Review response guide

How to respond to a negative review for a Cleaning Service

Cleaning reviews are about trust in your home and consistency — replies should feel reassuring and accountable.

A negative review is public, and it's read by far more people than the one who wrote it. Your reply isn't really for the upset customer — it's for the next hundred people deciding whether to trust you. Handle it well and a bad review can actually win you business.

Use four beats: acknowledge the specific problem, apologize without making excuses, say what you're doing about it, and invite them to continue offline. Keep it to a few sentences, stay warm, and never get defensive.

Example

The review

“Missed whole rooms and showed up an hour late.”

A reply that works

Missed rooms and a late arrival isn't the service we promise, and I'm sorry. We've addressed it with the team, and I'd like to send someone back to redo it at no charge — please reach out.

Tip: Offer a re-clean; accountability matters most when it's someone's home.

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