... i work 3 days a week and my 5 and 7yo dds are at school?

i work monday to weds as a teacher in a primary school. i leave at 7.45am and am back at 6.30 every day. by the time thurs and fri comes i am totally and utterly shattered and cannot motivate myself to do the house work.

would it be terribly lazy of me to get help for two hours on a friday am? i'm thinking that if i got someone to work WITH me it would force me to motivate myself to do the household chores at a given time. this would mean that the house would get a bit of a blitz in time for the weekend.

AIBU and lazy, or would this a justifiable and worthwhile expense?

YANBU - if you can afford it and there are things you wuold rather do with your time then why not?

Tbh I think you are mad to get a cleaner when you are there. if you are going to the expense then why not get them to come while you are at work so you can enjoy the break? There will still be things outstanding (washing / basic tidying and cleaning etc) that you can do on a day off without being oppressed by it if your cleaner does a more thorough clean once a week.

We ahve a cleaner - best use of money ever. I too work 3 days but my 2 are younger so at home in the day. Does mean I can play on MN rather than clean when they nap though which is all good!

If you can afford it then do it. If I could afford a cleaner then I would have one no questions asked, even if I didn't go out to work at all.

Get a cleaner, but don't try and help - have some time to yourself!

Makes no difference if you want a cleaner or a rhinestone studded pantygirdle. If you want it and can afford it then get it.

Def get a cleaner but as alicet suggests get them to come when you are not there. Coming home to a lovely clean and tidy house is wonderful.

hmm.. i cant really afford it, tbh. our finances are pretty dire, atm, but i figured that at £8 per hour, it's not going to make a massive difference to our weekly budget.

thing is, as the house is quite big, it needs a good 4 hours to give it the once over,imo. i couldnt afford more than 2 hours' help , hence the idea of working together.

If you want a cleaner and can afford a cleaner, just get a bloody cleaner. We used to have one when we were working in London (seems everyone in London has one, possibly because they're so much cheaper there than in the regions) but gave it up when we moved up north and I am thinking about getting one again. Cleaning is a thankless and soul-destroying task. Why do it if you can gainfully employ someone else to do it? They get a bit of extra cash and you get your life back. Everyone's a winner.

Why not get the cleaner in fortnightly to do 4 hours?

Couldn't you just get up an hour earlier on the three work days? That would give you three hours to do the cleaning which should be enough and will save you money. Then you could have a whole two days to loll about and paint your nails.