Special Services

The fun, weird stuff we've always wanted to do

Body Doubling

Body doubling is a very helpful technique for many, especially with ADHD. We very often take advantage of this by cleaning with our clients. But if you need a hand doing other tasks, we can help with that too!

If you also want cleaning services, we can clean your house as normal, but someone will either make sure to stay near you, or can come in and check on you every so often to make sure you're focused and on track. Just let us know what works for you. This is billed like any other cleaning.

However, if you don't need any cleaning, we're still here for you. There are lots of great free options for body doubling online, but for those times you really need a physical human to be present, and don't want to put demands on your friends/family, we provide in-person body doubling services.

If you don't need anything other than physical presence and occasional check-ins, and your double can read/do whatever quiet activity, the rate is $15/hour. Your double (who might be Woody or Sonya) can come to your house, meet you somewhere, or book a study room at the Madison Public Library or arrange a similar quiet setting. If you need your double to do something specific, the rate may be higher depending on what it is. We're flexible and prepared to accommodate whatever you need, because we often rely on other people helping us with body doubling and understand how helpful it can be!

Enhanced Petsitting

If you're heading on a trip and need a friend to check on your cats or other pets every other day, we can follow all your instructions to take good care of them. Better still, we can combine pet visits with small cleaning sessions and play with your animals a while. Pets tend to be happier because they get more attention, and you get to come home to a clean house!

We'll agree on a reasonable rate for each pet visit, but if we're also cleaning it will probably be free. If you need more frequent visits or someone to stay in your home, or if your pet has complex/medical needs, feel free to reach out. That's not something we regularly do, but there's a good chance Woody will be interested.

Vacation cleaning

Times when you're out of town are great for doing more hardcore deep cleaning that might be disruptive, or dealing with areas you prefer not to think about. It's the perfect time to deep-clean your fridge or unclog your sinks. Your most out-of-control, guilt-inducing problem areas can be magically restored while you're relaxed and thinking about other things. We can also offer other vacation support, such as:

  • Restocking your fridge/pantry with basics, just leave or send us a list
  • Helping you unpack and deal with the mayhem of getting ready to go back to work
  • Taking care of routine maintenance you've been putting off
  • Setting up new organization systems you've chosen but never get around to implementing

Party assistance

Need a hand with your event, but it's not big enough for a professional planner, or you don't want a caterer because you enjoy cooking? We have extensive professional cooking and catering experience, and would love to help you as much or little as you need. Options include:

  • Cleaning before the party
  • Helping you plan a menu & timing/strategy for cooking
  • Kitchen support during the last-hour crunch, so you can get ready and be sure nothing will burn
  • Assistance with food service or breakdown
  • Making your party more introvert-friendly (Sonya's specialty)
  • Enthusiastic dancing to encourage your guests to let loose
  • Cleanup after the party, deep cleaning your kitchen
  • Anything else you can imagine, just ask!
Rates will depend on what you need, but we'll work out the cost in advance, which will be lower than our hourly cleaning rate.

Aquarium Babysitting

We've kept planted freshwater aquaria/paludaria for several years, and are familiar with the classic "can't go on vacation" problem. We can cover your aquarium maintenance as long as you need. We don't have personal saltwater experience, but can scrupulously follow any instructions & do research if needed. You can actually enjoy a break and rest assured that we'll do what you ask, let you know or take action at any sign of trouble or unexpected changes, and never overfeed your fish because "they looked hungry." One of us (probably Sonya) will come over at least twice to watch your routine before you leave at no charge. Send us a message with a basic summary of your needs to get started.