Still, although there's been some suggestions, the question still hasn't been answered. Given that it might be necessary to 'clear' for the cleaning person, why do you have to 'clean' for the cleaning lady. Where does that come from? I've known people who've done that - clean before the cleaning person arrives. What is that? In the cases I've observed, it was women and I wondered if they had some inbuilt conditioning that wouldn't let them let go of their 'control' of their domain; in this case the house? I've never been able to work it out. Years ago I cleaned and in EVERY case the house was cleaned for me before I arrived. It was sort of humiliating. Why did they need me if they had to clean for me? Was my opinion of their house that important? It's a mystery. Thanks for asking the question. I'd love to know the answer to this one too. If I ever had a cleaning lady (and I've thought of it often but am too lazy or spent the money on something really useful like a killer pair of high heels) I'd let her do EVERYTHING! I'd drink capuccino's and sit around enjoying being the lady who had a cleaning lady! I'd be that tacky.