Business Spotlight: Kelp's Cleaning

Since launching Kelp’s Cleaning in January 2024, Kel-Sea Toothaker has earned an exceptional reputation through careful attention to detail and her unwavering commitment to customer satisfaction.

Before-and-after photos show how effectively
Kelp's Cleaning is able to transform bathtubs
and doors using environmentally friendly
cleaning products. COURTESY PHOTOS  

Kelp’s Cleaning is based in Oxford and provides cleaning for residential homes, commercial and office buildings and she also cleans vacation rental homes. Services available include floor care, dusting, mopping, vacuuming, and everything necessary to make kitchens and bathrooms shine.

“Typically, it's all just standard to those specific areas but I can also do carpet cleaning and detailed interior window cleaning,” Toothaker said. “I have experience in cleaning in several different settings over the years and when I decided to start up my own business, I did the research about what I needed to do to get started.”

The most significant aspect of Kelp’s Cleaning is how much Toothaker strives to cater to her clients, her personalized level of customer service, her experience and expertise, and her honesty.

“I communicate extremely well with them and I'm flexible in that I work with them to clean and get done what is most important to them,” she said. “Some cleaning companies are almost too rigid in how things need to be done. For example, not everyone wants super-detailed dusting, but they want to focus more on kitchens or bathrooms. I also use eco-friendly, plant-based products.”

Those cleaning products are natural palm and coconut-derived cleaners and feature the penetrating power of T36-C5 Melaleuca Oil to power through life’s messes, from sticky fingerprints to caked-on grease and oily spills and are safe for people and the environment.

Her attention to detail goes the extra step to include the cleaning of ceiling fan blades, ovens, light fixtures, baseboards, removing difficult water stains from sinks and tubs, and polishing tile and grout so that it shines and sparkles like new.

Featuring competitive and affordable pricing, Kelp Cleaning offers convenient appointments based upon your schedule. She returns all phone calls and emails, shows up on time as agreed and does everything possible to exceed all customer expectations.

“We are fully insured and committed to providing our clients with the highest quality of service. I'm very thorough and efficient. I do what I say I’m going to do,” Toothaker said. “I've gotten a lot of compliments about how flexible and understanding I am. Life happens, and I try really hard to work with my clients when something comes up. I've also received a lot of good feedback about how well I communicate with clients and how quickly I get back to them.”

Appointments are available throughout the Lakes Region, Oxford, and most of Androscoggin County.

Reviews posted online for Kelp’s Cleaning are nothing less than outstanding.

“We have been so pleased with Kelp's cleaning since starting with Kel-Sea a few months ago. We have used a handful of companies over the years and just never felt that our house was thoroughly clean. We were starting to question whether our expectations were too high. Kel-Sea assured us that they were not and has shown us that every time! The house is spotless from top to bottom, she is easy to communicate with and it smells fresh and clean when she is done (not chemically like it has with others). We would highly recommend Kelp's Cleaning!” – Anne D.

“Hey everybody so if you’re tired of cleaning your home call Kelp’s cleaning and she will come in and do an amazing job like she always does. Home or commercial Kelp’s Cleaning does it all.” – John G.

“Highly recommend this wonderful lady!! I was completely happy with the deep clean.” – Beverly G.

Appointments for Kelp’s Cleaning are available for deep cleans and regularly scheduled cleanings on a weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly basis whether during daytime hours or in the evening. Just want tedious tasks accomplished like window cleaning or wall washing? Her affordable hourly rate can help with that too.

And right now, Kelp’s Cleaning is offering $100 off deep cleanings for new clients for a limited time.

For a personal, friendly cleaning experience that will make your home or business shine, don't wait to contact Kelp's Cleaning. Her experience and all-natural approach is sure to impress even the toughest critics.

To make an appointment or to obtain more information about Kelp’s Cleaning, call 207-595-8157, send an email to Kelpscleaning@gmail.com or visit Kelp’s Cleaning on Facebook. <

Business Spotlight: Pure Clean Co.

When you hire a cleaning service, you expect value, quality, and attention to detail, and Pure Clean Co. of Windham offers all of those and more to its loyal and devoted customers.

Cory Beaulieu is the owner of Pure Clean Co. 
which is based in Windham and offers
exceptional residential, commercial and
Airbnb cleanings. COURTESY PHOTO 

Pure Clean provides exceptional residential, commercial and Airbnb cleanings. Popular services include weekly, biweekly, or monthly cleanings, move-in and move-out cleans, and one-time cleanings. Additional services include strip and waxing or buffing of VCT tile floors and small-job carpet cleaning services. They also specialize in deep cleanings that focus on removing built up dust, germs, and bacteria from the hardest locations to reach.

Now under the sole ownership of Cory Beaulieu, Pure Clean features strong reliable staff members who provide amazing attention to detail and sincerely care about the quality of their work.

“We travel from Bridgton to Yarmouth and go as far as Portland and South Portland,” Beaulieu said. “We truly care about our clients and keeping their homes perfect.”

According to Beaulieu, Pure Clean Company’s pricing is always fair, transparent and very competitive.

“Because we don't do the minimum, we are always doing more than the average company and what they offer for the same prices or more,” he said. “We recently had a slight price increase, but our goal is to continue delivering the highest standard of cleaning services while ensuring fair compensation for our dedicated cleaning professionals.”

The company has been in business since 2019 and has 12 dedicated staff members who are grateful for the continued trust shown by the public and support for their cleaning services.

“We are fully insured and trustworthy and have many five-star reviews,” Beaulieu said. “Because we pay strict attention to the little things and go above and beyond to exceed customer expectations, we have a stellar reputation among our customers.”

Through careful and meticulous attention to detail, Pure Clean specialists delve into the nooks and crannies of homes, including the baseboards, ceiling fan blades, light fixtures, surfaces and even the insides of ovens, microwaves and dishwashers in kitchens and strive to make bathrooms a priority, including the removal of troublesome water stains and leaving tubs, tile and grout behind that shine and sparkle like they are brand new.

Beaulieu said that estimates are always free and convenient bookings are readily available for Pure Clean Co.

“Part of our continued success is that we have great communication with our customers and are very flexible to work around their schedules,” he said.

Reviews of Pure Clean Company posted online are extraordinary.

“Today was my first Pure Clean experience and it won’t be the last. They cleaned our home meticulously and thoroughly. I am so pleased with the work their team does!” – Kate Ryan

“We used Pure Clean for a regular clean and they did a deeper clean where it was needed (bathrooms) and left the place looking spotless. They were extremely responsive from start to finish and handled the logistics beautifully.” – Karen Dahl

“These guys are fantastic. When I got home, I thought the house looked really great. Then I opened up the microwave, and almost had a heart attack... because it had never looked that good. And just now I opened up the oven... they even did the oven!!! WOW. I can't wait for them to come back.” – Sally Wood

“We scheduled Pure Clean for a deep clean at a family cottage, and we were so impressed! The staff arrived with a plan and worked together efficiently to clean all the corners and to put a shine on the place. They asked appropriate questions and, more than once, told me they wanted to make us happy and clean it well for us. They certainly did!! I highly recommend this group and will have them back in the future.” – Nancy Crowley Doolittle

“Would highly recommended Pure Clean's cleaning services! They did an awesome job! Definitely will use them again!” – Vanessa Johnston

For more info. about Pure Clean Co. services or to schedule a walk-through and an estimate, call 207-310-7294 or send an email to purecleanco.cory@gmail.com. To see pictures of their immaculate work visit them at www.facebook.com/purecleancoME <

Business Spotlight: Viking Power Wash

With spring right around the corner, there’s never been a better time to consider sprucing up your home’s exterior using the services of Viking Power Wash, a company known for its meticulous attention to detail and exceptional customer care.

Based in Standish and serving the Lakes Region and most of Southern Maine, Viking Power Wash goes above and beyond to make cleaning a home’s exterior as easy as possible for homeowners.

“We want our customers to know that when they deal with us, we want to make it the easiest possible process for them,” Viking Power Wash owner Ryan Carpenter said. “We keep our focus on the customer through open communications and provide tremendous value for the services that we offer.”

Those services include house washing, pressure washing, roof cleaning, wood restoration, and deck and patio cleaning using a soft-washing approach that cleans thoroughly and is gentle on exterior surfaces.

“Truly the best thing about what we do is helping people,” Carpenter said. “It’s amazing to watch it all unfold when a property is cleaned and then seeing the people’s reaction when it’s all done. It’s extremely rewarding.”

According to Carpenter, while there are several companies that can be hired to clean a property, he believes that Viking Power Wash’s never- ending journey to improve and enhance their customer experience is what sets them apart from the competition.

“From communication, on-time technicians, a completely transparent sales process, and a 100 percent satisfaction guarantee, our customers can expect nothing but the best results and a customer experience that they can use as a new standard when dealing with local contractors,” he said.

Viking Power Wash uses a specially formulated process for cleaning homes that is not only safe for the environment but is also a much safer alternative to traditional pressure washing.

“This process will also protect the warranties in place on the building materials on your home,” Carpenter said. “I would like the customers to know that when they are doing business with Viking that they are dealing with a trusted, highly rated, locally owned and operated company.”

Featuring competitive pricing, experienced, trained, and insured technicians who provide superior customer service, Carpenter said Viking started as a small side job for himself in 2017 after washing his deck and having neighbors and friends interested in having theirs done. The business took off and now Viking Power Wash is looking to add a few hard-working members to its team for the upcoming season.

The company is always seeking ways to staying on the cutting edge of the exterior cleaning industry for its clients.

“From the products we use to the equipment mounted on our trucks, we are constantly trying to improve our processes and procedures so that we can become more efficient and provide better and longer lasting results to our customers,” Carpenter said. “We aim to ultimately save them time and money in the long run and help protect their largest investment.”

He said the biggest misconception with power washing is that traditional "pressure washing" is the only way to clean your home.

“While high pressure cleaning has its place for brick, stone or concrete, when it comes to your home, soft washing is the safest and most effective process. This is a low-pressure approach that has been outlined by the manufacturer of 99 percent of residential building materials,” Carpenter said. “This process uses a blend of specially formulated, environmentally safe soaps and degreasers to remove the staining and buildup on your home, all while using not much more pressure than your average garden hose.”

Reviews have been outstanding.

“Highly recommended! I can’t tell you how many clients reach back to me and thank me for the referral, but Ryan runs a top-notch service that can add value to your home just by the way it will show when they’re done!” Andrew Nash

“I am so impressed with this company. They returned calls or texts quickly. Ryan is very friendly and very professional. He pressure washed our house and garage and did a great job. I even had him clean the gutters and did a great job with that. I definitely will have him again and would recommend them 100 percent.” Jim Whalen

“Excellent service! Ryan did a top-notch job. He was in and out in three hours and our entire house looks great!!!I highly recommend this service.” Scott Fitzgerald

To schedule an appointment with Viking Power Wash or for an estimate, call 207-615-3161 or visit them online at www.vikingpowerwash.com. Find them on Facebook under VikingPowerWash207. <

Business Spotlight: Nappi's Painting

Are you looking to transform the look and feel of your home or business with a fresh coat of paint? Choosing the right painter is crucial to achieving a high-quality, long-lasting paint job. The job needs to be done right — and that takes experience, expertise, trustworthiness, and reliability. Nappi’s Painting offers all of that and more.

Sam Nappi, owner/operator of
Nappi's Painting, knows the
importance of quality work and
is ready to give your home or
office a perfect finish.
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Locally owned and operated by Raymond resident Sam Nappi, Nappi’s Painting is a company that has established a stellar reputation for its exceptional work and outstanding customer service. Sam has built his business on a foundation of integrity, professionalism, and a commitment to excellence in every project he undertakes. With a keen eye for detail, he takes great pride in his work, ensuring that every project is completed to the highest standards.

As Sam puts it, "I will not leave a job unless the quality is 100 percent, and the customer is 100 percent satisfied." He always goes the extra mile on quality and precision to ensure that his clients are happy with the results.

Sam's commitment to excellence has earned him high praise from contractors and realtors who have called his work "the best paint job they've ever seen." But for Sam, it's not about boosting his ego - it's about completing each project with the highest of standards and earning trust.

While the business itself is two years old, Nappi has been working as a painter on and off since the age of 13. Over the years, he has gained thousands of hours of experience, which has helped him develop precise skill in applying products properly for various projects, from outdoor homes and decks to interior walls and basement floors. He has also learned the most effective ways to complete tasks within the given timeframe without sacrificing quality workmanship.

Sam understands that painting is an investment which is why he knows the importance of starting with a high-quality product. For this, Sam has a distinct preference. "I only use Sherwin Williams products because they offer top-of-the-line paints.” He adds, "Using the same products for every project guarantees that we can produce quality results every time."

According to Nappi, he’s flexible in scheduling and tries to work with customers as much as possible. He understands that everyone has a unique schedule and works hard to accommodate that. "I want to make the process easy and stress-free for my customers," he emphasized. “If a customer has something come up and wants me to come back the day after tomorrow, I do it, no questions asked. We are totally customer focused and that’s important.”

His prices are in line with current market rates, but what sets Nappi's Painting apart is his honesty, transparency, excellent customer service, and meticulous attention to detail. "My customers are spending their hard-earned money into my work, and they expect it to be done correctly and efficiently," Nappi stated. "I have high standards, and I always strive to meet or exceed them."

“The best thing about what I do is being able to provide a skilled service for someone,” Sam said. “I derive a great deal of satisfaction in customer engagement. I enjoy seeing the results of a project as much as they do. People want their home or office to be a place where they’re comfortable and fresh paint changes people’s moods in positive ways.”

Equipped to handle painting projects of all sizes, whether big or small — Nappi’s primary service area is the Lakes Region and Southern Maine, but he is always open to travel upon request. He serves residential and commercial customers in all aspects of painting and staining from new construction to renovations.

He strives to stay up to date on current industry trends for the benefit of his customers. “I would say one of the more popular options in painting right now would be cabinets. It's a slightly cheaper option than replacing them but provides the finish and appearance of new cabinets,” Sam said. “General repaints of interior rooms are also something to consider since studies show room color can help set mood and even enhance productivity.”

A true professional in his field, if you’re looking for unparalleled quality and professionalism in the painting industry— Nappi’s Painting is the clear choice.

For more information about Nappi's Painting, please call 207-233-5397 or check out Nappi's Painting on Facebook, Instagram, or Google.<