Terms and Conditions

1. Definitions
“The Company” – means Glitz & Gleam Superior Cleaning and/or any franchisees trading under a franchisee agreement
“Cleaner” – means the person or firm carrying out cleaning services on behalf of the Company.
“Client” – means the person, firm or corporate body together with any subsidiary or associates.
“Service” – means the cleaning services carried out on behalf of the Company.
“Cleaning Visit” – means the visit to the Client’s service address by the Cleaner in order to carry out the Service.

2. Contract
2.1. These Terms and Conditions represent a contract between Glitz & Gleam Superior Cleaning and The Client.
2.2. The Client agrees that any use of The Company ’s services, including placing an order for services by telephone, email or website forms shall constitute the Client’s acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.
2.3. Unless otherwise agreed in writing these Terms and Conditions shall prevail over any other terms of business or purchase conditions put forward by The Client.
2.4. No variation or alteration of these Terms and Conditions shall be valid unless approved in writing by a director of the Company.
2.5. The Company operates a minimum charge of 2 hours per cleaning visit.

3. Payment
3.1. All work carried out by The Company at your request, whether experimental or otherwise will be charged accordingly. Any work undertaken by The Company on behalf of The Client is carried out on the basis that The Client has fully approved such work whether or not we have received an official order providing there is evidence of written or verbal confirmation to proceed, including letter, facsimile or email correspondence between the parties.
3.2. Payments of fees rendered by invoice are due within the dates stated on the invoice.
3.3. Interest may be applied to any overdue accounts at a rate of 8.5%. Where payment has not been received, we reserve the right to withhold services, documents and information, and have the right to cease to work on your account, and to terminate the engagement if payments are unduly delayed.
3.4. Any expenses incurred whilst working on your behalf will be charged and appropriate records will be kept and will be available for inspection. Such expenses may include the use of meeting rooms and other facilities, internal printing, courier charges, and international but not national telephone calls.
3.5. Consistent late payment will incur a 20% pre-payment for all future work.
3.6. We have a statutory right to interest and compensation for debt recovery costs under the late payment legislation if not paid according to agreed credit terms. The Late Payment of Commercial Debt (Interest) Act (1988) states that for debts of less than $1000, the penalty is $40, rising to $70 for debts up to $9,999.99 and $100 above that. Interest is payable at the above rate in section 4.4. The penalties and interest now apply to all businesses regardless of size.
3.7. Unless otherwise expressly stated, all prices shall be in U.S currency.

3.8. We shall invoice monthly or at the end of a project dependent on the agreed terms.
3.9. All prices are Net, and no settlement discount is allowed. All accounts are payable no later than 7 (five) days from date or invoice unless otherwise agreed by The Company in writing. Note that the payment terms are required whether you have signed off on the copy or not.
3.10. After the 5th day payment period has passed all further work for The Client will cease.
3.11. All quotations offered by us are deemed valid for a period of 30 (Thirty) days, after which time we reserve the right to revise the said quotation.
3.12. We provide services on a one-off and retainer basis.
3.13. Any additional work requested that isn’t covered in the original brief will be quoted separately and added to the original invoice. One month’s notice is required to discontinue the service.
3.14. All Cleaning service prices are reviewed each year and adjusted inline with inflation, minimum wage increases or any reasonable circumstances.

4. Equipment
4.1. Cleaning materials are provided by the Company. If you require us to use your solutions or equipment, they must be safe to use/operate, in full working order and must not require any special skills to be used for the purpose of cleaning.
4.2. If the Client has equipment that is complicated to operate, the Client must provide clear and detailed instructions to the Cleaner.
4.3. If the Client requires the Cleaner to use their own materials and equipment including vacuum cleaner the Company cannot accept any liability should anything go wrong with either the equipment or the outcome of using it.

5. Checklists
5.1. We shall provide the client a checklist on request or ask all clients to leave a list of priorities for the cleaner. This means that the cleaner can check off top to bottom what they are able to do within the allotted time.

6. Refunds
6.1. No refund claims will be given once the cleaning service has been carried out. If for any reason the Client is dissatisfied with any aspect, they must notify the Company within 24 hours and this will be rectified.
6.2. Refund will be issued only if the Client has cancelled a cleaning visit within the allowed time (24 hours) prior to the start of the cleaning session and a payment has been already received by the Company.
6.3. Refund will be issued if a Cleaner does not attend a cleaning visit, payment for which has been already received by the Company.

6.4. The deposit due at time of booking is nonrefundable, if you need to change your date or time of service, please reach out to the office and we can get you taken care of.

7. Cancellation
7.1. The Client agrees to pay the full price of the cleaning visit, if: a) The Client cancels or changes the date/time less than 24 hours prior to the scheduled appointment; b) The Client fails to provide access to the service premises thus preventing the Company to carry out the booked work; c) There is a problem with the Client’s keys and the Cleaner cannot let themselves in. If keys are provided, they must open all locks without any special efforts or skills.
7.2. If the Client needs to change a cleaning day or time the Company will do its best to accommodate them. A minimum of 24 hours notice is required.
Please note that the Company cannot guarantee that the same operative will be available on the new day and at the time the Client requires. Any changes in the cleaning schedule are subject to availability.

8. Termination
8.1. The Client may terminate this contract by giving 30 days prior notice in writing.
8.2. If The Client wishes to terminate the weekly/biweekly agreement within the initial contracted agreement. The Client must pay any outstanding bill due.

9. Complaints
9.1. All complaints are taken seriously. If you are not happy with any aspect of our service, please call us as soon as possible and give us the chance to rectify it. Your satisfaction is very important to us, and we want you to be happy.
9.2. If the Client is dissatisfied with a currently occurring service, The Company asks that The Client notifies us as soon as they notice anything that might be to their dislike by calling 317-584-6647. Please do not wait until the service is ending.

10. Liability
10.1. The Company shall not be liable under any circumstances or any loss, expense, damage, delay, costs or compensation (whether direct, indirect or consequential) which may be suffered or incurred by the Client arising from or in any way connected with a late arrival of Company operatives at the service address. The Company endeavors to be right on time on any visit but sometimes due to transport related and other problems which are beyond the Company ’s control, the Company operatives may arrive with a delay, or the cleaning visit may be re-scheduled.
10.2. The Company shall not be liable under any circumstances f or any loss, expense, damage, delay, costs or compensation (whether direct, indirect or consequential) which may be suffered or incurred by the Client arising from or in any way connected with – 1. A cleaning job not complete due to the lack of hot water or electricity 2. Third party entering or present at the Client’s premises during the cleaning process; 11.3. Any existing damage to Client's property in the form of old stains/burns/spillages etc. which cannot be cleaned/removed completely by the cleaning operative.

11. Supplementary Terms
11.2. The Company reserves the right to re-evaluate rates at any time should the Client’s initial list of tasks changes.
11.3. The Company reserves the right to amend the initial quotation, should the Client’s original requirements change.
11.4. If any estimates of how long it will take the cleaning operatives to complete the job are being provided those are only estimates based on the average time it takes to clean a home or an office of similar size to the Client’s, it being difficult to calculate precisely how long such tasks may take and that a degree of flexibility may be required. Please note that one off cleans may take longer to complete due to longer intervals between cleaning sessions, number and type of cleaning tasks required, when compared to the regular maintenance cleaning of the same property.
11.5. The Client understands that the price he has been quoted may vary according to condition of property and room sizes etc.
11.6. The Company shall endeavor to arrange a replacement cleaner if your regular cleaner cannot attend a scheduled visit and will inform the Client prior to the visit.
11.7. Post Construction Cleaning (Builders Cleaning), Event Cleaning or badly neglected homes may take up to three times longer than a well-maintained home requiring general cleaning. Therefore, the Company advises the Client to ask f or our specialist cleaning services: Builders Cleaning or Event Cleaning.
11.8. The cleaning operatives are not allowed to hand wash any items of clothing belonging to the Client. The Company advises that our operatives can only use a washing machine for such tasks.
11.9. All fragile and highly breakable items must be secured or removed.
11.10. The Company reserves the right to make reasonable changes to the Terms and Conditions in agreement with the other party.

12. Our Guarantee
12.1. The Company has built its business and reputation by providing its clients with the best possible cleaning service available. Still, the Company realizes, that because its operatives are human beings, they sometimes make mistakes. For this reason, the Company offers a Guarantee. If the Client is not satisfied with any areas that have been cleaned, the Company’s operative will come back to the Client’s premises and re-clean those areas free of charge.

Please note that this guarantee will not apply if the condition of the premises has deteriorated since the original cleaning was undertaken.

All Terms & Conditions are considered accepted once a scheduled booking has taken place.