To not pay my cleaner while I'm on holiday?

[KensingtonLou]

More of an is DP BU. Going on holiday in just under a month for nearly 5 weeks - DP is suggesting for 3 of those weeks we don't have the cleaner come and don't pay her. She usually does 5-6 hours a week.

I'm a bit torn - on the one hand it's a not-insignificant amount of money for us but at the same time it feels unfair that she's losing out with no opportunity to recoup those hours

She presumably has other clients, why don't you just ask her what her policy is around holidays?

My parents had a cleaner who they got when mum got breast cancer and kept on afterwards as she was fab. I know they always paid her during holidays and the cleaner would do a deep clean so when they can back bits that normally werent clean due to time (including behind the fridge!) where and the house smelt amazing and was spotless. A good cleaner is worth her weight in good. She was amazing help to my mum and dad during the cancer (cups of tea, shoulder to cry on, help lifting etc) and in the years following including taking my mum to pick up my dad in hospital after a very scary accident (she made mum a cup of tea first). (Was rewarded with box of chocs and petrol money) sadly they moved areas now so dont have a cleaner as their previous one was irreplaceable. if your cleaner is that good id pay her every week you away! However i know my parents didnt pay their cleaner if she want away. You dont want to lose a good cleaner.

inside washing machine

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Anywhere that could do with a deep clean? Get her to move the furniture and do the skirting boards/clean the inside of the cupboards/send her to my house?

Shiny - yep. You know the gunk and stuff that builds in in the drawers and filters ( because it is only cleaned once a year probably)

I wouldn't dare remove the gunk from my washing machine: it's 11 years old - only the gunk is holding it together.

I wouldn't dare remove the gunk from my washing machine: it's 11 years old - only the gunk is holding it together.

You must really treat your washing machine like a lady. I'm just on my third in 6 years.