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To ask how much you’d pay for a deep clean?

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unreliable · 02/07/2024 22:31

New house, 3 bed semi with one bathroom

Kitchen needs a deep clean, so does the upstairs main bathroom

How much would you pay? I have a company who are recommended but charge £21.50 per hour per person, and they want to bring 3 people so £64 an hour is a lot - unless it gets done quickly?

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Velvetbee · 02/07/2024 22:45

It definitely shouldn’t take 4-5 hours for 3 people, that’s insane, (cleaner here). 6 hours total (2 hours x 3 people should be fine.
Say you’d like the 3 people for 2 hours and go from there.

Geiyotue · 02/07/2024 22:44

For one person I mean.

Geiyotue · 02/07/2024 22:44

unreliable · 02/07/2024 22:38

She’s saying it’s a minimum of 4 hours, ideally 5

AIBU to think it’s not going to take 3 people 4 hours to clean a small 3 bed semi??!

It’s not in a terrible condition, just lived in but needs fridge cleaning and bathroom properly doing. That’s pretty much it.

Having worked as a cleaner, for a proper deep clean I'd say at least four hours just for the bathroom and kitchen, and that's assuming they aren't too dirty.

TheShellBeach · 02/07/2024 22:44

unreliable · 02/07/2024 22:36

That’s reasonable. I just don’t see why they need 3. We are only getting a deep clean now as we’ve just bought it

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It'll be quicker if there are three of them.

You could shop around and get more quotes.

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unreliable · 02/07/2024 22:42

TinySaltLick · 02/07/2024 22:39

When you ask for deep clean it is a different service and is always priced a bit higher. 3 people isn't uncommon from my experience.

64 an hour isn't a big surprise, especially if you want every tiny detail sorted out.

But given it’s just the bathroom and the kitchen and they’ll be here for 4 hours, wouldn’t two of them be enough?

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TinySaltLick · 02/07/2024 22:39

When you ask for deep clean it is a different service and is always priced a bit higher. 3 people isn't uncommon from my experience.

64 an hour isn't a big surprise, especially if you want every tiny detail sorted out.

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unreliable · 02/07/2024 22:38

She’s saying it’s a minimum of 4 hours, ideally 5

AIBU to think it’s not going to take 3 people 4 hours to clean a small 3 bed semi??!

It’s not in a terrible condition, just lived in but needs fridge cleaning and bathroom properly doing. That’s pretty much it.

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unreliable · 02/07/2024 22:36

TheShellBeach · 02/07/2024 22:34

If it's really bad I'd expect three people to take longer than an hour.
Two hours each.

My cleaner charges £18/hr. But we never need a deep clean.

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That’s reasonable. I just don’t see why they need 3. We are only getting a deep clean now as we’ve just bought it

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TheShellBeach · 02/07/2024 22:34

If it's really bad I'd expect three people to take longer than an hour.
Two hours each.

My cleaner charges £18/hr. But we never need a deep clean.

AgentProvocateur · 02/07/2024 22:32

I’d expect to pay around £250

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unreliable · 02/07/2024 22:32

I just don’t know what a general figure should be. I was hoping to pay 2 people £200 to do this in several hours between them.

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