How much to pay a cleaner

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I've been trying to find a decent cleaner and have struggled. If I go via agency it's £30 an hour. If I go via one of the apps like task rabbit, I'll be paying in excess of £25 an hour. Some cleaners ask for nearly £40 an hour. And worse they don't bring any supplies.

Not to down grade the job of cleaning. It's a valuable job but the level of responsibility vs the hourly fee isn't justified imo.

Can anyone suggest how to find a cleaner locally? TY

I see a lot of local cleaners advertising on the Nextdoor app, maybe have a look on there or make a post asking for recommendations.

I suspect you get what you pay for ...

Not to down grade the job of cleaning

It's a valuable job but the level of responsibility vs the hourly fee isn't justified imo.

These two are incompatible. People pay that much for it so it is worth that much.

Do it yourself if you don't want to pay the rate.

I am in the East Midlands, I pay £15 per hour, where are you OP?

I pay £13.50 ph in Leeds. If you were a new customer I think her rate is now £14.50/hour and she works through a business but I only ever have my cleaner although she does work with others sometimes e.g. when she cleaned a friend's new house two of them went to do it.

£18 here but she was neither good nor reliable so back to doing it ourself.

£15ph min

That amount seems excessive. (But something often forgotten is that cleaners aren’t paid for time, or cost, of getting to and from a job.)

But even if unintentional you absolutely are downgrading and demeaning. If you pay an Agency, the rate will cover wages, taxes, pensions, operating costs, insurance etc. if you pay a sole trader, the rate will cover similar plus transport, plus not being paid while travelling between sites, or if unable to work / sick. We pay an agency just over £30 ph to do bathrooms mainly and is worth every penny.

If an agency can achieve £30/hr, that's what it is worth in the market.

You can be as demeaning as you choose, they've set that price because it clearly is worth it to enough people.

If you advertise privately, you'll pay less but have more hassle, I guess. I'd think you could get £20/hr.

I pay £35 for 2 hours I’m London. She’s reliable, efficient and trustworthy and worth every penny.

Where are you?
I pay less than £20 an hour - agency, no VAT
Next door and local facebook groups are good places to look

Last time I had one (couple years ago now) it was cash in hand £12.50/hour. Id expect to pay her £15 now, not bad as she didn't claim it.

The best way to find a cleaner is word of mouth or via local Nextdoor /FB pages. Ours is stuffed full of cleaners advertising at the moment. Avoid agencies if you want to keep costs down as you are also paying a portion to them. £13-£17 per hour is about right, but you always get people on these threads who claim they pay loads higher, plus sick pay, holiday pay, insurance, car and a therapy dog....

Facebook etc. Using an agency is just paying someone for nothing. I've found that agency workers care less as well, the ones with their own business (and often older) work much harder.
I pay £13/hr in the midlands.

We pay ours’ £14 an hour for 10 hours a week cleaning and laundry, in rural Essex. She say she loves the job as the pay is much higher than school cleaning and we are quite flexible with days she works. I suspect it’s also much less hard work.
A couple of years ago the cleaners about here were chockablock, recruiting new ‘associates’ and charging high rates. Now they are advertising available slots all the time, so I suspect there’s much less demand, and rates might actually go down despite inflation. Cleaners are probably one of the first thing families will cut if they are feeling the pinch.

It's £18 through an agency in London - where are you that it's £40?!

I paid £13 per hour though an agency in London pre-pandemic. I imagine it's more now, but doubt it has gone up to £40!