Editorial Policy
Seattle Cleaning Guide exists to publish genuinely useful, accurate guidance. This page explains how articles are researched, written, checked, labeled, and corrected, and how the publication relates to the company that owns it.
Who we are
Seattle Cleaning Guide is owned and published by Sweepless in Seattle, a residential cleaning company in Seattle, Washington. Articles are written and edited by the team behind the company, credited as the Seattle Cleaning Guide Editorial Team. We do not use invented personas or bylines. If a named writer or expert reviewer contributes, they are credited by name with a real biography.
How articles are researched
- Factual claims about health, safety, chemistry, climate, utilities, and law are checked against the sources listed at the end of each article. We prefer primary sources: statutes, government agencies, utilities, and manufacturers.
- Cleaning methods reflect common professional practice and the instructions of product and surface manufacturers. Where results depend on firsthand testing we have not done, we say so instead of implying we tested something.
- We do not publish invented statistics, prices, surveys, testimonials, or expert quotes. When local data would help but does not exist yet, the topic goes on our research list, not into the article.
Legal and regulatory content
Articles that describe Washington State law or City of Seattle rules carry a "last verified" date and cite the statute or official page each rule comes from. Before such an article can be published, our publishing system requires that its facts are marked verified, dated, and backed by at least one primary source; an article that does not meet that bar cannot be built into the live site. These articles are general information, not legal advice, and are checked by our editorial team, who are not attorneys. We say that on every one.
Editorial status labels
- Published: researched, written, and fact-checked against the cited sources. The date of the last check is shown at the top of the article.
- In review and draft: work in progress. These are never included in the public site.
Independence and commercial relationships
- Because our owner sells cleaning services, some articles mention when hiring a professional makes sense and link to Sweepless in Seattle. Those links are labeled or described as coming from the publisher, and they carry tracking parameters so the company can see which articles are useful to readers.
- We do not rank or review competing cleaning companies, and we never describe Sweepless in Seattle as the best or top-rated company.
- We do not accept payment for coverage, and we do not run affiliate links or sponsored posts.
- Advice is written to be useful whether or not you ever hire anyone. Most of what we publish is about doing the job yourself.
Our sister publication
The same company publishes Seattle Move-Out Guide. The two sites cover different subjects and do not republish each other's articles. When a topic belongs to the other site, we summarize it briefly and link there.
Corrections and updates
If you find an error, email hello@sweeplessinseattle.com with the page address and what is wrong. We correct factual errors promptly. When an article changes materially, its "Updated" date changes; significant corrections are noted in the article.
Use of AI tools
We use software tools, including AI writing and image tools, to help draft, edit, and illustrate articles. Photographs on this site are illustrative and may be generated; they do not show real customers' homes. Every published article is checked against its cited sources, and a person at the company is responsible for what we publish.