Ammon man opens house-cleaning service in eastern Idaho

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BIZ BUZZ

IDAHO FALLS

Ammon man is fresh to cleanable location pinch Merry Maids

Merry Maids serves customers from St. Anthony to Lava Hot Springs. | Courtesy Dan Sheets

IDAHO FALLS – Dan Sheets is fresh to cleanable house.

The 40-year-old Ammon man is nan proprietor of a caller house-cleaning work successful eastbound Idaho called Merry Maids. The nationalist franchise opened successful Omaha, Nebraska, 45 years ago, according to its website, and Sheets opened his agency astatine 2285 East 25th Street successful Idaho Falls connected Aug. 19.

His squad of 4 labor is capable to service customers from St. Anthony to Lava Hot Springs, but they’re presently focusing connected nan Idaho Falls area.

“It’s a ample marketplace and a marketplace that’s increasing a lot. There’s a batch of imaginable here,” Sheets tells EastIdahoNews.com.

Sheets’ customers scope from older group who aren’t capable to do elaborate location cleaning to two-income households who don’t person clip to do it themselves.

Sheets and his wife, who is an Idaho Falls native, precocious moved present to beryllium person to family. He was successful nan Air Force for 10 years earlier moving for respective tech companies successful nan Silicon Valley.

They were looking for their ain location cleaners erstwhile they moved present and learned of respective mom-and-pop operations that had dependable work.

“A batch of these companies weren’t moreover taking connected caller clients. They were excessively busy,” Sheets says.

Seeing nan number of group who were moving to nan area, Sheets did immoderate investigation to find whether location was a request for a home-cleaning service. His profession has ever revolved astir helping people, and that inspired him to look into it.

“There’s request successful this area (for this benignant of service) and I deliberation this request is going to proceed to grow,” he says. “This is an opportunity to return nan spot of having a franchised business that’s been successful business for decades … and bring it to a section marketplace that is run, owned and operated by a section family.”

Merry Maids cleaner engaged astatine work. | Courtesy Dan Sheets

Since launching nan business, Sheets has heard 1 of his clients opportunity she’s a amended mom because she has much clip to walk pinch her kids. Several older clients bask nan cleaners’ company.

Hearing these types of reactions are what make nan occupation rewarding for Sheets.

He besides enjoys giving backmost by providing free house-cleaning services to crab patients pinch nan thief of a nonprofit called Cleaning For a Reason.

“In our first period of operation, we’ve visited 2 crab patients and provided free house-cleaning services to thief them during this difficult time,” says Sheets. “We besides donated a number of cleanings to veterans organizations, arsenic good arsenic nan Bonneville County Fire Department. We want to beryllium a institution that helps assistance up nan community.”

He wants nan business to proceed to turn and hopes to yet unfastened different marketplace successful Idaho, Utah aliases Wyoming.

For a free quote aliases to study more, telephone (208) 776-6243 aliases visit nan website.

Merry Maids cleaning supplies | Courtesy Dan Sheets

BIZ BITS

Eastern Idaho State Fair group a caller attendance record

BLACKFOOT – It was a record-breaking twelvemonth for nan 2024 Eastern Idaho State Fair.

A news merchandise from nan adjacent committee indicates 254,209 group attended passim nan week, surpassing nan erstwhile grounds successful 2022.

It’s nan sixth clip successful nan past 10 years nan Fair has group a caller attendance record, which solidifies it arsenic 1 of nan region’s premier events.

The EISF is grateful to expansive champion sponsors Bingham Healthcare and Teton Auto Group, for nan support and dedication. The Bank of Commerce sponsored nan Grandstand Arena, wherever enthusiastic fans gathered to bask performances by nan legendary stone set Journey, Comedian Jeff Foxworthy, and Country vocalist Craig Morgan.

These shows were among nan highlights of this year’s intermezo lineup and drew crowds from each complete Idaho and beyond.

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