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Letter from Senator Lou Gentile

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Special THANKS to Senator Lou Gentile for the kind letter we got in the mail today.

Dear Mr. Straub,

Please accept my congratulations on the continued success of Top Notch Cleaning, as reported in the Times Leader. I am immensely proud to have so many small businesses flourishing in my district and serving their local communities. Your hundreds of clients and unending growth clearly indicates your dedication to providing exactly what your company’s name guarantees. I wish you and your colleagues all the best for your move to your new location.

Again, congratulation on this great accomplishment.

Sincerely,

Lou Gentile
Assistant Minority Whip
Ohio Senator
District 30

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Winter Cleaning Tips

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Many of us start feeling that urge to deep clean our homes once spring rolls around. In fact, the “Spring Cleaning” ritual is practically hard-wired into most homeowners’ minds. But think about this…why spend so much time cleaning right when the weather turns nice? Why not do it now, when we’re stuck indoors anyway? OR… Just call TOP NOTCH CLEANING TODAY 740-312-9090 and schedule a spring cleaning!

Snow and rock salt is tracked inside every day from your kids and family, the fireplace is circulating ashes, the heat’s running constantly, and with no open windows, all that dust is just hovering around. Having a deeply cleaned home is great for your abode and your psyche.

1. Clean Your Furnace

Change your furnace filter once a month. This helps in making your home more energy efficient, and keeps your air cleaner. And don’t forget to look at the furnace itself. If it’s coated in dust and grime, or if there are dust bunnies circulating around underneath, make sure to vacuum them up.

2. Deep Clean Your Carpet and Floors

I don’t know about you, but I live in Michigan and my floors get trashed in the winter. Salt collects in between every carpet fiber, and the hardwood floors take on an unpleasant whitish sheen from melting salt water. To combat this, take the time to steam clean your carpet and scrub the floors. If you don’t have a place for snowy boots and shoes, put out a couple of cookie sheets (the kind with the raised edge) for them to drain by the door. This will help keep that mess off the floors.

3. Dust

Homes get very dusty in the winter because the air is so warm and dry. Dust your home’s surfaces from top to bottom to help keep the dust to a manageable level. Don’t forget ceiling fan blades, the tops of window moldings, and the tops of books – all of which are often overlooked and can collect dust easily.  Also, give your lighting fixtures a good dusting. Dust easily collects on them during the winter too, and can make your indoor light look dingy. This will make a big difference in brightening things up. Many people also opt to get their home’s air ducts professionally cleaned. This will not only drastically reduce the amount of dust, germs and allergens floating around, but it can also help your furnace run more efficiently.

4. Clean the Windows

If you have a fireplace or burn candles, your windows likely sport a thin film of soot on the inside, which can block precious sun. Give all your windows a good wipe down. I use vinegar mixed with water, and it works great.

5. Clean the Kitchen Ceiling

Think I’m kidding here? Your kitchen ceiling likely has a film of funk on it without you realizing it, mainly from all the moisture, fumes and smoke resulting from cooking. The same goes for the walls, especially those around the stove. Mix a small amount of mild dish soap in a bucket of warm water and gently scrub with a sponge, using only a minimum amount of water (not enough to drip). Of course, if you notice any discoloration or streaking, stop immediately.

6. Call TOP NOTCH CLEANING FOR A SPRING CLEAN!

Save yourself the hassle and days of hard work doing a spring cleaning by just calling us TODAY 740-312-9090!

12 Easy Christmas-​Cleaning Tips

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12 Easy Christmas-​Cleaning Tips

The arrival of Christmas is the perfect time to refresh your home. Here are some great room-by-room spring-cleaning tips and a useful guide to help you clean up fast and start anew. The easiest tip to offer is of course call Top-Notch Cleaning today!

Windows

Start on the outside. One of the most gratifying spring-cleaning accomplishments is getting the windows so clean that the sunshine pours in as the weather warms up. But you can’t get perfectly clean windows just by doing the inside glass alone. The next nice spring day, enjoy some fresh air outdoors and clean the outsides of your windows with the new Windex™ Outdoor All-in-One Glass Cleaning Tool glass cleaning tool.

Savor the sweet smell of success. Once the outsides of the windows are clean, focus on getting the insides as clear as possible. Use a glass cleaner with a refreshingly clean scent, like Windex® Crystal Rain™. Not only will it give your windows a Windex® streak-free shine, your home will smell great, too.

Bathroom

Vacuum first. The bathroom has lots of corners and crevices that attract dust bunnies and dirt. Vacuuming before cleaning will make the cleaning process easier and faster. Use your vacuum’s crevice attachment to get into tight spaces and reach under cabinets.

Try a fresh scent for spring. After a long winter, citrus and floral scents evoke the coming of lighter, warmer weather. Try a bathroom cleaner that’s fresh smelling, like Antibacterial Scrubbing Bubbles® Bathroom Cleaner*, available in a lemon scent. And keep the gentle, light scent going with Glade® PlugIns® Scented Oil.

Kitchen

Focus on hard-to-reach spaces. Make a checklist and clean the areas you rarely touch: under the fridge (try a sock attached to a measuring stick for this one), the top of the oven hood, the inside of the dishwasher, baseboard and window moldings, light fixtures and underneath your countertop appliances.

Streamline your routine. With so many different surfaces, cleaning the kitchen can seem overwhelming and time-consuming. Simplify your spring cleaning by using one good multi-surface cleaner, like Windex® Multi-Surface Antibacterial, to save time and money.

Pare down the pantry. Spring is the perfect time to get rid of perishables and expired foods that have been in the pantry for too long. Check the less obvious stuff, like spices that have been around awhile or the cereal you haven’t eaten since 2003. Even canned goods don’t last forever.

Living & Dining Rooms

Clear the clutter. There’s nothing wrong with keeping some reading material near the remote, but you don’t need dozens of magazines sitting on your coffee table. Get rid of any magazines older than three months. If there are articles you’d still like to read, cut them out and put them in one bound scrapbook or folder.

Don’t forget to disinfect. You’re probably used to disinfecting and deodorizing in the kitchen and bathroom, but other high-traffic rooms and surfaces invite just as many germs. Kill odor-causing bacteria in the air and on often-touched surfaces† like work or craft countertops, telephones and doorknobs with Glade® Tough Odor Solutions Air Sanitizers.

Dust the dishes. If you’ve got a china cabinet in or near the dining room, chances are you don’t use those dishes every day. But even when the cabinet is closed, dust can still settle on surfaces. Spring cleaning is a good time to try the Pledge® Multi Surface Duster and its 360-degree cleaning angle for dusting under plates and inside cups.

Bedroom

Clear the drawers. Take everything out of your dresser drawers, armoire and nightstand. If you haven’t used the item in a year, donate it. If you do wear or use it regularly but it needs mending, start a “mend” pile. And if anything’s stained, use Shout® Advanced Gel to pretreat the stain before laundering. Then, refill each drawer with just one type of clothing (socks or T-shirts, etc.) so things are easy to find when you’re in a hurry.

Mind the headboard. If you have a headboard that’s less than new, it’s likely that time, dust and your heating and air-conditioning have sucked the moisture out of it. Banish the dust hiding in the crevices with the Pledge® Multi Surface Duster. Then put moisture back into the wood and add shine with Pledge® Extra Moisturizing spray. After all that, take a well-deserved nap or springtime stroll.

8th Company Car and New Tablets

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Today we purchased our 8th company car… WOW!

We have also installed with security cables tablets in all of our vehicles.

Unless you are a cleaner that steals the car / seat its chained to you will not be getting our clients information.

High-Tech 🙂

Washington Observer Article

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THIS ARTICLE WILL BE IN THE WASHINGTON OBSERVER THIS SATURDAY.

Are you too busy working full-time and running the children to their events on your off hours to clean your house to optimum standards?

Most folks are. And most folks don’t want to spend the small amount of relaxation time that they have stressing over the cleanliness of their living space.

Austin and Leanne Straub, full-time working parents of two young children, know that feeling all too well. In fact, that’s what motivated them to start up their fast-growing business, Top-Notch Cleaning, LLC, Home & Business Cleaning Service.

Their business was launched in 2013 not long after the young couple found themselves arguing over who last scrubbed the bathroom floor or dusted the house. After looking into other alternatives to solve their dilemma, the couple learned that they weren’t pleased with their local cleaning options, so together they developed the Top-Notch Cleaning concept.

Top-Notch Cleaning opened for business in February 2013 in St. Clairsville, OH, serving the areas of Barnesville, Bellaire, Bridgeport, Cambridge, Martins Ferry, Powhatten, Shadyside, St. Clairsville & Steubenville, and also the Moundsville, Wellsburg, Wheeling and Weirton areas of West Virginia.

This summer, Top-Notch Cleaning opened in Washington, PA, and the Straub’s are looking forward to the opportunity to serve such a great and growing community.

“We are a family-owned business that has grown from myself and three cleaners to a fulltime manager and 27 cleaners on staff,” said Straub. “Entering the Washington community adds an exciting new clientele to our business.”

While residential cleaning is what inspired the start of Top-Notch, it is certainly not all the company offers. The licensed, bonded and insured cleaning service with a staff of cleaners that have passed a full national background check, does a large number of commercial cleanings also.

Top-Notch handles everything from small doctor’s offices to a 10-story building.

“We clean it all,” says, Straub, adding that the professional service arrives in its trademark silver wrapped vehicles, and cleaners go to work in blue polo shirts – providing a professional look for a professional clean.

Top-Notch has also done construction cleanings all over the tri-state area including Skyvue Grade School in Monroe County, Victoria’s Secret, The Citizens Bank, MC Sports and most recently, Noodles and Company, which will soon open in Washington.

In the residential realm, Top-Notch does everything from standard weekly/bi-weekly cleaning to a full spring cleaning service, including walls, trim, cabinets, appliances and windows.

In the spirit of Austin’s late mother, who died of cancer when he was very young, Straub has proudly intertwined into the cleaning business, two important memories that Austin has of his mother – her kind and giving spirit. Mother’s Touch Cleaning Program is an entirely free cleaning service with no strings attached, providing one free cleaning to anyone who is undergoing treatment for cancer.

“The only thing we ask is that it’s within 30 minutes of our office and that we can work together on the scheduling. After the first treatment, if the cancer patient would like to continue services, we will work with them to make our rate as affordable as possible,” said Straub.

Top-Notch Cleaning uses a Pro-Team Commercial Back Pac Vacuume that has multiple filters including HEPA filters, which guarantee that they capture 99.9% of allergens out of the home. The HEPA filters are great for people with pets or severe allergies. They use a bucket-less mopping system, which is infinitely cleaner than a standard mop because everything is trapped on the pad and clean water and cleanser is used on each stroke. Unlike traditional mops, when the pad traps the dirt and dust, it is removed and replaced with a clean pad. Top-Notchalso  uses Johnson & Johsnon green cleaning products that are safe for your family but are still a complete disinfectant.

The company is flexible with scheduling and with payments, and they offer a discount if a client bundles its business and home. Top-Notch invoices monthly, and if a client is dissatisfied, the General Manager will be contacted and a follow-up cleaning will be scheduled.

“And, no, you certainly never have to clean before the cleaners arrive,” said Straub. “The reason you hire us is so you don’t have to do the cleaning. Leave the work to us.”

Top-Notch Cleaning is eager to begin serving new residential and commercial clients in the Washington area. To learn more about the company, log on to www.tnclean.com. To make an appointment, call (724) 531-4668.

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Client Facebook Feedback

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THANK YOU KATHIE!

Client Facebook Feedback: This company does an absolutely wonderful job! They did a “deep” clean for my Mom this week and it was great! Appliances, sinks, etc look brand new. The crew was extremely professional and delightful to have around. I would recommend them to anyone.

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