We Care For Our History
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How The McCreary Story Began
McCreary’s Healthy Homes has been around for longer than you might think. It was originally started by Dick and Karen McCreary back in the late 60’s. Dick was working for the Lansing Board of Water and Light at the time, doing some redundant physical labor. He actually got injured and hospitalized as a result of his hard work! He needed another opportunity where the work wouldn’t be as rigorous. He also wanted to provide more financial support to his family, so they could thrive to greater heights than he could reach.
Then one day, he saw an ad in a newspaper promoting an opportunity to “Retire Before You’re 50!” It jumped out at him and as he called for more details, he would soon learn that a franchise opportunity was affordably available for him. So, Dick and Karen McCreary decided to invest in a Duraclean® location in Lansing, Michigan. In those day’s all they offered, was a patented foam cleaning process for upholstery, rug cleaning, moth proofing, and fire retardant products for your furnishings.
As Dick and Karen made the operation more successful, they expanded into other home cleaning services. Then in 1983, their company introduced one of the first truck mounted steam cleaning units to the Capital area, which helped Dick be able to stand up and clean the home. No more hands and knees scrubbing for him! In fact, a key quality that McCreary’s Healthy Homes has had throughout the decades is that we’ve always been pioneers in our field. We’re always willing to be guinea pigs and implement the latest and greatest technology. We did this so much that we actually began to teach Duraclean® a few things ourselves!
When this started to happen where Dick and Karen grew beyond Duraclean®’s core competencies, they realized they needed to be on their own. So in 1998, as Dick began to slow down on his work schedule and take interest in other endeavors, Kevin McCreary, Dick’s son, came into ownership of the company and helped it turn in McCreary’s Carpet Cleaning. The name would later change to McCreary’s Healthy Homes in 2009.
From Kevin McCreary and Beyond!
Kevin helped the company grow quite a bit between 1998 and 2009, as McCreary’s solidified themselves as one of the go-to carpet cleaning companies in Lansing, Michigan. Kevin had been around home cleaning and commercial cleaning his whole life! He became an obsessed student of the industry. It was easy for him to provide great work and he even took it a step further and worked closely with industry manufacturers and advocates throughout his time in the business. Still to this day Kevin really enjoys the sales and relationship building that’s taken place in the business. Kevin also loves to solve problems for his clients that they don’t have the time to solve. Behind the scene he’s still involved with the innovation and development of future equipment and chemistry technologies. McCreary’s has been around so long that we actually service 4th generation clients. It makes Kevin feel great to see families wanting to stick around with our company throughout the generations.
Core Services at McCreary’s Healthy Homes
Carpet Cleaning
Air Duct Cleaning
Upholstery Cleaning
Tile & Grout Cleaning
Rug Cleaning Service
Pet Urine and Odor Cleaning
Carpet & Furniture Protector
Water Damage Restoration
Hardwood Floor Cleaning
Auto Detailing
We Care About Our Values
Be Loyal
We are loyal. We want to earn yours. We do this by being loyal to self, our team and our mission to serve others. We want ALL of you or nothing at all, No Half-Steppin.
Leaders Not Followers
Leaders Do the Work. Self work. With a mission of helping others grow. We have done the work ourselves and set the standard on how to do it. We Rise by Lifting Others.
Over Deliver
We focus on what matters. Our clients and co-workers. We find joy in exceeding others’ expectations. Most talk the talk. We walk the walk.
Driven Within
You can’t borrow heart. We are self motivated to get the job done. We constantly push ourselves forward and do whatever it takes to succeed.
Mission Minded
We are committed to ourselves and our teammates. We are focused on the company and its progress, from the big picture down to the fine details of the tasks we take on.
No Excuses
We are accountable for our actions and performance. We own tasks or issues and follow thru to completion. Never pass the buck. Always make it right.
We Are Doers
We are not spectators. We do not wait, hesitate or ask for next steps. We anticipate and act. Not needing to be carried. We don’t wait for carrots. We move and improve the company, knowing that it benefits the team.
Learning is Growing
Be the best Me, to be the best We! We push ourselves to improve today. Knowing that personal growth and performance has a direct effect on the company’s growth and performance. No Weak Links.