Overview
Defne Candir Aydin spent years working in five-star hotels, in management roles at luxury properties and restaurants both in the U.S. and overseas, before she started letting herself into other people's kitchens. That background is the whole point. When you have been trained to notice the smudge on a lobby mirror or the water spot on a banquet glass, you carry that eye everywhere, and in 2013 she built a company around it. The Cleaning Company is what happens when someone who ran the front of a five-star house decides to spend her days making other people's houses run like one.
It is a locally owned operation, based out of 693 Berkmar Cir, Charlottesville, VA 22901, and it serves Charlottesville, Crozet, and the surrounding areas. The company describes itself as environmentally conscious, and its own pitch leans on three plain words repeated often enough that they clearly mean something to the owner: impeccable, detail-oriented, professional. For a Crozet household juggling work, kids, and the long commute over the mountain, the appeal is simpler still. It is the return of a few hours you did not have.
What they do
There are three things you can hire them for, and the site keeps them cleanly separated rather than blurring them into a single vague package.
The first is house cleaning — the regular residential visit, the recurring standing appointment that keeps a home from slowly drifting toward chaos. The second is office cleaning, for businesses that want the same standard applied to their workspace. The third is move-in / move-out cleaning, the deep, everything-empty scrub you want when you are handing over keys or picking up a place someone else has just vacated. That last one is the unglamorous hero of any move, and it is worth knowing a local company handles it before you find yourself on your knees in an empty apartment at midnight.
They also sell gift cards, which is a genuinely good idea for the friend with the new baby or the parent recovering from surgery. It is a more useful gesture than another casserole, and considerably more useful than flowers.
The Defne standard
The company's identity is inseparable from its founder, and that is by design. The hospitality background is not a résumé footnote here — it is the operating philosophy. Defne describes her approach in terms of a cheerful, hardworking attitude, a keen attention to detail, and an eye for neatness, which reads like the job description of a good hotel housekeeping director because that is essentially what it is. The difference between a house that has been tidied and a house that has been cleaned to a professional standard is exactly the difference her old industry obsesses over.
One customer, Jessica B., put the value proposition about as directly as anyone could: a household with a new baby, two full-time jobs, and two messy dogs, and a house that is nevertheless always spotless after a visit. She also noted the company was more reasonable and flexible than other services she had called. Flexibility matters more than it sounds like it should. A cleaning service that will not bend to your schedule is one more thing to manage rather than one less.
Getting an estimate
The intake is deliberately low-friction. You tell them what you need, and they get back to you — no obligation to decode a pricing grid before you can even ask a question. You can call or text (434) 409-3000, which is a small mercy for anyone who would rather fire off a text than schedule a phone call, or email info@thecleaningcompanyva.com. There is also an online form to request an estimate directly.
The office keeps regular weekday hours, Monday through Friday from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM, and is closed on weekends. You can read customer reviews or reach the full site through thecleaningcompanyva.com. For a company built on the idea that the details are the whole job, that steadiness — the predictable hours, the direct line, the estimate that actually arrives — is the point.
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Frequently asked questions
Where is The Cleaning Company?
The Cleaning Company is located at 693 Berkmar Cir, Charlottesville, VA 22901, USA, in Crozet, Virginia.
What are The Cleaning Company's hours?
Monday: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM Tuesday: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM Wednesday: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM Thursday: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM Friday: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM Saturday: Closed Sunday: Closed
How do I contact The Cleaning Company?
You can call (434) 409-3000 or visit https://www.thecleaningcompanyva.com/. Hours and current information are most reliable directly from the business.
What kind of business is The Cleaning Company?
The Cleaning Company is categorized as other in our Crozet directory. See the description and quick facts above for what makes this listing distinctive.
Sources: thecleaningcompanyva.com