New York's Little Elves

Down & Dirty: Cleaning house the old-fashioned way BY Jason Sheftell DAILY NEWS REAL ESTATE CORRESPONDENT Maria Arateaga of New York’s Little Elves cleaning service. When you’re at least two to three times the price of companies that claim to do the same thing, you better be good. When it’s a house- cleaning service in…Continue Reading

What’s Your Time Worth? – August 05, 2009 7:00 AM EST   Kid Taxi Express Meet Heather McAlister. Like any busy mom, Heather has trouble being in two places at once. To help her day run smoother, she relies on Kids Kab, a taxi service for children, to transport her daughter to her many extracurricular…Continue Reading

The Big Clean-Up: New York’s Little Elves – November 26, 2007 The annual Kips Bay designer showhouse always features some pretty nifty rooms filled with sumptuous furnishings — the finest carpets, extraordinary draperies, and countless objets and bibelots all just waiting to be manhandled and broken. The delicate task of cleaning the tchotchke-filled mansion during…Continue Reading

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Rutherford Estates Condos: A Chance to Return to Your Roots – January 22, 2006 BARBARA ROCHE FIERMAN harbors unusually intense nostalgia for the place where she was born. At age 68, she has decided she wants to buy a part of it and make it her home. Until now, that has been almost impossible at…Continue Reading

CURRENTS: WHO KNEW?; To the Rescue, Elves Who Come to Clean – December 8, 2005 A good cleaning service can rescue a home before a holiday party, or after. New York’s Little Elves, in business nearly 30 years, has a staff trained in the cleaning and handling of fine art and furniture. Clients have included…Continue Reading

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Good Question: How Do I Deep Clean My Carpets – March 24, 2005 Not dwarves. We needed a cleaning crew last week and our go-to guy wasn’t available. Who Ya Gonna Call? We got a tip to call Little Elves and can’t say enough good things about them. They came the same day in a…Continue Reading

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Cleaning Up After The Joneses – December 31, 1998 IN one swift move, the holiday season upends the typical household in a flurry of trash, drips and spills — like a scene in a snow globe. Just as the house starts to settle from Hanukkah and Christmas, New Year’s Eve hits. There’s now enough candle…Continue Reading

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