Good Stuff! And I would imagine a cleaner would welcome a big task, since she's got the option for a regular gig out of it, or at the very least a nice one-off invoice. In this economy, that's good going.
The secret is taking on board the fact that she won't know how you like things in the beginning, so there will be a delay in which you'll be tempted to give everything up because it feels as if you CAN'T GET YOUR HANDS ON ANYTHING ANY MORE. But she's only the wrong person if she doesn't try to learn. I've always found it better, the first few times, to have mine come a day when I'm not working, so that we set to work together. I hate cleaning, but it's entirely different, even fun, when it's teamwork; you'll get more things done; and you can finetune things with her, answer her at once when she's looking for your cleaning things, etc. The other thing I've always done is to buy them the tools and products they want, within reason (none of Georgette Heyer's champagne blacking for Hessian boots, etc.) and unless you have a good reason to prefer something else (allergies, the cleaning fluid she likes STRIPS PAINT OFF YOUR THINGS, whatever.)
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For your own peace of mind, call the cleaner and say "This is a very dirty house". Expectation-setting is key.
Good luck. The quality of life improvement for me was major -- it had been *years* for some of the rooms.
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Regardless, I hope all goes well with the cleaning and you'll feel happier with your house.
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Sparkle!
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