To not want to pay £18 an hour for a cleaner

[Nishky]

That is very very expensive surely

[PrincessFlirtyPants]

It sounds like its agency pricing. If you are dealing with them direct that does seem steep!

[valiumredhead]

Don't then.

[UsedToBeNDP]

It's crazy. Same prices around here (not SE but £££ nonetheless) for agency. None agency (if you can find one) are £10-£14 an hr

[BettyBum]

That's ridiculous. My company tried to charge me £9.25 and I turned them down. Clearly wanting my custom they settled at £8 an hour. Any higher and I would just do it myself...

[gallicgirl]

I'd have thought £8-£10 per hour.

[WhereIsMyHat]

We live in an expensive part of London and it's £8-10 here. That's very expensive.

[eurochick]

Don't. I wouldn't. We pay £10 in London and that is toppy. Many people pay £8.

[Nishky]

Thank goodness for that- it is many years since I had a cleaner - didn't think I was that out of touch!

[WooWooOwl]

That's way too much. I'm in an expensive part of the SE, the going rate is £10 an hour.

[redshoes]

£10 in Brighton too

[hellokittymania]

Far too expensive!

[IHeartKingThistle]

Blimey - that's only £2 less than I charge as an English tutor!

(That's not supposed to sound as condescending as it looks written down btw!)

[DeMaz]

Does the agency provide ALL the cleaning products? Maybe that's why it's so expensive. I'm in London and I pay £9.50 ph via an agency.

[Opalite]

There will be cheaper options available

Let's all remember that it's a dirty and sometimes demeaning job which is extremely undervalued

[Nishky]

They do provide all the cleaning products

[WeAreEternal]

I pay £8.50 per hour.

[TidyDancer]

Is it a deep clean? I would expect to pay that much for a specialist clean but not just for a normal weekly one.

[AngiBolen]

I bumped in to my old cleaner yesterday, and remembered I used to pay £13ph 9 years ago!- Yes it was through an agency.

[WholeNutt]

I'm being robbed! £11.50 here in the South West.

[bigTillyMint]

We pay £10 an hour. 4 hours = £32 extra. Cleaning products do not cost £32 a week!

[Opalite]

bigTillyMint, the rate they charge doesn't only depend on the cost of the products they use. It's also about how much they value their time and hard work, I am sure they have to clean some absolutely sickening places. There's also petrol and how much money they need to live to consider

[WaitingForMe]

I'm paying £10.50 in the South West WholeNutt. It's the stunning scenery surcharge

[Rhubarbgarden]

I'm paying £12 an hour currently. It's rather over the odds but I've had bad experiences with my previous two (cheaper) cleaners and this was an act of desperation. That said, they provide their own materials, are unfailingly reliable and friendly and I'm very happy with them.

[VerySmallSqueak]

Well don't then.

She obviously feels she can command £18 an hour,so she can get another job,and you can get a cleaner who asks for less.

But remember a cleaner worth their salt can get a good wage and it's because they've worked bloody hard to prove their worth.

Don't equate cheap with bargain.

[NearTheWindmill]

I pay £12.00 ph in SW London. If it's an agency though are you sure they are only sending one cleaner for one hour of cleaning. I sometimes use an agency for a spring clean (about every 2/3 years) or a post builders clean and the hourly rate is eye watering but they send 3 people and it's all done, including carpet cleaning in about 4-6 hours. And they really go for it.