period, the Client must first notify the Agency, AND ALL SUBSEQUENT BOOKINGS MUST BE MADE THROUGH THE AGENCY.
10. The Client should take note of the Agency‘s advice regarding the position to be filled. The Agency may advise the Client that the hours they expect a Cleaner to work may be excessive or that the area or item to be cleaned requires more hours.
11. The Client is responsible AT ALL TIMES for supplying all required and appropriate cleaning material and equipment and arranging to access the Client’s property.
12. The Client is always responsible for paying the Cleaner directly for domestic regular cleaning.
13. The client pays the Cleaner on each day that he/she provides cleaning services to the Client or as otherwise agreed between the Client and Agency.
14. The Client may issue the Cleaner with keys that allow access to the premises to be cleaned.
15. The Agency is a temporary and permanent staff agent that introduces temporary and permanent cleaners. Therefore, some of the temporary/permanent Cleaners are not employed by the Agency directly or indirectly but are SELF-EMPLOYED. The cleaners are always employed by the Client and under his/her supervision and responsibilities.
16. The Client must not pass the details of the cleaner to a third party to engage in private work.
17. The Domestic Client will pay the Agency a monthly agreeable management fee inclusive of applicable VAT. The fees must be paid in advance based on the number of hours agreed a Cleaner works regularly. Our fee must be paid for any additional services carried out by the Cleaner (number of extra hours) every time she/he cleans. The management fee is always payable, including cases in which the Client cannot provide the Cleaner with access to the premises or for any reason the Client chooses not to have a cleaner in. The cleaner is only paid for the hours worked, and our cleaners do not work during the Christmas and Easter holidays. The Cleaner can work on Bank Holidays or if the cleaning day falls into Monday’s Public Holidays. In such a case, the Cleaner may work on other alternative days, which would be agreed between the Cleaner and the Client, not the Company. Our company will be closed during the holidays
18. Such payments for domestic Clients have to be made monthly in advance only by Standing Order on the day when the cleaning commences and on the same date monthly thereafter, or on the nearest banking day there too (“the Due Date”). If the Client terminates the service of the Agency before the Due Date, no commission refund will be payable. We’ll send you an invoice for the initial fee for the first month, and then the Client must set up regular monthly payments by Standing Order. We do not send invoices to Clients' premises. All our invoices are sent to clients electronically and are available for our existing clients to view at any time on our website.
19. Payments: A late payment interest charge of 8% per month above the base rate of Barclays Bank plc will be charged on all outstanding amounts not paid within 7 days of the Due Date until payment is received. We reserve the right to add costs and interest to this debt under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts Regulations 2013 and are legally entitled to do so. The Agency is entitled to withhold the supply of all Services until the outstanding payment has been paid in full.
20. The Agency will refer all unpaid fee cases to the company legal adviser and debt collection agency if the client is unwilling to pay overdue payments. The Client will be liable for paying all processing costs and recovering the Company fees.
21 The Agency requires a minimum of one month's written notice from the Client for termination of the Services. We reserve the right to cancel your contract without prior notice and for any reason, including but not limited to:
21.1 If the Client does not pay the service fees on time as agreed.
21.2 We have insufficient or unsuitable Cleaners to meet Client needs.
21.3 We do not have Cleaners to cover your area.
21.4 If any misleading or false information was used to obtain discounted services.
22. The Client is liable for an employment referral fee of £1000 per person, should he/she directly employ (either legally or on a cash basis) anyone currently or previously employed/sub-contracted by the Company or employed/sub-contracted by the Company within the 1 year before such employment. The Client agrees to pay this fee whether he notifies the Company of his action or the Company discovers this employment independently at any time after it occurs. The Client further agrees to reimburse the Company for any collection or legal fees the Company incurs in collecting this fee.
23. These Terms and Conditions may not be varied or changed unless approved in writing by the Agency.
24. These Terms and Conditions are governed by, interpreted, and construed by the laws of England, and the parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts.
1 These terms and conditions of business constitute a contract of agreement between Decent Cleaning (”The Company”) and the Client:
2 The Company shall provide the cleaning services by these terms and conditions and its specification (“the Cleaning Services”)
2.1 The Company shall provide all labour, cleaning equipment where agreed and supervision necessary for the provision of the Cleaning Services.
2.2 The Client shall provide without charge to the Company all necessary light, hot water and other facilities required to carry out the work together with suitable secure storage facilities for any materials and equipment which the Company may wish to leave at the premises. Provided that materials and equipment are left by the Company in such secure storage then they shall be at the Client’s risk and the Client shall indemnify the Company against any loss or damage to such items.
3 To facilitate cleaning and to prevent papers and documents from being mislaid, the Client shall, so far as possible, clear all desks and ledges before the commencement of work as well as the space in front of all windows and other glass to be cleaned.
3.1 Under no circumstances shall the Company’s Employees be required by the Client to clean any cracked or broken glass or any broken windows which are or appear to be unsafe or dangerous or to do anything which might expose them to unusual or unreasonable risk or injury. The Client shall be liable for any injury or damage caused by its failure to comply with this condition.
3.2 The Company reserves the right without penalty or prejudice to the Agreement to refuse to carry out work under conditions which it considers dangerous to the health or safety of any of its Employees working on the premises.
3.3 The Client warrants that the premises are safe for work and comply with all statutory requirements. The client must inform the Company if there is a danger of any spread of infectious diseases, or viruses on the premises to avoid our Employees catching any sort of sickness.
3.4 The Client shall maintain the premises in a safe condition for the work to be carried out and shall comply with its obligations under the Health & Safety Act 1974 and any statutory amendment thereof. The Client shall warn the Company of any unusual hazard in advance of the work being carried out.
4 The Company confirms that it will take steps to safeguard the health and safety of its employees and bring to their notice the safety policies of the Company and (if so advised) the Client.
5 The Company is insured in respect of its legal liability for accidents to its Employees and Third Party Risks.
5.1 The Company shall be liable up to a maximum sum of £5,000,000, but no more unless otherwise expressly agreed in writing for any direct damage to or loss of the Client’s Property caused by the negligence of the Company’s employees acting within the terms of their employment provided that the Company shall both have been notified of such damages within 24 hours of the occurrence and also have received full written details at its main office within 48 hours of occurrence, other than as provided for in Condition 11 hereof regarding carpet cleaning.
5.2 Under no circumstances shall the Company be liable for any indirect or consequential damage or loss suffered by the Client howsoever arising.
5.3 To help the Company maintain its high standards, the Client shall subject to sub-paragraph (5.1) above notify any complaints to its main office in writing as soon as practicable. In the absence of any such notification, it will be presumed that the work has been performed to the Client’s satisfaction.
6 Unless otherwise expressly agreed in writing the Company shall not be required to carry out the work on Weekends, Bank Holidays, Good Friday or Christmas Day.
6.1 If the Company shall be denied reasonable access to the premises or otherwise prevented from providing the services specified at the times agreed it shall be deemed to have performed its obligations in full and the Client shall not be entitled to any reduction in the contract price.
7 In the event of the Client during the Agreement moving to other premises or extending the premises or making any changes which may increase the cost to the Company of carrying out its obligations the Agreement shall not terminate the Company shall provide a revised specification for the provision of Cleaning Services and this contract shall continue in force as altered with the price being fairly and reasonably adjusted accordingly.
8 The Agreement may be suspended by the Company for the period when because of war, riot, fire, strike, trade dispute or (without limitation) any cause beyond the Company’s control the Company shall be unable to carry out the work and the Company shall not be liable for any loss or damage arising therefrom.
9 The Company reserves the right after consultation with the Client to adjust the price stated in the quotation by any increase between the date of the quotation and the date of the contract in the direct cost to the Company of labour and/or materials to fulfil the contract.
9.1 All hours, staff numbers and rates of pay referred to in any cost breakdown are the anticipated levels at which the Company will be operating. The Company reserves the right to adjust these if required.
9.2 The company shall render invoices for services at the commencement of the service with the Client for one calendar month or part thereof and every calendar month thereafter, unless otherwise expressly agreed in writing all invoices shall be paid without any discount deduction or set-off by the end of the calendar month in which the service is provided. The Company reserves the right to charge interest at the rate permitted by the Late Payment of Commercial Debts Regulations (Interest) Act 2013 on any overdue payment. If the payment of any invoice shall be overdue by 7 days, the Company may (without prejudice to any other remedy it may have against the Client) suspend or terminate service under the contract until all monies and interest on them have been paid in full and the Customer’s other obligations have been fully complied with.
9.3 In any event Decent Cleaning will suspend work if payment is not received by the end of the month following its due date and such action will neither invalidate the contract nor constitute a breach of contract by Decent Cleaning.
9.4 The Company reserves the right to require payment for the invoices before continuing to deliver services under the contract.
9.5 Upon termination of the contract i.e. by or on the last day of the contract term, all outstanding invoices must be paid.
10 During the currency of the Agreement and for 12 months after its determination howsoever occasioned the Customer shall not (i) employ any person who shall have been an Employee of the Company concerned with the cleaning of the premises during the currency of the Agreement nor (ii) induce any person to leave employment nor (iii) introduce any person to any other person, firm or company which is or likely to compete with the Company.
11 Regarding carpet cleaning:-
11.1 The Company shall not be liable for any colour run shrinkage damage or deterioration in fabric or colour due to wear fade or spillage. Although the Company shall make all reasonable efforts to remove stains, it shall not be liable for any reaction of the cleaning process on carpet fibres nor when the nature of the stain has not been disclosed by the Client.
11.2 The Company maintains insurance cover for a total sum of £5,000,000 and shall not be liable to the Client for any loss or damage not covered by any such insurance. In any event, the Company shall not be liable for any damage to the carpet unless a written complaint shall first have been made to its main office within 7 days of the work being carried out.
12 Unless otherwise expressly agreed in writing, the Agreement shall run for an initial 12 months from the commencement of the work and thereafter shall continue from year to year until determined by either party giving to the other not less than 2 months' notice in writing to expire upon an anniversary of the commencement of the work.
13 If the Client terminates the contract without notice or with less notice than is agreed the Client agrees to compensate the Company on a full indemnity basis upon demand for contractual pay instead of notice and statutory pay and compensation for redundancy and unfair dismissal and all associated costs (including legal costs) for which the Company becomes liable as a result of such termination.
14 If to provide the Cleaning Services the Client has required the Company to obtain (or if to provide the Cleaning Services the Company has advised the Client that it has to obtain) a particular item or items of equipment then if in breach of contract, the Client terminates this agreement before the end of the contractual term then in addition to any other damages claimable the Company shall be entitled to recover from the Client a fair proportion (according to the length of the contract) of the costs of acquisition less (if applicable) the second-hand market value of such equipment.
15 Either party may release or compromise the liability of the other under this agreement or grant to the other time or another indulgence without affecting that party’s liability.
16 The Client may not without the prior written consent of the Company assign or dispose of the Agreement, part with any interest in it or delegate any of the rights conferred by it.
17 No person other than the Company and the Client shall acquire any enforceable rights under or in connection with this agreement.
18 The Client warrants to the Company that none of its employees nor the employees of any other party who has been involved in the provision of services similar to those under this Agreement will become employees of the Client because of the transfer of the provision of such services to the Company and the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981 (“the Transfer Regulations”). The Client will indemnify and hold harmless the Company in respect of any claims costs demands and liabilities because of the application of the Transfer Regulations to the provision of the Cleaning Services.
19 Unless otherwise expressly agreed in writing where the Client is a managing agent on behalf of a third party then the obligations of the Client shall be deemed to be the joint and several liability of the managing agent and the third party who shall together be deemed to be the Client for the purposes hereof.
20 If during the currency of this Agreement there is imposed on the Company any new governmental tax charge or other imposition then the Company shall give notice to the Client who shall be bound to pay a fair proportion of such costs to the Company by way of increase in the price.
21 Either party may terminate this Agreement without prior notice if the other:
21.1 makes any assignment of its business for the benefit of creditors
21.2 has a receiver; administrative receiver or similar officer appointed of all or part of its property;
21.3 becomes bankrupt or goes into liquidation (except with the other’s consent) for amalgamation or reconstruction; or
21.4 commits a material breach of this agreement and fails to remedy it within 20 days after written notice requiring it to be remedied.
22 The Company may wholly or partly sub-contract the performance of the services.
23 Whilst every care will be taken by its employees, the Company shall not be liable for any costs incurred for accidental errors in setting or un-setting alarm systems.
24 If the Client is in breach of the terms of the Agreement then it shall on a full indemnity basis hold harmless and compensate the Company for all costs resulting therefrom including (without limitation) its reasonable and proper legal costs of seeking to remedy the said breach.
25 Any notice required or allowed under this Agreement shall be deemed properly given if an e-mail is sent and delivered to the Client its usual invoice e-mail address given to the Company as the main contact.
26 This Agreement shall be governed by English law and the parties consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts in all matters regarding it.
27 References to the Agreement refer to the contract as constituted by the Company’s final written quotation (including these Terms & Conditions) and its acceptance by the Client. No qualification or amendment of these Terms & Conditions shall apply unless expressly agreed in writing by the Company.
1. Unless otherwise agreed the standard Pre/End of Tenancy cleaning service does NOT include cleaning of walls, ceilings, curtains, blinds, balconies, patios, conservatory, conservatory ceilings and conservatory blinds – conservatory roofs internally, exterior windows, upholstery, oiled wooden floors. Neither does it include washing up, laundering or rubbish removal. We also don’t clean toilet brushes, we don’t clean as standard service bathroom bins, bedroom bins or kitchen bins – Internal bins that are housed inside units will be left and we ask that you clean these items. We don’t clean underneath kitchen units that are missing kickboards. If your kitchen has missing kick-boards then please clean these areas before our cleaners arrive.
Should any of these additional services be required, we will quote for them separately. We need to have the premises vacated and cleared of any furniture. Please also note our Pre/ Post Tenancy Cleaning does not include professional carpet cleaning which is not part of our services. However, we will vacuum all carpets if applicable, we can not guarantee to remove all pet hair. In addition, we do not wash or clean extension/underground utility rooms, or the exterior of the property such as gardens, sheds, balconies, and garages. Any area of property extended is deemed as an extra space, therefore will incur additional charges.
2. We ask the Client to provide us with property details as accurately as possible, about the cleaning areas, e.g. size of rooms, number of bathrooms and overall cleanliness condition of the property. We may require to inspect the property or ask a customer to send some pictures before we carry out the cleaning job, if a customer fails to grant access to the property before the booking day for inspection the company reserve the right to cancel the job.
3. We use national average room sizes when calculating the price over the telephone and online inquiry form. Any estimate of how long it will take to do the job provided by us is only an estimate based on the average time it takes to clean a property of a similar size. Any property extension area such as a conservatory is deemed as an extra space, therefore will incur additional charges. For property types and sizes, the guide can be found here
4. We reserve the right to amend the initial quotation and service price, should your original requirements change or upon inspection/visiting inspection of the property by us.
5. For bedrooms bigger than 20 square meters and living rooms bigger than 40 square meters the price will increase.
6. We are not responsible for any existing damage to the Clients property in the form of old stains/burns/spillages etc, which cannot be cleaned/removed completely by the cleaning operative using the industry standard cleaning methods.
7. We will do our best to make sure your appliances are cleaned to a high standard. However, if they have not been cleaned since they were purchased regrettably we will not be liable for ingrained dirt that cannot be removed using chemicals. Freezers must be defrosted in advance, as the timescales for defrosting will not enable us to thoroughly clean it. We only clean the exterior of all kitchen appliances: kettle, toaster, etc.
The standard quote for End of Tenancy oven cleaning is a maximum of 60cm width, all ovens above 60cm width such as 2 door oven range will incur additional charges. Oven cleaning – If the oven door has several pieces of glass for the door – We can clean them only when the disassembly of them is straightforward and requires no undoing of screws. if your oven has drips between the glass that we can’t access then we cannot clean this area. We also don’t unscrew anything inside of the oven – so if your oven is beyond help it would be recommended to get a professional oven cleaning service who can take the oven apart and clean every item.
8. A property must be completely unoccupied during our cleaner's visit. We cannot guarantee our Pre/End of Tenancy Cleaning services when furniture or people are still present in the property at the time of the cleaning.
9. We reserve the right to refuse any cleaning job if the condition of the property is hazardous to the health and well-being of our Cleaners.
10. You require to provide us Parking Permit if is needed to park our vehicle at your home during cleaning time, otherwise, you understand that additional Parking and Transport charges may apply.
11. Our company has the right to cancel or reschedule a service in cases where an accident or any unexpected circumstances have happened to the assigned cleaning team.
12. As per our Terms and Conditions, the Client agrees to inspect the work immediately after it is been completed and to draw to the attention of the cleaner if unsatisfied with anything or point any damage. The cleaner will carry out any further work within reason and in a case where the Client is unable to return, the Agency reserves the right to refuse any claims or requests made by the Client.
13. The fee will be payable on booking by Internet bank transfer to our company bank account. The Client may cancel or reschedule a service by giving at least 24 hour’s notice but if we are not notified on time no refund will be given against the deposit. The Agency reserves the right to charge a cancellation fee of up to 100% of the quoted price for the booked service.