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How much do you spend on a cleaner a month?

155 replies

Dilemma4ever · 14/12/2025 17:43

My friend gets a cleaner in twice a week - 4 hours each time - and ends up spending £600 a month on the cleaner (in London)

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YourZippyHare · 14/12/2025 17:44

Nothing, I can't afford a cleaner.

Molliepuppy · 14/12/2025 17:44

Zero

FuzzyWolf · 14/12/2025 17:45

My cleaner is £20 per hour and does three hours each week which a deep clean every quarter. It doesn’t come to £600 per month though!

Namechange234567 · 14/12/2025 17:45

£132 - £66 a fortnight to clean everywhere and change sheets

SmaugTheMagnificent · 14/12/2025 17:45

Only 17% of UK households use a cleaner, so most people obviously think it is not beneath them to keep their own habitat hygienic.

ETA obviously some of this 17% will be people who aren't physically capable of cleaning, who are clearly not unreasonable!

MiddleAgedDread · 14/12/2025 17:46

Nothing HTH

LittleJustice · 14/12/2025 17:49

SmaugTheMagnificent · 14/12/2025 17:45

Only 17% of UK households use a cleaner, so most people obviously think it is not beneath them to keep their own habitat hygienic.

ETA obviously some of this 17% will be people who aren't physically capable of cleaning, who are clearly not unreasonable!

Edited

Some people are very busy and without these people being so busy cleaners wouldn't be in work so you're employing somebody and keeping the economy going I don't see any problem with people employing a cleaner.

Some people love cleaning and quite happy to do their own some people hate it and are quite happy to pay an expert to do it for them.

I don't have a cleaner by the way but if I didn't work from home I think I would

FuzzyWolf · 14/12/2025 17:49

SmaugTheMagnificent · 14/12/2025 17:45

Only 17% of UK households use a cleaner, so most people obviously think it is not beneath them to keep their own habitat hygienic.

ETA obviously some of this 17% will be people who aren't physically capable of cleaning, who are clearly not unreasonable!

Edited

I imagine that most people who have a cleaner don’t think it’s beneath them either. I have a cleaner but there is nothing superior about it.

Xmascraker · 14/12/2025 17:53

£105 per month

Destiny123 · 14/12/2025 17:54

I was a cleaner at uni, loved it, great job satisfaction, often debate quiting medicine to go back

We pay £45 per month for 1.5h alternate weeks (but tbh they leave 20mins early). Only have them because I work 45-68h a week and my partner doesn't clean at all (nor cook/washup) etc if lived alone I wouldn't

JustWantsSomeSleep · 14/12/2025 17:56

I do buy myself a treat from time to time if that counts?

DamnedIfIDoDamnedIfIDont · 14/12/2025 17:56

Dilemma4ever · 14/12/2025 17:43

My friend gets a cleaner in twice a week - 4 hours each time - and ends up spending £600 a month on the cleaner (in London)

£19hr 5.5hrs weekly Norfolk

Fairywingsandroses · 14/12/2025 17:57

£80 per month. My cleaner does two hours every fortnight.

collectkdsasmed · 14/12/2025 17:57

About £100 a month (6 hours of cleaner, 3 a fortnight)

HeNeedsRehab · 14/12/2025 18:00

£40/week for 2 hours

Contrary to the PP I don’t think it’s beneath me to clean my own house though. We both work FT and I’d rather spend my free time with my DC

AwkwardPaws27 · 14/12/2025 18:01

Dilemma4ever · 14/12/2025 17:43

My friend gets a cleaner in twice a week - 4 hours each time - and ends up spending £600 a month on the cleaner (in London)

8 hours a week is a lot more than most people who have cleaners, I'd imagine? I'm looking at getting a cleaner at the moment (to help during third trimester and transition from 1 child to 2) and the companies I've spoken to have suggested 3 hours a week for a three bedroom house, which would be around £60/ week or £260pcm, depending on exact hourly rate.

Clefable · 14/12/2025 18:03

£19.50 an hour but two of them come for the hour so it’s £39 a week.

I think the ‘beneath them’ comment up there has had the opposite effect to intended, as you seem to be suggesting that cleaning as a job is something undesirable and people should feel ashamed of hiring a cleaner? What’s wrong with being a cleaner? Is it just cleaners you object to? Or anyone offering any kind of service?

Alwayslurkingsometimesposting · 14/12/2025 18:04

I spend the same as your friend and it's the best money I spend!

Maxme · 14/12/2025 18:05

I think 15-20/hour is reasonable - maybe a bit more if you are in an area requiring travel.

SushiDisco · 14/12/2025 18:05

Why do people feel compelled to comment on a thread that doesn’t apply to them?! If you don’t have a cleaner, don’t comment on the thread!

TheTortiePuffinNeedsHerBreakfast · 14/12/2025 18:05

I pay £120 per month - my cleaner comes for four hours alternate weeks, so 8 hours per month. £600 per month is extortionate, unless they live in a massive mansion

Winterwonderwhy · 14/12/2025 18:06

680 pm. For 10 hours per week.

collectkdsasmed · 14/12/2025 18:10

I don’t think it’s beneath me, I pay for a cleaner for the same reason I bought a washing machine instead of hand washing, I can afford a washing machine and there are other things I need and want to be doing with my time. If I can mechanise or outsource something, I will!

Zippymonkey · 14/12/2025 18:12

£40 a week for 2 hours. Oven clean and deep clean every 6 months £140 in addition to weekly clean.

ilovesooty · 14/12/2025 18:14

£74. I have mobility issues and couldn't manage without her.