Household grime, if left unchecked, will inevitably develop into miniature civilizations whose complex network of treaties erupts into a devastating house-wide reenactment of World War I. Today’s Groupon spares you the trouble of tripping over tiny trenches: for $59, you get three hours of house cleaning from MaidPro of South Charlotte. MaidPro provides service to the Charlotte, Matthews, and Indian Trail areas; see the sidebar for a full list of zip codes serviced.

MaidPro specializes in whipping grimy households into gleaming shape. Over the course of three hours, the staff of dirt-busting cleanliness-experts will scrub your home according to a 49-point checklist that tackles bathrooms, kitchens, bedrooms, hallways, and cupboards under the stairs. Trash cans will be emptied of shucked corn husks, incriminating fingerprints removed from cookie jars, equally-incriminating trails of cookie crumbs vacuumed away, and feral packs of baby gorillas ushered quietly into the night. If you spot a spot within 24 hours of cleaning and notify the company, MaidPro's maid-pros will re-clean the area free of charge.

The MaidPro staff is trained through the proprietary “MaidPro University” and given thorough background checks prior to employment, ensuring security and peace-brain for all. Whatever the filth, the lifelong–Charlotte residents of MaidPro will make sure it gets out of sight, out of mind, and even out of the astral plane.