Freshen Up Your Home With Duke Discounts
Discounts help with cleaning services without cleaning out wallets
Kearston Ingraham’s 11-year-old son, Tyler, loves playing sports. Basketball and football are his passions, which means muddy cleats and bottles of neon-colored sports drinks often find their way into the Ingraham home.
A research program evaluator at the Office of Health Equity and Disparities at Duke Cancer Institute, Ingraham said her son does a good job of keeping dirtier sports equipment off the home’s carpets. But, she added, he’s not perfect.
“Every so often, I’ll go back to his room and say, ‘What happened in here?’” she said.
For the past few years, Kearston has enlisted Spotless Clean & Carpet Care for help keeping her carpets pristine. She found the service on a list of employee discounts on the Duke Human Resources website and has been happy with the company’s work, price and customer service.
Spotless Clean & Carpet Care is among the cleaning and home improvement services offered through PERQs, the Duke employee discount program. If you’re looking to spruce up your home, here are some other discounts.
Cleaning on the move
Around the time Amy Puglia started as emergency preparedness coordinator with Duke University Hospital, she and her family moved out of their Apex townhouse to a home with a little more room. Cleaning the old place wasn’t a task she looked forward to.
“As you can imagine, starting a new job, and having to move, and having two small children, we were really looking to make the whole process easier in any way that we could,” Puglia said.
Puglia found Your Time Cleaning Service on the discount list. She took advantage of a 15 percent discount for Duke employees and arranged service within a week.
“It was totally worth it,” Puglia said. “It was also less expensive than I thought it would be, even before the discount.”
Spruce up outside
If, after winter and pollen season, the exterior of your home needs freshening up, Team Todd Pressure Washing can help. The company, which covers the Triangle, offers $50 off
pressure washing jobs.
Other options
Duke Human Resources maintains a list of companies offering employee discounts. Among them are eight that provide home cleaning services. Visit hr.duke.edu/discounts and select “Home Cleaning Services.” Your NetID and password may be needed to access deals.