# Our Story — K's Cleaning Solutions > From cleaning blinds in a Colombian restaurant to leading a 10-person team across Onslow County. The real story of K's Cleaning Solutions LLC, founded by Florecita in April 2013. --- ## Chapter 1 — The Arrival My husband served in the Marines for 25 years. His final station was Camp Lejeune. We had moved across the country more times than I could count. When the retirement papers were signed, we sat on the porch of a small house in Jacksonville and decided this would be home. Not because we had planned it — but because, after years of moving, this town felt quiet. Steady. > "After two decades of military bases and packed boxes, we just wanted somewhere we could plant a flag and stay." I didn't know what came next for me. My English wasn't strong, my degree from Peru wasn't recognized, and I was 40-something starting over. So I did what felt natural: I took a job at a Colombian restaurant downtown, serving food, washing tables, keeping busy. ## Chapter 2 — The Encounter One Tuesday afternoon, I was wiping the blinds in the restaurant — slat by slat — and a regular customer sat watching me from her booth. She had come in for coffee. She didn't say anything for a while. Then she walked over. > "Florecita — why don't you start your own cleaning business? You're really good at this." She called me Florecita — little flower. The name stuck. I told her I was scared. My English was bad. I had no idea how a business worked. She squeezed my arm and said she'd be my first client. ## Chapter 3 — A Vacuum and Flyers That night, I told my husband what she had said. He looked at me for a long second. > "Try it. I'll give you the money for a vacuum and some flyers." He'd believed in me through 25 years of deployments and PCS moves. He wasn't going to stop now. I called two Peruvian friends who'd worked in cleaning back home — they walked me through the basics: what to charge, what supplies to buy, how to talk to clients with my limited English. Starting equipment: 1 vacuum · 100 flyers door-to-door · 2 friends as informal mentors. ## Chapter 4 — April 2013 On a quiet Tuesday in April 2013, the paperwork was filed. **K's Cleaning Solutions LLC** was officially born. The 'K' stands for **my daughter**. I wanted her to grow up knowing this business was built with her in it. Every floor we mop, every counter we wipe — her name is in the door. That first year I had two or three clients — all friends of hers. I drove between houses in our family minivan, vacuum in the back, flyers in the passenger seat in case someone asked. ## Chapter 5 — Word Spread Her neighbors started calling. Then their neighbors. Then **Mr. Ray Evans** — a RE/MAX broker — asked me to clean a house he was about to list. He liked what I did. He started referring me to every realtor in his office. Then to every client buying a home, because they always needed a move-in clean. Then to military families coming through Camp Lejeune for PCS turnovers. > "Mr. Ray didn't just send me clients. He told them — 'this is Florecita, she'll take care of you.' And they did, because he did." ### Timeline - **2013-2014** — 3 clients. Just me and a vacuum. - **2016** — 15+ recurring clients. First employee hired. - **2019** — DBIDS clearance for Camp Lejeune approved. Move-Out specialty grows. - **Today** — 100+ recurring clients. 10-person team. Camp Lejeune approved. ## Chapter 6 — Today Today there are **ten women** on our team. Most of them are mothers. Some are military spouses whose own husbands are still deployed. Two are family — my husband and my cousin work alongside us. ### Stats - **13+** Years in Jacksonville - **100+** Recurring clients - **10** Team members - **DBIDS** Camp Lejeune cleared We treat every home like our own. We treat every client like she once treated me — with patience, dignity, and the assumption that they deserve our best work. > "I feel satisfaction because I love what I do — and because every home we leave looks beautiful." > > — Florecita, Founder --- ## Contact - **Phone:** (910) 333-4640 - **Email:** kscleaningsolutions6@gmail.com - **Hours:** Mon–Fri 8:30AM–5PM · Sat 9AM–2PM - **Home page:** https://kscleaningsolutionsllc.com/index.md --- *Source: https://kscleaningsolutionsllc.com/our-story/ · Markdown alternate for AI agents.*