£86 for a 3 hour clean

[nonwonderwoman]

AIBU but when did cleaners start charging so much. It used to be £10 and hour back in 2014 when we got out first Cleaner.its then gone up to £15 an hour since I moved to a new area in Surrey. Pricey but I thought, fine.

Just been quoted a whopping 23.50 per person per hour plus VAT which comes to about £86. That's mad right?

My bosses cleaner is £10 per hour and that's in Notting Hill!

Get another quote.

I am in Surrey - I pay £13 per hour via an agency.
Used to pay £10 per hour to an individual lady but got fed up of her being 'sick' every other week without fail.

Is that for a standard clean OP? In Surrey I’m sure a cleaner would charge about £12 - £15 max. Was the quote for a deep clean? - I know you can get professional cleaners come in with special equipment that basically blitz your whole house, from curtain cleaning to oven cleaning - thats the only reason it should be so expensive!

Yep the quote was for a standard weekly clean. The house is on the bigger side but still totally doable in 2 to 3 hours tops.it was a local agency who I have politely said thanks, but no thanks. I'll keep looking!!

I'm a self employed cleaner in the North Bristol area and only charge £10 an hour. So a three hour clean would be £30 and I use my own products!
They are taking the proverbial if they are charging that much!

Is it a one-off deep clean, or a price for ongoing cleaning? If one-off I'd think it's OK.

And to add - they bring their own equipment but I supply the products!!!

Thats a lot in my experience. As PP have said individuals I've used as cleaners range from £10-£15 per hour. a cleaning company used to charge me £80/week for a 5 hour clean which left the house absolutely gleaming. I was recently quoted a totally ridiculous £112/week for a regular clean by a newly set up local company operating under a franchise. I suspect she won't get much business at those prices

Is it a proper deep clean sort of thing? A company I knew charged my old tenants 200 for about 5 hours of cleaning if that - three of them and house was immaculate.

I would happily pay up to £150 for a 3 hour deep clean - windows, kitchen cupboards, skirtings and cornices, bathroom, kitchen, plus the everyday stuff. However I'd only want that twice a year. Weekly couple of hours x 2 @ £10-15 per. Large 2 bed flat with high ceilings, big rooms.

My Mum paid 50 pounds for a deep clean. The woman was in the house for 4 hours and my Mum said the house seemed like a new one when she'd finished.

Mum gave her 60 pounds because she was so happy.

I live on my own in a 3 bed house. I do it myself on a weekly basis so it It is not that dirty just wanted a one off spring clean/deep clean. I was quoted £400 by a private cleaner who would be coming with a friend. Reckoned it would need 8 hours total and dismissed my cleaning materials etc as inadequate so would bring own.

That’s really expensive for a weekly clean from a one person set up, but for for a one off clean with equipment provided and a fully managed and quality assured service it’s not too out of line.

We haven’t had a cleaner for years so I’m compost of touch, but that sounds ridiculous to me.

Compost? Bloody autocorrect I tryped completely

Can anyone recommend a good cleaner in west London? Willing to pay about £12/hour.

Thanks.