What do you look for when hiring a housecleaner? On the top of our list: thorough, efficient, and trustworthy. The Maids, based in Auburndale, are all that and more. They arrive in a four-person crew, with their hepa filtration Bissel vacuum and environmentally-conscious cleaning solutions, and then spread out in the house to work their cleaning magic. The Maids are so good they’ve won Best of Boston’s Housecleaner award eleven times and in 2024 were ranked #1 by both Newsweek and USA Today. Yes, The Maids is a franchise, with each local office individually owned by a cleaning entrepreneur. Since 2021 they also became employee owned, so housecleaners have a personal stake in the company’s success.

The Maids offers one time deep cleans as well as weekly, bi-weekly and monthly service. Contact the Newton office with deets on your house and they’ll provide a quote over the phone and set up your first service. Oh, and they also back up their housecleaning with a satisfaction guarantee, just to make sure clients are delighted with their freshly cleaned homes.