Back in 2012 I started a simple, one woman, basic domestic cleaning service. The family business I was working for at the time faced financial difficulties and we received the news that our little cafe would be closing. With the prospect of losing my job amidst the recession, I had to think fast.
I had been helping my friend and neighbour with their housekeeping due to her ill health, with more of my friends and neighbours asking me to fit them in for cleaning, I decided to try and start a cleaning business. I became self-employed at the age of 25 with the idea it would just be temporary until something else came up.
Demand for my cleaning services grew and not just for domestic cleaning but for local businesses too, I remember that proud moment being asked to clean for the opticians that my children attended and closely followed by the local solicitors, who had remembered me from my previous job. When my local estate agent asked me to do some end of tenancy cleaning, this opened a new area of work for me.
I earned the reputation of being able to tackle anything, the weird and wonderful, the good, the bad and the ugly. The natural progression of my cleaning led me to develop a specialist cleaning service. So in 2017 after a light-bulb moment I had a new direction for my business. I began to specialise in biohazard, crime scene and trauma cleaning. With many training courses and accreditation’s as well as City and Guilds in this area I have continued to grow and develop Specialist Cleaning NI into what it is today.
I hope to continue to expand the business and become a name that is easily recognised for the services and work we can provide for families and businesses alike.