to hire a cleaner to clean my minging house?

[MrsABrown72]

I work a 35 hour week, drop DC at childminder at 8 each morning but do pick up myself. I manage to do some housework, cook dinner, take to swimming and gymnastics and homework etc and keep on top of the day to day stuff. I also have to fit in five hours work from home. I could drop this according to my boss but I know I would end up doing it anyway but just not getting paid for it!

I am disgusted by my floors!!

So, I suppose my question is would I be unreasonable to get a cleaner in to get my house up to scratch (including an oven clean company) and then someone in maybe on a Friday? So the house is clean for the weekend....or maybe a Monday so it is clean for the week? How much should this cost? I am in London.

I did this and it is the best thing I've done. They came in for a full day (yes I'm really embarrassed I let the house get that bad) to clean it from top to bottom and now come in fortnightly to keep on top of it for me. It's also given me the incentive to keep the house tidier so I don't have to have a mammoth tidying session the night before they come.

Are you single OP? It shocks me when I read threads like this sometimes to discover that there is actually a husband/partner present who somehow doesn't have to think about any of this stuff at all.