Meet Stephanie (Rich) Dacey – The undisputed leader of our team.

Stephanie (Rich) Dacey A native Iowan, Stephanie grew up on a farm in Southeast Iowa. She learned tremendous small-town values during that time that would pay off in both sports and business.

Though Stephanie is not from Des Moines, some of the best moments of her life took place here. In high school, Stephanie led Washington to three straight Class 3A state basketball championships. She holds the distinction of being named the Tournament MVP all 4 seasons, including when Washington finished runner-up her Freshman year. When she graduated, she held the all-time record for every major statistical category of the state tournament. Her high school basketball career culminated in being named Miss Iowa Basketball and Gatorade Player of the Year in 2001 and being honored with an induction into the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007.

Stephanie continued to excel in basketball during her 4 seasons at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. She was twice named the Team MVP and finished just shy of 1,000 points in her career. She followed her playing career into coaching – first at Furman University in South Carolina and then for 5 seasons at Saint Louis University (SLU).

It was while coaching at SLU that Stephanie met her husband, Tony, a St. Louis native. When her time at SLU came to an end, Stephanie made the decision to take on the real estate world. Real estate sales was a natural transition for her talents, and despite not being from St. Louis, she quickly became a top-producer. Her secret – she always put her clients’ interests above her own and dedicated herself to obtaining great results on their behalf. She achieved tremendous success in real estate and was destined for bigger achievements. But life has a funny way of working itself out.

In 2022, Stephanie (and Tony) made the decision to move to Williamsburg, Iowa to coach the girls’ basketball team and to live a much more peaceful, quiet life with their young son. Stephanie quickly found herself back in the Iowa high school girls’ basketball spotlight. In 2025, she led Williamsburg to its first ever State Tournament win and won Regional & District Coach of the Year Honors.

Stephanie began leading Diamond House Cleaning in 2024 when her and Tony purchased the long-established company. Cleaning was tremendously important in Stephanie’s real estate career, and she was confident that operating a cleaning business would be a natural transition. Stephanie has hit the ground running, immediately implementing procedures to place quality and the clients’ needs first. Just like in basketball, Stephanie’s entire focus is on implementing the correct processes so that the results will naturally follow.

Diamond House Cleaning continues to grow with new clients, and from a recent acquisition of customers from Excellence Co, LLC. Stephanie is certain to take Diamond House Cleaning to new heights. Give her a call today to see how we can serve you.

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Mallory and Sue were a great team! Mallory showed up first, took a walk-through with me, and immediately got to work! Sue took great care of the bedrooms and offices and kept me up to date on what has been completed - since my wife and I both work from home, knowing when each office was done so we could work in them again was very helpful! These two were amazing and I look forward to having them back on a more regular basis! Thank you so much!

Braydn Weber

Family owned business. The cleaners all do an excellent job. And very competitively priced. Strongly recommend this excellent service!

Eric Wessan

Professional, thorough, and timely. Flexible to meet our needs. Would gladly recommend.

Kyle Grover

What a wonderful experience! Wanted to start a cleaning of my house, called and made an appointment. Owner greeted me and discussed their services and fees. We agreed on a time. Employee arrived promptly and spent more time than originally anticipated but did a great job! Very pleased with the experience and can’t wait for the monthly service!

Matt Howell

I started with these folks about 2 years ago when it was just Melissa and her husband Marcus. They have grown in that time and hired on other people and they are very particular about how the house is clean. They’re very fair with their assessments. They deep clean one room a month or whatever you wish. If there’s something not right you are very strongly encouraged to let them know and they will resolve it. I have recommended them to a number of people And I recently referred them to one of my friends that runs a renovation business that sometimes needs cleaners to come in and clean up. Once again they’re very reasonable and they come out and assess everything. Melissa is very good with that. I highly recommend these folks. Get them now before they get too big LOL

Greg Francis

Marcus and Melissa have been great to work with! They do a great job! When I think of other things that I would like them to concentrate on, they are more than happy to do it for us! So nice to come home to a clean house after they’ve been there!

Kristi Hartman

We've been a client of Diamond Cleaning for almost a year now and are very happy with their service. Melissa and Marcus are easy to communicate with, very considerate and professional. They have high cleaning standards and care about the satisfaction of their customers.

Katherine Evans

I called Diamond Cleaners after becoming dissatisfied with my previous cleaning service due to their lack of professionalism. Marcus & Melissa were both prompt and professional to my inquiry. I've had both a deep clean and a standard clean completed and am very happy with their service. They are not the cheapest cleaning service out there, but you get what you pay for. I'd recommend them to family & friends.

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