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'''Maid service''', '''cleaning service''', '''apartment cleaning''' and '''janitorial service''' are terms more modernly describing a specialized outside service, providing a specific service to individuals, [[Business|businesses]], fraternal clubs and associations as well residential premises.

==History==
Maid services may be different from what is generally thought to be the historically prevalent services performed by a [[maid]], and these services may be provided by both male and/or female individuals.<ref>((Cite news|title=ILO urges better pay and conditions for 53 million domestic workers|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/jan/09/ilo-better-pay-domestic-workers))</ref>
[[File:Works Progress Administration maid poster cropped.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Stylized drawing of a maid on a [[Works Progress Administration]] poster]]

Once part of an elaborate hierarchy in affluent homes and profitable businesses, today a maid may be the only [[domestic worker]] that middle and even upper-income households can afford, as a household domestic-help employee. Maids perform typical domestic chores such as [[cooking]], [[ironing]], [[washing]], cleaning, grocery shopping, walking the family dog, and tending to the household children.

==Socio-economic factors==
In the Western world, comparatively few households can afford live-in domestic help employees, in lieu of live-in staff, a maid service is utilized as a periodic cleaner. In developing nations, differences found within income and social status between different socio-economic classes, lesser educated women, with less opportunity are believed to provide a labor source for domestic work.

Socio-economic opportunities, not being confined to any specific global location, may allow cleaning services to perform 'cleaning' as their source of business as a service.

There are thousands of residential cleaning businesses throughout the [[United States]], [[United Kingdom]] and [[Canada]]. Historically and traditionally, cleaning was considered a woman's role, but as more and more women have joined the workforce, the time pressure on families with children has grown, so paying a service for cleaning makes sense to persons who can afford it. Additionally, many modern homeowners lack the proper knowledge to use the safest and most effective cleaning products.
==Services provided==
Maids, ''per se'', perform typical domestic chores such as cooking, ironing, washing, cleaning, folding clothes, grocery shopping, walking the family dog and taking care of children. Some maid services offer hourly, daily, weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly work as well.

In real estate, investors and landlords can begin the basic cleaning of the interior of a property once tenants have vacated and all debris is removed. For those properties seized by the banks due to foreclosure, this is done in the real-estate owned (REO) stage and is called a maid refresh.

==Reasons for use==
Utilizing a maid service may be considered due to a number of personal factors, including but not limited to geographical location, social standing, lack of personal time, lack of experience. There are many reasons why individuals may consider hiring help around the house, especially with cleaning. It may, for example, prove easier for them to enjoy time with their family rather than spending time cleaning.<ref>((Cite news|title=Cleaning up: the truth about living with nannies and cleaners|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/jul/14/cleaning-up-the-truth-about-living-with-nannies-and-cleaners))</ref>

[[Image:Molly Maid maid car Ypsilanti Township Michigan.JPG|thumb|A maid service "maid car" used to transport maids to assignments, [[Ypsilanti Township, Michigan]]]]
A maid service may be more expensive than simply hiring a part-time [[maid]], but it offers a number of advantages. Usually the service will provide not only someone to do the cleaning, but also all of the necessary cleaning supplies. Also, as a ''bona fide'' employer, the service is responsible for withholding [[Social Security (United States)|Social Security]] and other income taxes. Third, a service is [[insured]] and often [[Surety bond|bonded]], so it can be held accountable if something is [[Theft|stolen]] or missing. 

==See also==
* [[Au pair]]
* [[Domestic worker]]
* [[Footman]]
* [[Foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong]]
* [[Housekeeper (domestic worker)]]
* [[Nanny]]
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