To want a cleaner that will pick my clothes up off the floor?

[Zamphina]

Dp and I work very long hours during the week. We’re out of the house 9-10 minimum. We eat dinner in the office. When we get home we’re exhausted and just want to sleep. So often the kitchen has our breakfast stuff. We’ve left clothes on the floor. There might be sunday’s dishes on the table. The laundry has been left out drying.

We earn an OK salary and have a tiny flat to save money, so a cleaner coming 2-3 times a week for two hours a time won’t be an issue.

But obviously I’m slightly embarrassed for someone to see my home in such a mess. Are there any cleaners who will sort all of this? Pick up the clothes, put them on to wash, load the dishwasher, and clean the bathroom etc?

Some do, I asked mine to leave DC1's room as it was a state but they tidied and cleaned it 🤷🏽‍♀️

Yeah, just ask them to do it. You're paying so check they agree to do it and if they do hire them if not, find someone else.

I think the problem is you’re exhausted. You’ll definitely be able to find someone to tidy and clean. - and don’t be hard on yourself either. Some people aren’t wired to be tidy. Some people have problems with executive function and to others it comes easily to know how to tidy and clean. I wish this was more of a judgement free zone. You were literally only asking for advice and help.

I hope you find someone lovely. When you’re back to some sort of order I think you’ll feel less tired as well.

♥️

In the time you took to post this question on mumsnet you could have scooped your skanky clothes off the floor and put them in the wash basket, and cleared the table and put the stuff in the dishwasher too.

People are not reading this properly
OP is out between 13-15 hours a day, not 9-10

OP - yes, you can obviously get people to do pretty much anything and tidying as well as cleaning means you need a housekeeper
I would try and at least throw dirty clothes in the laundry basket rather than on the floor though - just get more baskets!

Er the original post says 9-10 how can you accuse people of not reading correctly.

Get a dishwasher
Get a laundry basket
Set an hour with a timer every Sunday and run round like idiots getting things picked up and put away
Book a cleaner for a Monday morning, put your laundry in before you leave for work and ask her to hang it out and do some ironing.

You need a system, but you also need a wee bit more pride in yourself than expecting a woman to run around behind you picking up your skiddy knicks.

My cleaner washes up any dishes and tidies up the kitchen and living room, also my sons room. (not ours though, our choice). Clothes are always in laundry basket though and I do all the laundry - she puts away items such as sheets, towels, tablecloths, i put away clothing. Any clothes left lying around living space (jumpers etc) are not put in laundry, they are piled neatly on a chair for me to sort. I prefer to do my own laundry since its easier to do it myself than explain which things get hung to dry, which go in dryer.

Most cleaners ime are happy to tidy up, wash up, etc but certainly be upfront about what you need, since it seems (from this thread) some are not happy to do this.

If you’re willing to pay, anything is possible.
Probs have to pay above the going rate if you want all that done.

Will the cleaner need to sniff them to see if they can be worn again or not? 🤔
otherwise surely they’ll all just go in the laundry basket which you could do with no more effort than leaving them on the floor.
I think you would find someone to push the washing on and hang it out but they might need to put it on then pop back in later to hang it up which could cost you.

I read 9-10 as meaning 9am - 10pm, and the op has confirmed that this is what they meant.

The cranky comments on this post 🤣 if someone wants to be paid to come in and do these things it's up to them! All the judgies are out on this post 🤣🤣

You can pay someone to do pretty much anything you want! In your case, doesn’t sound like you’re asking for anything illegal, so crack on!

I worked these hours. Delegate as much as you can, but for personal dignity I’d at least make sure dirty plates were in the sink and dirty clothes were in a laundry basket.

My rule: if my cleaner posted photos of my house/mess online, would I be slightly embarrassed or deeply humiliated?

Yes, I have exactly this arrangement with my cleaner.

Surely if you have a blitz at the weekend it'll stay tidy given that you're not there to make a mess. You eat at work so there's no cooking mess

Surely if you have a blitz at the weekend it'll stay tidy given that you're not there to make a mess. You eat at work so there's no cooking mess

Well yes, the idea of leaving the clothes out on the floor, for a week, that you’ve a thirteen hour work / commute day in is pretty unpleasant.

It’s not quite at the level of “is it OK to just west yesterday’s knickers inside-out if they’re a hit skidded”, but it’s in the same ballpark.

You’re never there to make a mess! No lunch mess, no dinner plates, saucepans. It’s a tiny flat by your own admission, is there enough to do to warrant a cleaner?

Out of the house 9-10 hours in not long hours? I used to work 10-14 hours days plus 1 hour travel each way and never had any problem pick up my clothes from the floor? It takes 2 seconds.

It's a bit slobby, but I am sure if you pay extra, she might? It is really not part of the cleaner's job description to pick up and tidy things.

I have a side job cleaning houses and picking up clothes would be one of the easier jobs 😁I'm technically a cleaner but sometimes some tasks fall into housekeeping duties. I think most cleaners would be ok with this as it one of the less messier jobs (presuming your clothes aren't filthy).

You want a cleaner WHO will pick up your dirty clothes, not a cleaner THAT will.do it. The kind of cleaner your OP describes is a person, not a machine, who wil also be working hard - and probably for far less than you are paid. Both your heading and the way of life you describe show a lack of respect for others and of personal responsibility. Do grow up.

No. Get a basket.

TBH you sound like a scruffy lazy slob

HTH