There is a skill to cleaning, but from my experience the Homejoy people were nothing special. Both times, they were basically kids, didn't do anything beyond what I would have done, one broke a plate, the other failed to clean my dirty hardwood floors (he just spread the dirt around). And it was expensive. I figured at that point Homejoy was probably limiting their market to oblivious wealthy people.
Seeing as Tokyo apartments are freakin' tiny, you could probably get the price down to make it more mainstream palatable.
Seeing as Tokyo apartments are freakin' tiny, you could probably get the price down to make it more mainstream palatable.