Meet Debbie

From an old Henry Hoover and a whole lot of determination to building a thriving business and a team of 28 — this is my story.

I’m Debbie, a proud mum of two grown-up daughters, a business owner, and the woman behind Clean Freaks in Fife, Scotland.

I didn’t have an easy or straightforward path. I left school at 15 with few qualifications, worked a string of different jobs, went back to education as a mum, built a career in design, and then found myself unemployed and a single parent when Debenhams went into administration.

I could have let that define me.

Instead, I started again.

In 2022, with no car, very little money and an old Henry Hoover, I founded Clean Freaks. Fast-forward to today and I’m incredibly proud to have a team of 28 cleaners — affectionately known as “the Freaks” — 30 Henry Hoovers and more than 100 regular clients.

But for me, it’s about much more than cleaning.

It’s about believing in yourself, creating opportunities, building confidence, and never allowing where you start to determine where you finish.

I’ve learned that you don’t need to have everything figured out. Sometimes you just need to take the next step, work hard, and keep going.

If my story can inspire even one person to believe they’re capable of more, then every challenge along the way has been worth it.