I would love a cleaner-have no qualms about employing someone to do the bits that I don't like/don't have time for.
DH isn't so keen as he doesn't see the need-he wouldn't as he doesn't appreciate that there is more to keeping the house clean than a quick wipe of the surfaces and a vacuum every so often.
He is however wiling to consider paying his mum who works as a cleaner anyway, his rationale being that she is trustworthy and he'd rather her have the money than a stranger.
I don't think it's a very good idea though-for one if I wasn't impressed with the way a cleaner had done something I'd like to think i could raise it with them and I could direct a 'stranger' more easily than mil (who I don't dislike but am not close)
Plus there is the idea that she could find things that I'd rather she not see-paperwork, private items etc-you get the idea.