When Auckland health and safety consultant Catherine Ashurst was a child, she used to clean all the cutlery before using them when she stayed in hotels or motels.

That obsession with cleaning never went away, so it’s fitting that the self-professed “clean freak” has now co-founded a specialist service to help people clean up after parties.

Called Morning After Maids, the company not only provides cleaning services but Ashurst and co-founder Rebecca Foley can also bring food and puppy cuddles from Ashurst’s maltese Sydney silky and Foley’s pomeranian papillon.

The idea was initially came about when Foley was in bed with a hangover and said: “Imagine if we had someone to do [the cleaning] or if you went and did it for people”.

Ashurst says they have considered the possibility of having to clean up all sorts of unsightly messes so they have also introduced an additional charge for vomit per area.

“If people don’t want to be sending $10 a spew then they have to watch what they drink.”