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Cleaning a House with a Long Haired Cat

I have a question about housecleaning. I have a small housecleaning business and I have a question about a particular house. This house is a large, two-story home owned by a retired lady in her late 70's. She and her long haired white calico cat are the only ones living there.

The house has become a terrible problem to clean because of the cat! She got the cat as a kitten a little over a year ago and since then it has been hair, hair, hair! She won't hear of me coming to clean more than every 3 weeks. I charge her $40 just to do the main level of the house. When I do the second story, which is not very often at all, I charge an extra $25.

There is so much cat hair that I have to change dusting rags 3 or 4 times just working downstairs! I know I'm not getting all of it. You never do with a pet like that. Also, today when I got there, she said that when she had her furnace serviced for the winter recently, the furnace man had a fit about how dirty her furnace filter was and I got the blame for that because apparently I'm not keeping things clean enough. UGH!

How would some of you handle this? This woman has lots of odds and ends that always have to be moved. The main level is much more work that the upper, that is until the cat came to live in the house. The cat gets the run of the house and the upstairs I noticed today is covered in white cat hair. She didn't want the upstairs cleaned today so it will really be a mess by the time she wants it done again. I hope this isn't too rambling, but I could really use some suggestions as I am getting very frustrated! Thanks ahead of time for any feedback!

Robin from Washington, Ia
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