To spend all weekend 'cleaning' ready for the cleaner.

[Longcovid21]

I have a one off deep clean booked in for Monday. I have spent today trying to clear the decks ready. Such as washing the dishes, putting away clothes, clearing the floordrobe and hopefully tomorrow getting rid of old toys the DCs no longer want. Clearing empty toilet rolls and bottles from the bathroom I'm already knackered! Would you do the same thing or am I doing her job for her (except for the toy sorting bit of course). Am I being terribly middle class and just caring too much about what she thinks? Or will this pre tidy enable her to do a better job? Tia.

YANBU to tidy up. Our cleaner is brilliant and I’d rather she spent her time cleaning thoroughly than trying to work out where our junk goes. She is very kind and will do the washing up if we’ve forgotten

@Paranoidandroidmarvin I did hoover a bit but that was just cis the puppy had pulled apart a stuffed toy all over the floor. 🙉

I’ve not had a cleaner for a while but I would always spend at least 30-60 mins clearing the decks before she arrived. It takes a minimum of 2 hours to actually clean my house and I’d much rather pay for 2 hours of dusting hoovering and moping than waste the time of the cleaner figuring out where everything goes.

Day 2! Sorting out loads of crap in the conservatory. Trying to get dcs to help but thsts hard work in itself!