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How much do you pay your cleaner?

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Toddlerteaplease · 23/03/2023 22:28

Mine has just put her prices up to £17 an hour. Which is more than I get paid and I've been a nurse for almost 20 years! Ive been overlooking the fact that she doesn't do the full two hours. But I can't anymore. It's a shame as she's trustworthy and reliable. But it's time to find someone else I think.

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Appleblum · 24/03/2023 14:25

£70 for 4 hours... that's about £17ph.

Hbh17 · 24/03/2023 14:55

£12.50 per hour & I supply all products. She also does laundry & ironing, as well as cleaning, so is good VFM.
My cleaner has been with me for probably 15 years, and I expect her to retire soon. After that, I will probably not have somebody regularly because we are working fewer hours ourselves these days. So we would probably keep things ticking over ourselves & just ask a pro company to come in occasionally (say, once every 4 to 6 weeks) to have a bit of a blitz. At work we have a pro company that charge £18 per hour for a small office, so that would be fine.

SourPuss1968 · 24/03/2023 15:21

We pay ours £25 an hour for three hours once a week - but it's very difficult to find a good one where we live (in a nice city). Also our house is quite big so there's a lot of going up and down the stairs etc.

thecatsthecats · 24/03/2023 15:51

Tootsey11 · 24/03/2023 08:05

Op, just to pick up on the 'unskilled job' bit. If you are of this mindset, you try and do it then.

I am cleaner, all my clients say they have no idea how I do what I do in the time frame. It is very much a skill to get a full clean done, especially in large houses, and ensure everything is covered. I clean everything on each clean, it has taken me years to learn how to do this effectively and do a first class job. Lots of 'professional people' have told me they could not do it.

I totally agree with you, having picked up a few cleaning skills myself in a voluntary role. I actually wanted to do a cleaning job for my school work experience placement because the other options were all crap, and at least I'd learn something useful. My mum pulled me out instead - but she is a TERRIBLE cleaner.

However... Not all cleaners are of that calibre, and they're not all very professional.

Mine certainly isn't. She does a basic job that keeps on top of things for us. She's not punctual. She's a bit of a pain in a few ways. And she's on disciplinaries on TWO of her employed jobs. £13.50 an hour is appropriate for some cleaners.

Puppytrashedmysofa · 24/03/2023 17:51

I wouldn't be to concerned about the cleaner leaving a bit earlier.If they a do good job I'll pay the two hours.Maybe it'll help them get to their next job sooner or have more of a rest break in between .Clocking in/out machine would help some employers i suppose .It must be hard to time a job to say the exact two hours.

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