Where do you stand on cleaners? Extravagance or game changer?

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I've always thought of cleaners something for the rich and famous but now I'm finding myself fantasizing about having one.

Although we try and keep on top of things during the week I'm fed up of Friday night/Saturday being taken up with chores. I only live in a very small house though and I'm a little embarrassed that a cleaner might not think I 'deserve' their services.

Do you have one? Do you find it's made a big difference to your life? For context we are both out of the house from 7.30-6.30 and have no children or pets.

I have a cleaner, I’ve used her services for about 6 years now she is brilliant. She comes twice a weekly and does a proper good cleaner so all that needs doing inbetween is stuff like putting the toys in the toy box and wiping down kitchen sides after cooking.

I don’t like cleaning neither does dh, we can afford a cleaner so why wouldn’t we have one?

I have a large two bedroom/two bathroom flat and she cleans the whole place, as well as irons and changes the bedding in 2 hours.

Game changer and DH does his share (possibly more than his share) or housework and childcare.

Extravagance.

I mean, fair enough if you think it will enhance your life, go for it.

Our cleaner used t9 come for about 3 hours when we had your size house and needs and did bedding changing, ironing, general cleaning and one extra task weekly. I would think for two hours she xojkd easily do floors, bathrooms, bedding, dusting ext.

I honestly never understand people.feeljng judged for having a cleaner. I believe it's because women have been brought up to believe housekeeping defines them. It's total bs. We outsource other household tasks like car washing, gardening, general maintenance so I don't get thus issue with cleaning.

GAMECHANGER!! only thing we argued about and to be honest I don’t want to spend the time I get with my kids fucking cleaning! So cleaners it is - money very well spent and I love our cleaners a bit they’re so lovely and leave funny little scenes using Dd’s toys for them to come to!

My parents didn't outsource any jobs. They just did everything badly. I suspect the same is true of a lot of people, so we aren't quite sure how to tell whether it's okay or something only rich people / fools do.

Not for me bling

I just feel it’s a bit odd, to be honest.

I have a cleaner because I loathe cleaning and would rather be doing anything but regular cleaning. Soul destroying and awful.

Money well spent in my opinion.

It depends on your lifestyle and especially if you have any back or muscular problems.

We need a tidyupper too.

I'm trying to declutter but no-one else in my family wants to.

Or maybe Tidyupperer?

I'd like help, but, I'd feel judged...I should be able to cope with our own crap.

Should we value the imagined judgements of other people so much? Or should we just do what makes us happy?

Absolute sanity saver when DD was a baby as she was the child from hell.

Somehow 30 years later I still have a cleaner - can't really justify it but as I can afford it she's staying.

I'm a single person in a small house who has a cleaner. It's bloody great

She comes for two hours once a fortnight to do sitting room, kitchen and bathroom.

Yeah I could do it myself but I really really don't want to and am an Olympic-level procrastinator, so I never got round to it. I still have the bedrooms and laundry and my pets to sort, and any 'project' cleaning (like cupboards etc) . I also like that it's an impetus to tidy up properly so she can get to everything.

We have two hours a week, 5 bed house, she does all floors, all bathrooms/en-suites completely and Wipes down kitchen and dusts in main rooms. She is a star