To assume everyone on MN hires a cleaner?

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I see so many posts about people with cleaners and I'm genuinely shocked at how many people do! Don't get me wrong, if our finances could stretch that far I'd love one and I'm so jealous but I didn't realise it was so common. Do you have a cleaner?

Yabu - no
Yanbu - yes

I live in an affluent commuter town and every one I know has a cleaner. People fight over good ones and cleaners can demand good money - not unusual to pay £14 or £15 per hour. I have a brilliant one who is only £12 and i only got a spot with her via a friend.

but of course she wasn't going to do the insides of cupboards or take off the skirting boards

Who takes off skirting boards in their house?

I do whatever is asked of me except inside oven cleaning. (I do hob and door fronts) I’ve emptied cupboards and cleaned them inside out, I’ve done fridges, washed the bins, pulled all furniture out and done all the walls and woodwork and flooring under. I’ve taken curtains down and washed them. Pretty much any cleaning they want done in the house. I charge an hourly rate- I don’t care what I’m doing during that time as long as you pay me. (Except inside ovens)

I have a cleaner. She comes once per week. I couldn’t do without her.

No. Can't afford it and I like doing it myself.

We don't have one. I only know of one family personally that do, their cleaner does cleaning and ironing 3 hours on a Tuesday morning.
We pay a dog walker, couldn't do without her, she's fabulous.

I don't have one as on part time wages would not be able to justify it, plus I do have the time to do it myself. If I worked full time I would definitely hire a cleaner though.

I do, fortnightly, worth every penny. I forgo a takeaway or save money elsewhere because I'm not rich, I just hate cleaning

We have a cleaner. I fought tooth and nail with my husband for years to have one and finally won in the end. I've had to cut back on a lot of stuff lately but having a cleaner is one thing I refuse to give up for my own mental wellbeing.

We have a cleaner. They come once a fortnight to do a full proper clean of the floors, doors, skirting bathrooms etc. We keep on top in between but piecemeal. It makes a huge difference to us and forces us into being tidy.

I have a cleaner. Like others have said. I’d forgo many many things before I got rid of her

However. It’s my friend who does it. It started as she went through a very hard time in her life. Didn’t have money for food. I tried to give her money. To help. But she wouldn’t do it. It became a mutual thing when I said I’d like some help

I’m a SAHM too. So help her when she’s here. She’s now started a business. As a cleaner and is doing really well. She is such a star!

Nope. My husband works as a cleaner.

I'd say the fulltime working parent's shoukd a cleaners wages including in their outgoings, it is a luxury though priceless for mental health.
I don't as I work pt nights, I pay myself to do it.
I'd love a monthly visit for doors and skirting boards but I'd feel cheeky booking for the heavy work.

I have a cleaner but I don't hire her, it's included as part of my rent! It's a house share so she only does the communal areas. It's great as some of the people I share with leave a lot to be desired when it comes to cleaning up after themselves

I can afford one

But I would rather spend my money on other stuff

I would like a driver and do toy with this

I had one for 2 weeks and she was crap. Luckily I find cleaning quite therapeutic

No, and I agree that older people are less likely to have one.
I would not say this to anyone I know, but I secretly think that it is very lazy to have a cleaner.

I can't afford a cleaner but I'd love to able to pay someone to vacuum my house twice a week which I really hate doing especially the stairs!!

Yup. £25 a week. We both work full time and DD is in clubs and after school care enough already so neither of us want to spend our spare time cleaning rather than with her, so we give up other luxuries to afford the cleaner.
We still do plenty of housework/chores just the cleaner frees us a lot of time for us.

@JuanSheetIsPlenty
My kitchen skirting boards (under the units) arent sealed to the floor, they do come off (theyre metal, slice your hans open, with a stupid clip system) and do need to be removed occasionally because the dust and any spilled liquid builds up under there.
Ok, so you do deep clean when asked. Most cleaners I know barely have time to.do the surface cleaning!

I'm sure you do a great job.

YANBU 🥺

In our social and work circles we are very unusual in not having a cleaner.

Household income is in top 5% but we just don't want one. Hate having someone in the house when Im not. Dh and i share the cleaning - its not too onerous.

I think if I had a cleaner I'd be all over here bragging too

YABU, some of us are only just thinking about hiring a cleaner.

I think a cleaner is one of those things you don't think of as essential until you try it. DH & I never argue about housework which means we rarely argue at all. I wouldn't want to give that up.

I don't have one either although I'd love to - can't justify it. Not working at the moment so DH won't let me