Why our cleaners are employees, not sub-contractors

There's a quiet practice happening across the cleaning industry that most clients never find out about. A company takes your booking, adds 20% on top of a local cleaner's rate, and sends them to your door — presenting them as their own team. You pay a premium. You get a stranger with no company training, no accountability, and no loyalty to your home.

We think that's wrong. And we think you deserve to know it exists.

At Clean Gecko, every single person who cleans your home is our employee. Trained by us. Equipped by us. Accountable to us.

Each new Gecko goes through hands-on training with our custom cleaning kit — 12 items, each with a purpose. We teach our method, our standards, and our priorities. A sub-contractor can't do that. They have their own way of working, built from their own habits — and that doesn't always align with what our clients actually need.

The difference becomes most obvious when something goes wrong. If a sub-contractor damages something in your home, the question of responsibility gets complicated fast. When it's our employee — there's no question. It's on us. Full stop.

And when life happens — a flat tire, a sick day, an emergency — we don't go searching the internet for a last-minute replacement. We cover the shift from within our own team. Someone who's been trained the same way, holds the same standards, and represents the same company.

Sixteen people on our payroll. Not a marketplace. Not a middleman. A real team.

When you choose Clean Gecko, you're not paying extra for a service we outsourced. You're paying for something we built ourselves — and stand behind completely.