Most independent cleaners bill the same way: a spreadsheet, a calculator, and a quiet evening at the end of the month piecing together who owes what. It works, until it doesn't. A missed clean here, a forgotten extra there, and a notebook hastily written full of numbers is the reality.
The spreadsheet feels free. It is not. It costs you time every month and money every year.
A host is not asking for a fancy invoice. They want to know three things: which days you cleaned, what each clean cost, and that the total is correct. A WhatsApp or text thread with what you're owed isn't doing you any favors. A proper invoice, with every clean listed and dated, answers all three at a glance. It gets approved faster because there is nothing left to question.
The fix is not a better spreadsheet. It is letting your calendar do the work for you.
When your invoices are numbered, dated, and saved in one place, tax season stops being a reconstruction project. Your year is already documented: every clean, every payment, every property. If you file a 1099 or work with an accountant, you hand over records instead of a shoebox. CleanSlate can even export straight to QuickBooks, Xero, and other accounting apps. (We’ve made it easier to keep using the apps you already use, but better!)
You became a cleaner to clean, not to run a bookkeeping and accounts payable department out of a spreadsheet.
CleanSlate keeps the part that works, a simple record of what you did and what you are owed, and takes away the part that does not.
Trade the spreadsheet for invoices that build themselves. Free for 75 days, no card required.
Start freeCan I still export my records for taxes or an accountant?
Yes. Invoices export straight to QuickBooks and Xero, or as a CSV, whenever you need them.
What if a host disputes a charge?
Every invoice keeps its own record: the date, the rate, and what was billed, so there's nothing to reconstruct from memory.
Is there a limit to how many properties or clients I can invoice this way?
No. Every property you clean, short-term rental or regular home, uses the same invoice list.
Do I need to know accounting to use CleanSlate?
No. You set a rate once per property and CleanSlate builds the invoice from there.
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