Have seen a couple of cleaners threads recently and was just wondering what everybody else expects of their cleaners.
I’m perfectly happy with ours at the moment, she’s worked for us for nearly two years. She does two hours of cleaning (5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 reception rooms, a kitchen and hallway over 3 floors.)
While she’s here she changes 2 beds, hoovers right through including stairs (she hoovers the two bedrooms we use every week and then the empty ones she hoovers EOW) she also cleans all toilets, baths, showers and sinks etc. She damp dusts all round the house and then one week she will dust skirting boards and doors etc then the next week she will do windows and paintwork etc. She will also do any washing and hang it to dry if I haven’t done so. After the cleaning she does 2 hours of ironing which is to a good standard. We pay her £8.50 per hour.
The only things I wish she’d do more of is dust under things instead of round them, I bought it up with her and she said she doesn’t like doing it because she doesn’t like to touch other people’s stuff which I can understand as she’s used to doing holidays cottages without people’s personal belongings. I would also love it if she would take the ironed bedding and clothes upstairs after she’s finished as at present she folds them up and leaves them on the back of the sofa but I haven’t mentioned this to her.
Does this sound reasonable to you? What do your cleaners do?