Moving into an off campus apartment is a big step for many college students. Chances are if your child has decided to venture off campus this year, they haven’t stopped talking about it all summer.

But as this summer spent with your college student back at home might have reminded you, college students can be messy. While they might help around your home, the state of their bedroom is probably a more accurate picture of their level of cleanliness and organization at school.

And even if your child is among the saintly few who scrub and sanitize their own belongings, it’s possible the previous tenants of the apartment your child is moving into weren’t. That’s why it’s so important that you, as a parent, hire a maid service to help your child off on the right foot.

When hiring a maid service for your child’s first off campus apartment, here are a few things to consider:

1. Flexibility: Move in day is fast approaching. That means it will be too late to hire many cleaning services. While it is true that finding a maid service can be difficult on short notice, some cleaning services offer same-day maid services, meaning that you don’t have to worry about not planning ahead. Simply call your same-day maid service and see the results in a matter of hours.
2. Versatility: From the bathroom to the kitchen, and even to the carpets, you need a dependable house cleaning service that can handle a wide range of tasks. It is important to make sure that any maid service you choose will be able to handle the needs of your child’s apartment, no matter how big or small.
3. Sustainability: Whether or not you believe in sustainability and green cleaning products, there is significant evidence that the chemicals in traditional cleaning supplies can be quite caustic. In fact, an EPA study recently stated that household cleaners, and the chemicals that comprise them, are three times more likely to cause cancer than the air outside. Green products, on the other hand, are made from natural sources to provide a deep and safe clean.
4. Experience: While it might not seem like it, there is a great deal involved with a move in clean up. The attention to detail required is greater, so is the general amount of work. That’s why it’s so important for you to find a service that specializes in move in services.

 
With move in day quickly creeping up, it is important to understand the cleaning requirements that you might face at your child’s first off campus apartment. By finding cleaning services that are flexible, offer a wide range of services, use safe products, and have experience with move ins, you can trust that your college student will start the semester off on the right foot. What happens after that is up to them.