Housecleaner ruined hardwood floor

[connorlevismom]

OK - here is the verdict. The professional said that yes, a polish had been applied to the floor. He said that it will come clean eventually, but it will take a lot of hours of scrubbing due to the amount of polish on the floor. He suggested a polish remover and said that the floors "should" return to normal after all of it is off. So the cleaner (though she adamantly denies using a polish, but wont bring over the bottle) is going to work as long as it takes to get the floor clean. She also offered to pay for the polish remover - which tells me that she knows she used the wrong product.

Fingers crossed!

 

[The Mystery Machine]

OK - here is the verdict. The professional said that yes, a polish had been applied to the floor. He said that it will come clean eventually, but it will take a lot of hours of scrubbing due to the amount of polish on the floor. He suggested a polish remover and said that the floors "should" return to normal after all of it is off. So the cleaner (though she adamantly denies using a polish, but wont bring over the bottle) is going to work as long as it takes to get the floor clean. She also offered to pay for the polish remover - which tells me that she knows she used the wrong product.

Fingers crossed!

It does not sounds ruined, that goodness.

I have put polish on the floor before. It will come out.

 

[NHdisneylover]

Great update! I am glad they ca be saved

 

[GaryDis]

Thanks. I know I would never issue a 1099 to a contractor doing periodic or one time work in my home, no matter the cost I figured a weekly cleaner would be different. So you have no legal obligation for the way you handle paying a cleaner who comes to your home once a week or 2x a month? I have heard of issues where home owners who paid cleaners got into trouble for not withholding. I figure you would not withhold from the pay of a self employed person.

I've seen various opinions, but haven't researched any tax court cases around this issue. If the person is clearly running a cleaning service (multiple clients, advertising, business name and business cards, etc.) I wouldn't worry about it. If you're the only client or they're coming to you more than once a week, I'd speak to a local tax pro (EA or CPA).

 

[indygirl99]

OK - here is the verdict. The professional said that yes, a polish had been applied to the floor. He said that it will come clean eventually, but it will take a lot of hours of scrubbing due to the amount of polish on the floor. He suggested a polish remover and said that the floors "should" return to normal after all of it is off. So the cleaner (though she adamantly denies using a polish, but wont bring over the bottle) is going to work as long as it takes to get the floor clean. She also offered to pay for the polish remover - which tells me that she knows she used the wrong product.

Fingers crossed!

It is good that there appears to be a workable solution and that the 2 of you are working together to get there.

Reading how you are handling this and how you have gone about a solution makes me want to be you when I grow up.