I hate coming home to a mess. It stresses me out…read more But between managing a busy work schedule and trying to fit in quality time with my kid, my free-time is limited, and spending weekends doing chores like cleaning is not something I particularly want to do! So I didn't ... and surely enough, despite my efforts to try and tidy up here and there, the mess built up. At first, I didn't really notice it, but then little by little, the place became unmanageable. It got to a point where I hated going home because I felt like I was walking into pigsty and it depressed me. After trying to ignore the issue, I reached a point where I decided I needed to do something because ignoring the problem was not going to fix it; and if I wanted to change the way I felt about my messy home, I needed to either spend the time cleaning or spend some money hiring a professional to help me. I'd never hired a professional cleaning service before and practically speaking, I initially had three concerns: (1) where do I find one? (2) can I even afford it? and; (3) can I find a trustworthy company where I feel safe entrusting them with my keys to come in and clean my place while I'm not home. As for my first question, I literally didn't know where to start. Eventually, I managed to find my way to Yelp and looked up services that are near me. I'm in Edgewater and based on my location, it recommended 4 places, so I requested a quote from all 4. Express Cleaning Team was the last to respond to my query but I'm really glad they did because it solved my second concern: cost. I originally had an idea of how much I wanted to spend but after receiving quotes from the first 3 services, I was left feeling disappointed because it was WAY beyond what I wanted to budget for a weekly appointment. It turned out that ECT's rates are so reasonable and affordable, my only regret is not having looked into this much sooner. All I had to do was to fill out their booking form on their website. Once I completed their dozen or so questions, I was quoted less than $100 a week to clean my two bedroom/one bathroom apartment. Now that I knew there was a service near my home that fit my budget, the only thing I had left to determine was whether I could trust them enough to give them a copy of my keys to clean the apartment when I'm at work. I wanted to make sure, so once I got an email confirmation from Jimmy, I asked him if it were possible to meet someone from the company on a weekend when I was home. Despite being outside of their business hours, his wife Fary graciously agreed to come by on Saturday to meet me and personally clean my apartment. I mean, how amazing and awesome is that?! It was her day off, but she still nonetheless took the time to come to my home just to meet me, give me the peace of mind, and did a truly AMAZING job. I didn't stay the entire time she was there but when I came home later that night, I was left speechless. I was so stunned and grateful for the care and attention that was clearly spent because everything was perfect. Honestly, it was like every little thing was carefully put in its place and every surface was expertly cleaned. You could easily tell how much care and attention was spent making sure I came home happy. If you're reading this review, you may be interested in hiring a cleaning service but have similar concerns about actually hiring one like I did. If so, I hope this helps in your calculus for reaching a decision. I was very pleased in my decision to hire ECT and I'm certain that going forward, I will actually want to come home instead on being depressed whenever I walk through my door.

Booked a cleaning and Fary and her team did a great job. Everything was cleaned and organized and…read morethey were very thorough and fast. Would absolutely use them again!

Zarin has been around a while. It's number one for fabric shopping for home textiles in New York. I…read moreused to shop there on Sundays after eating at Katz and going through the market at Grand Street. It was ( and is?) a tradition highly recommended for those tourists who want a New York experience after they tire of the museums. Buy some fabric you love and figure out later what to make of it.

Very nice & helpful staff. And the most beautiful fabrics! Can't wait to go back…read more I would highly recommend for anyone looking to reupholster furniture or update their home furnishings. They even were so kind as to give us directions in going to another shop for sewing accessories. excellent customer service.

If you're in NYC and need shoe or bag repairs, you have to check out Cobbler Shoe on 225 W 23rd St…read more I had such an amazing experience there--the craftsmanship is seriously top-tier. They brought my shoes back to life and made them look incredible again. Not only are they amazing with shoes, but they do beautiful work on bags too. You can tell they really care about what they're doing and take pride in every detail. On top of that, they're some of the kindest, most welcoming people you'll meet. It's rare to find a place that combines skill, quality, and genuine kindness like this. Hands down the best shoe repair spot in town. Bring them anything that needs fixing--you won't regret it!

I am constantly going to Cobbler Shoe Spa for repairs on boots, heals, and sandals. The guys that…read morework at the store do a great job and are fair on pricing. I highly recommend going to them for leather shoe repairs!

Alstar seating always does an excellent job in a timely fashion for any of our needs. Whether it be…read moretruck seats or a jet ski seat. 100% recommend

I brought my Subaru to Alstar and was very happy with the work they did repairing my driver seat.read more

They were fast to respond. Quality was excellent. They deserve a 5 . Thank you again. I would…read morehighly recommend them.

Quick, dependable service and most important to me was the exquisite attention to detail.read more

By far the best shoe shine EVER in all of NYC. Small unassuming shop but worth the stumble upon…read more Reasonably priced for NYC (tucked in boots were 15.00 other ones 12.00)

Please take your service here! I just needed a hole in my heel strap and was done in less than…read moreminutes. Tony is amazing and very kind as well!