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About SLY Group and services

What does SLY Group provide?

SLY Group is a two-sided home-services marketplace. Customers use the platform to request and book available home and household services. Professionals use it to create a work profile, find available jobs and orders, and send offers for work they can perform. SLY Group provides the platform that connects both sides and supports requests, offers, secure messages, payment records, and bookings. A professional is not automatically an SLY Group employee, and the platform does not guarantee a job, a booking, or a specific price.

What services can I request?

SLY Group serves both sides of the marketplace. Customers can request home, office, move, post-construction, and short-term-rental/Airbnb cleaning; Moving Help; Interior Painting; mobile interior car cleaning; laundry, ironing, and home organization; furniture assembly; wall hanging and shelves; or caulking and small drywall repair. Professionals use the platform to find available jobs and orders and send offers for work they can perform. You can select one or more household services in the same request. Exterior car washing is not offered. If SLY Group publishes a specialized job that legally requires a license, registration, certification, or permit, only a professional whose matching credential and authorization have been reviewed for that category may receive or accept it. Professionals without the required authorization receive only simple jobs that do not require it.

Do I have to enter the property type, size, and condition?

To start the free estimate, only a valid five-digit ZIP code and a service are required. Before submitting a booking, city and state are required. Property type, approximate square feet, and current condition are optional for property cleaning. Vehicle type is required for mobile car interior cleaning; interior condition is optional and can be described in the notes or shown in photos. For laundry, ironing, home organization, and handyman tasks, describe the exact work in your notes instead of entering property size. Household requests can combine laundry, ironing, and home organization.

What should I write for laundry, ironing, home organization, or handyman work?

Describe the exact task, quantity, condition, access, and desired result. For laundry, include approximate loads and detergent preferences. For ironing, include garment types and delicate fabrics. For home organization, identify rooms or areas and what should be sorted and arranged. For handyman work, identify the item, dimensions, wall or surface material, and supplies already available. Work outside the written offer is not automatically included.

What does home organization include?

Home organization means arranging and sorting items in your home so things are easier to find and use. This may include closets, kitchens, bedrooms, garages, or other spaces. It does not include deep cleaning, hauling away items, or disposing of belongings unless those tasks are written into the accepted offer.

Why should I choose add-ons, and what should I write?

Choose an add-on when the work is outside the normal cleaning scope, such as inside an oven, refrigerator, or cabinets. In the notes, describe the item, condition, and expected result. Example: “Please clean heavy grease inside one standard oven, including the racks.” This helps professionals price the same scope.

What can appear in booking photos?

Photograph only the area or item that needs work. Do not include people, faces, neighbors, license plates, private documents, or the street. Outdoor photos are allowed only when the request includes outdoor work such as a yard, facade, exterior windows, or another declared outdoor area.

Prices, offers, and discounts

Who sets the service price?

Public planning prices are approximate and use the ZIP code and selected service to show a local planning range. Mobile car interior cleaning and other services can vary by vehicle, scope, size, condition, access, timing, and extras. Each reviewed professional sends their own total price for the requested service. Compare the profile, rating, note, and total. You may accept one offer or wait for another. A SLY Group administrator does not choose the price for you.

Is there a membership, subscription, or hidden booking fee?

No. Submitting a request does not enroll you in a membership or automatic recurring platform charge. You see each professional’s total service offer before choosing. SLY Group does not currently add an automatic customer cancellation fee; any future booking-specific fee must be shown before submission.

Is there a discount for my first cleaning?

Eligible new customers in Philadelphia ZIP codes beginning with 191 receive $25 off their first cleaning when the final card price is $250 or more. The offer is applied automatically at Stripe checkout after a professional is selected; no promo code is required. It is not available outside those Philadelphia ZIP codes or for cash or check, cannot be combined with another promotion, and does not reduce the professional's accepted payout.

How do referral rewards work?

An existing Philadelphia customer opens My Cleaning and shares their personal invite link before a friend books. After the new friend completes and pays by card for their first eligible cleaning, one 10% reward is added automatically. The friend may also receive the separate $25 first-cleaning offer on an eligible order of $250 or more. Stripe automatically applies one available 10% reward to each future eligible card-paid cleaning, up to $100; extra rewards stay saved. Referral rewards do not combine with the first-cleaning offer and have no cash value. Cancelled, refunded, duplicate, self-referred, or unverifiable bookings do not qualify.

Booking and account

Why do I need an account?

You must create an account or sign in before submitting a booking. Your account keeps bookings, offers, messages, payment status, and completed work available on every device, and prevents another person from changing your booking.

Can I use the same email as both a customer and a professional?

Yes. A new SLY user creates an email and password during professional registration. If you already have a SLY account, keep one email and one current password; adding the professional role uses that existing password. To add the customer role, start “Book a Cleaning,” choose “I already have an account,” enter the same email and password, and complete the request. When both roles are active, sign-in shows a Customer or Professional choice. You can switch later from the menu next to your name without signing out.

Can I book cleaning for another person?

Yes. Choose “For someone else” and add the recipient’s name and phone number. Your account remains responsible for managing the booking and payment.

What does a reviewed professional profile mean?

Before receiving access to jobs, a professional submits a completed profile and a live profile photo. SLY Assistant checks the registration and photo rules; unclear or safety-related cases go to an administrator. A new photo or more information may be requested. Profile approval is not a criminal-background, license, insurance, identity-document, or skills verification.

Payments, changes, and problems

When do I pay?

Nothing is charged when the request is submitted. After you choose a professional and approve the final price, card payment goes through Stripe; Stripe processing fees may apply. SLY Group does not store raw card numbers. For cash or check, the customer and professional confirm the same payment after the work, and no card-processing fee applies.

How do I reschedule or cancel?

Open My Bookings, select the booking, and send a reschedule or cancellation request. If a professional is already assigned, they are notified automatically. Safety issues and disputes are not closed automatically.

What happens if the professional cancels or does not arrive?

Report it in the booking immediately. SLY Group can remove the professional and offer a replacement; the replacement normally requires your approval. If no acceptable replacement is available, you may cancel, and an amount collected for unperformed card service is eligible for refund according to the payment record and applicable law.

What if the work is not completed or I am not satisfied?

Report the problem through the secure booking conversation within 24 hours and attach photos of the claimed defects. Opening the dispute stops automatic closing and places the payment or commission record on hold while an administrator reviews the photos, messages, and booking. SLY Group may reject the claim or approve a partial or full refund to the original payment method.

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