Page 4 | How much do you spend on a cleaner a month?

Dilemma4ever · 2025-12-14T17:43:37+00:00

My friend gets a cleaner in twice a week - 4 hours each time - and ends up spending £600 a month on the cleaner (in London)

Jamesblonde2 · 14/12/2025 19:38

Fucking hell thats a lot of money to give away, out of your pocket, to someone else.

Leopardspota · 14/12/2025 19:37

SmaugTheMagnificent · 14/12/2025 17:45

Only 17% of UK households use a cleaner, so most people obviously think it is not beneath them to keep their own habitat hygienic.

ETA obviously some of this 17% will be people who aren't physically capable of cleaning, who are clearly not unreasonable!

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Realistically unless you have a cleaner every few days then you have to do at least some cleaning. Obviously we clean the kitchen surfaces daily and because we have small children who drop crumbs we vacuum daily. I change bedlinen when it’s warm. I also wipe down the sinks/ loos every other day.

We have a cleaner every 2 weeks. It’s £90 for 5 hours. She does a bit of ironing too. I’d love her to come weekly but my husband thinks it’s too expensive. I also have a day off without the children so I do manage to get stuff done.

1apenny2apenny · 14/12/2025 19:33

Zero, I don’t work and treat it as part of my contribution to the household. If I worked, even
part time, I would have a cleaner and would need at least 4 hours a week (large house).

nannyl · 14/12/2025 19:32

£60 / week

(4 hours)

Occasionally (after I've had a load of guests to stay it might be £75 for 5 hours)

vanillalattes · 14/12/2025 19:30

UneAnneeSansLumiere · 14/12/2025 18:47

What, your cleaner works for free? That sounds exploitative!

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I wish someone would pay me

Popfan · 14/12/2025 19:22

£40 a week, there's no set time they come for, they clean for as much time they need to get the house clean.

We both work full time and it's worth every penny!

TheChosenTwo · 14/12/2025 19:14

4 hours a week at £20 p/h so £320 p/m.
Best money I spend tbh, dh and I work full
time and can afford to outsource to make our lives easier. Same as the window
cleaner, someone to deliver our food shop, the oven cleaning people came this week, anything we can afford to outsource that makes family life run smoothly I’m all in favour of.

bizkittt · 14/12/2025 19:12

£272 a month, well every 4 weeks. We have a cleaner 4 hours a week. Messy bastards and we both work full time and struggle to keep on top of it. Worth every penny and we can afford it.

Clefable · 14/12/2025 19:10

couldthisbethenewname · 14/12/2025 18:26

Quite.

Most of the waggy judgy finger pointing comes from other women who would think nothing of outsourcing ‘men’s work’ - like how many men do we know who service their own cars or do their own plumbing?

But god forbid women outsource housework because we want to spend our time in paid employment or - even worse - having hobbies or doing other things with our time. Suddenly we’re lazy stuck up witches.

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Indeed.

It’s further quite internalised misogyny too as domestic SE cleaners are mostly women and quite often mothers of young or school-aged who are able to clean flexibly around childcare commitments and set their own schedules. A couple of women I know have started cleaning businesses after maternity leave instead of returning to their jobs because it allows them flexibility and agency over their own schedule.

Assuming that they are downtrodden or being taken advantage of is just patronising. My cleaner has a successful business that she’s run for many years. Why shouldn’t we use a service being offered by a local business?

chunkyBoo · 14/12/2025 18:58

I pay £38 for 2.5 hours per week, I also pay a fee to the agency which is about £20 a month

BrendaSmall · 14/12/2025 18:54

I only work 4 days a week so I clean my own house!
well I say I clean it, my husband if home before me will dust and hoover and he does his own laundry, I clean on my days off and I do my own laundry and do the bed.
i cook and wash dishes, husband dries and puts them away

staringatthesun · 14/12/2025 18:53

£80 per month for 2 hours every fortnight. Money well spent, I'd have her weekly if she could fit us in

Jeronnemo · 14/12/2025 18:51

Octavia64 · 14/12/2025 18:27

31.25 a week.

east Anglia for 2.5 hours a week.

honestly she’s a godsend.

And yet you pay her just over £10 an hour.

JennyForeigner · 14/12/2025 18:51

£200 in the Midlands. I have three small children, a very muddy garden and a front door that opens into our main living room. It'll be the heat death of the universe before I give up our amazing and brilliant weekly cleaner.

UneAnneeSansLumiere · 14/12/2025 18:47

vanillalattes · 14/12/2025 18:44

Nothing.

What, your cleaner works for free? That sounds exploitative!

writingsonthewall · 14/12/2025 18:47

Nothing. Every one I’ve had has not been good/ left well before the 2/3 hours is up etc. so instead I’ve bought a robot hoover that mops as well and I do the rest myself. So much easier.

DeedlessIndeed · 14/12/2025 18:46

UneAnneeSansLumiere · 14/12/2025 18:38

You don't need to justify yourself. I have a cleaner and I buy a lot of new clothes, take a lot of holidays, and eat good quality food. Because I earn enough money to do so. I don't look down on anyone for what they do or don't spend their money on, it is theirs to do with as they please.

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You are so right.

I grew up in a stiflingly frugal household. As a result I definitely have a chip on my shoulder about spending money on something I could do myself, despite being in a good financial situation.

Thecatandme · 14/12/2025 18:45

£80 a month for two hours every fortnight

Just me and the cat here and we don't make too much mess. I've got a chronic back issue so she's invaluable. She's lovely and we are friends now

vanillalattes · 14/12/2025 18:44

Nothing.

Teamreno · 14/12/2025 18:42

£20 an hour, 2h a week, so £160 a month.

UneAnneeSansLumiere · 14/12/2025 18:39

Also, I don't understand why the people who don't have a cleaner bother answering a thread that asks about the price of cleaners. Just scroll past!

UneAnneeSansLumiere · 14/12/2025 18:38

DeedlessIndeed · 14/12/2025 18:35

£240 - £300 a month.

Our cleaners are lovely. I don't think I'm too good to clean. I just can't be bothered and I'm lucky enough that I can afford it. I don't feel guilty as it creates a job and the money would just sit in an account otherwise.

On the flip side, I rarely buy myself clothes. Most of our furniture is secondhand. Baby's clothes are second hand. I don't go out drinking and I don't smoke. So this is my luxury I guess.

You don't need to justify yourself. I have a cleaner and I buy a lot of new clothes, take a lot of holidays, and eat good quality food. Because I earn enough money to do so. I don't look down on anyone for what they do or don't spend their money on, it is theirs to do with as they please.

dontforgetme · 14/12/2025 18:35

£100 a month, 3 hours every fortnight, I love my cleaner she is a lovely lady and I fucking hate cleaning!

DeedlessIndeed · 14/12/2025 18:35

£240 - £300 a month.

Our cleaners are lovely. I don't think I'm too good to clean. I just can't be bothered and I'm lucky enough that I can afford it. I don't feel guilty as it creates a job and the money would just sit in an account otherwise.

On the flip side, I rarely buy myself clothes. Most of our furniture is secondhand. Baby's clothes are second hand. I don't go out drinking and I don't smoke. So this is my luxury I guess.

StepAwayFromMyCrutches · 14/12/2025 18:32

In answer to the OP, I pay about £200 a month, but my cleaner only asks £15/hour and only comes once a week. 2 visits of 4 hours in London costing £600 seems entirely reasonable.