We will soon be leaving Zurich and will have to do a really good cleaning of our apartment - two kids have left a lot of mess! Is the best idea to hire a contract cleaner to do it for us, and can anyone recommend a good company in the Zurich area? I do not want to have to pay a lot of money (I have heard of people paying as much as 600 CHF!!) but also don't have much time to do it myself and am worried that I wouldn't do a good enough job. Any advice on the best way to do it would be appreciated!
Thanks

I have never used them, but there is Züriclean, you can read some reviews in this thread..

http://www.englishforum.ch/family-ma...urich-zug.html

Our experience is that is worth getting a company that guarantees to deal with the landlord at handover. We once did the cleaning ourselves and got hit with absurd deductions from the deposit- TIS

I agree with using a professional company.
It seems expensive, but it is well worth it because they will guarantee their work, and come back and fix things if the landlord isn't happy.
Plus they have better cleaning products and will be far more efficient than a regular person (although that might just be me!).