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Tammy Kessler and Jo Ruiz
The only two people who will ever clean your house

“is it the same people every time?” Yes. Jo and me, until you move.

I'm Tammy Kessler. Jo Ruiz and I clean houses in Haysville and the south edge of Wichita, priced by how many bedrooms you have, so you'll know the number before we see your kitchen. Three bedrooms, every other week, is $160. That's the whole quote.

ThursdaysFull until Nov 6. Ask, and you go on the list.
TuesdaysTwo openings left this fall.

Visit sheet, Hollow Creek Ct.

Thu Oct 9, 8:30 to 11:40, three bedrooms, two baths
Cleaned, time finished Extra you asked for Not part of the clean
Primary10:41 Bath 19:33 Hall bath10:02 Bed 210:58 Bed 311:16, baseboards Living room11:40, vacuumed out the door Kitchen8:58 Dining9:10 Laundry Garagenot ours, we park here

Your shower drain is slow. We didn't snake it, just telling you.

Jo got the back bedroom baseboards like you asked.

See you on the 23rd. T & J

“do u need to come see the house first?”

No. Count your bedrooms and find your house below. A messier house pays the same as the neighbor's. Each price covers one bathroom per bedroom, and each extra bath is $20.

One bedroomApartments, duplexes, the granny flat

Every other week
$115
First or one-time clean
$195
Move-out
$240

Two bedroomsMost of the older streets off Grand

Every other week
$135
First or one-time clean
$235
Move-out
$290

Three bedroomsThe ranch house. Half our list.

Every other week
$160
First or one-time clean
$275
Move-out
$345

Four bedroomsA full day for two people

Every other week
$190
First or one-time clean
$325
Move-out
$410

“why is the first one more??” It's the visit where we find out what's behind the fridge. From the second clean on, you pay the every-other-week price.

“we have 5 bedrooms, can you still do it” Call me. I'll tell you on that same call whether it fits in a day, and if it doesn't, I'll say so.

Extras on any visit: inside the oven $35, inside the fridge $30, a load of sheets changed and remade $15.

Kitchen first, front door last

We start where the grease is and work toward the front door, so nobody walks on a floor that's done. Here's what gets cleaned on every visit.

  • Kitchen

    Counters cleared and wiped, cabinet fronts, the stovetop and the knobs, the microwave inside and out, the sink scrubbed and the faucet shined, the floor mopped by hand.

  • Bathrooms

    Tub, shower walls and glass, toilet including the base and the bolts, the sink and the mirror, the floor. We bring our own brushes and they never leave the bathroom bucket.

  • Bedrooms

    Dust every flat surface you've cleared, the blinds, the ceiling fan, the window sills. Beds made if the clean sheets are on the bed.

  • Living areas

    Dust, the inside glass of the front windows and the patio door, every floor vacuumed or mopped. Baseboards on a rotation: one room each visit, all of them every eight weeks.

Notes left for us on the counter

  • “can you do outside windows, ur called brightpane lol” We know about the name. Outside glass is a job for a man with a ladder, and I'll text you his number that evening.
  • “towels in the dryer if u have time” Laundry and dishes stay yours. A few cups in the sink, we'll load. A week of pans waits for you.
  • “could u bring someone extra and be done by 10” It stays the two of us. Two people who know your house beat four who don't.
A gloved hand scrubbing a speckled kitchen counter with a sponge, a basket of cleaning bottles behind it
Counters cleared, wiped, then everything put back where it was
A hand wiping the base of a chrome faucet on a white bathroom sink
The bolts and the faucet base, every time

“After a year I know which stair squeaks and which cabinet you keep the good bowls in. A new crew every visit learns your house on your dime.”

Jo Ruiz, the other half of Brightpane. I've watched her go back in, coat already on, for one streak on a microwave door.

Tammy Kessler

Owner. Does the kitchens and the bathrooms, answers the phone, keeps the list. Cleaned houses for a franchise for six years before starting this in 2019.

Jo Ruiz

Bedrooms, living areas, floors, baseboards. Has worked with me since the first month. If one of us is sick, we move your day. Nobody fills in.

41houses on the every-other-week list
2people with your door code
6houses a week, never more

“will this get my deposit back?”

Send me your lease's move-out sheet, or a photo of it, before we come. We clean to your landlord's list line by line, and I text you a photo of each line as it's finished.

If the landlord holds back deposit for something on that list, we come back within a week and redo it free. It's happened twice, both times blinds.

Move-outs are Fridays only, so they never bump a regular. In May and July, book two weeks ahead: everyone in Haysville moves at the end of those months.

Move-out sheet, 2-bed duplexFri Sep 26, $290
Oven inside, racks, drip pansRacks soaked in the tub while we did the restDone 9:40
Fridge inside, shelves outUnplugged, wiped, door propped open to dryDone 10:05
Cabinets and drawers insideCrumbs out of every drawer trackDone 10:50
Blinds, every slatLease says every slat, so every slatDone 11:35
Nail holesNot cleaning. We note them so you're not surprised.Noted: 7
CarpetsVacuumed. Shampooing is a separate company.Done 1:10

“can i just book online, i hate calling”

You can. I don't answer during a clean, so anything people used to leave on my voicemail, you can do here at any hour. Weeknights 6 to 8, I call back.

Your price, then a day

Books straight onto my list
Bedrooms3
Bathrooms2
$160Next open: Tue, Oct 14
Hold Tuesday, Oct 14

Your every other Thursday

October, Hollow Creek Ct.
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Skipped the 23rd for the in-laws. Next clean is Nov 6.

The visit sheet, by text

Sent when we lock up
Done and locked up at 11:40. Kitchen, 2 baths, 3 bedrooms, living, dining. Baseboards in bed 3 this time.Brightpane, 11:41 AM
Your shower drain is slow. Didn't snake it, just telling you.11:41 AM
Thank you! Can you do the oven next time?Read 12:15 PM
Added to Nov 6, $35. You skipped the 23rd, remember.Tammy, 6:12 PM

Door code and autopay

Charged after we leave, never before
Garage keypad••••
Who can see itTammy and Jo
DogBiscuit, stays in the yard
Oct 9 clean, card ending 4417
Nov 6 clean, with oven$195
ReceiptsEmailed, every visit
Grand Ave MacArthur Rd Broadway I-135 Cowskin Creek Arkansas River Wichita, south side Haysville Derby Peck Mulvane 012 mi N
Dashed circle: no trip fee. The square is where we start each morning, not an office.

Where we go

We start every morning from my garage on the west side of Haysville. There's no storefront or office to drop by, so call, text or book online.

  • Haysville, all of itNo fee
  • Wichita south of MacArthurNo fee
  • Derby and Peck$15 trip fee
  • MulvaneMove-outs only
  • North of KelloggSorry, too far for two people

When we clean, when I call back

Mon to Thu
Regular cleans, 8:30 to 4
Friday
Move-outs only
Weeknights
I return calls 6 to 8

We're closed the week of Thanksgiving and the week after Christmas. Your clean moves to the week before.