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Dilemma4ever · 2025-12-14T17:43:37+00:00

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)

caringcarer · 14/12/2025 23:38

£50 PW so about £200 pcm.

Saitama · 15/12/2025 01:08

My cleaner does 2 hours a week, I pay £14 an hour to her and £3.50/hr fee to the agency that she's from, so £140 a month total

ViciousCurrentBun · 15/12/2025 02:04

In the 35 years I was working I had a cleaner for about 25 of those years. I was paying the last one 14 per hour but it was pre covid and that was for just a couple of hours a week. Up North here, she was with me almost a decade and for what wages are round here that was a decent rate

Sparklybutold · 15/12/2025 02:19

100 for 4 hours every 3 weeks.

2O25 · 15/12/2025 03:29

4 hours each time, twice a week, so 8 hours per week, costs £150/week or about £600/month. She is paying £18.75 per hours which seems reasonable. We have a cleaner for 4 hours every two weeks so we pay about 1/4 of that.
8 hours per week is a lot of cleaning (does that include cooking and laundry?).

MyDogHumpsThings · 15/12/2025 07:20

UneAnneeSansLumiere · 14/12/2025 22:48

I don't want to be rude, but there is no way that I would find my house to be clean enough if I only did two hours a week. I have a three bed house and I never feel it's clean enough, which is why I have a cleaner.

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I am really, really efficient :-)
I don’t think anyone would come into my house and think it’s unclean, though it’s not perfect. Skirting boards and windows are the things that get neglected; I only do them occasionally.

Frolie · 15/12/2025 07:43

£480 per month - £20 p/hr North West, includes ironing and putting clothes away. I have a big house and couldn’t manage without my lovely cleaner. She’s so reliable & friendly and has been cleaning for us for 5 years.

InLoveWithAI · 15/12/2025 08:00

120/m for 2 hours a week.

DorothyCrowfootHodgkin · 15/12/2025 08:07

Do those who have a fortnightly cleaner do the cleaning themselves the rest of the time? Or not clean? We have one and she does 15 hours a week. We have two very fluffy dogs and two cats though. The days when she doesn't come, you can tell. And yet we are clean and tidy.

Fizbosshoes · 15/12/2025 08:26

What is the aim of the thread? OP hasn't been back, or given any reference whether they think thats too much
600 for approx 32 hours work doesnt seem an excessive amount, although a lot of people wouldn't spend that much, as it wouldn't be available to them as disposable income.

In my town I only know one other person who doesnt have a cleaner, all my friends and neighbours do, but I dont know what they pay

SpanThatWorld · 15/12/2025 08:40

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!

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There is no shame in any job done well. My granny was a cleaner and now I employ one. She is bloody good at her job and I pay mine well above NMW - about £20 ph.

Being a cleaner is a respectable job and I don't feel that i am "too good" to keep the house clean. I am time poor. I work fulltime and have a long commute so I pay a professional to do the things I don't want to do.

I also pay a window cleaner. Oddly enough, people don't sneer when I pay a man to clean my windows but they do sneer when I pay a woman to clean my kitchen.

Funny old world, isn't it?

SpanThatWorld · 15/12/2025 08:41

DorothyCrowfootHodgkin · 15/12/2025 08:07

Do those who have a fortnightly cleaner do the cleaning themselves the rest of the time? Or not clean? We have one and she does 15 hours a week. We have two very fluffy dogs and two cats though. The days when she doesn't come, you can tell. And yet we are clean and tidy.

Yes, I keep on top of the daily stuff. My cleaner does a good all over clean and we tidy, wipe and sweep up in between.

roses2 · 15/12/2025 09:04

Used to spend £80/week on a cleaner but didn't replace her when she left - couldn't justify the cost anymore. Two friends on similar incomes to me also did the same.

With the minimum wage rising at much faster % than white collar wages, having a cleaner is becoming a very expensive luxury.

LittleGreenDuck · 15/12/2025 09:07

£80 for four hours fortnightly.

FourBlackCats · 15/12/2025 11:34

£80 a week (4 hours). Worth every penny. Some of the attitudes on this thread are very strange - we’re fairly high earners, why is not a good thing to spread that around?

incognitomummy · 15/12/2025 11:43

Nil. However once upon a time not that long ago when my housing costs were half what they are now…… I had a cleaner twice a week who also changed beds, ironed and picked up DC from school and minded them 2 or 3 times a week.

we spent between £600 and £900 a month depending on what was happening.

however standards have now slipped and reflect the change in cost of living - when we moved house we stopped paying for a cleaner. House is now filthy and nothing gets ironed!

roses2 · 15/12/2025 11:45

FourBlackCats · 15/12/2025 11:34

£80 a week (4 hours). Worth every penny. Some of the attitudes on this thread are very strange - we’re fairly high earners, why is not a good thing to spread that around?

If you are a high earner yes I agree but the problem is the vast majority of people are no longer as well off as they used to be due to rising living costs, little/no pay rises, massive redundancies on a scale not seen for years etc.

So the consequence is the bottom of the chain suffers because the middle can no longer maintain it.

MidnightPatrol · 15/12/2025 11:48

FourBlackCats · 15/12/2025 11:34

£80 a week (4 hours). Worth every penny. Some of the attitudes on this thread are very strange - we’re fairly high earners, why is not a good thing to spread that around?

Only men are allowed to outsource jobs, if women do it it’s letting everyone down and exploitative.

Gardening, plumbing, fixing the car, windows = blue jobs = fine to use external help

Domestic cleaning, laundry, childcare = pink jobs = exploiting other women and thinking the work is beneath you, letting your family down etc etc.

No clear reason why this divide…

OP I spend a few hundred quid a month on cleaning - weekly. We both work full time and have small children and it’s the only way to creat some free time. I value it immensely.

FourBlackCats · 15/12/2025 11:52

roses2 · 15/12/2025 11:45

If you are a high earner yes I agree but the problem is the vast majority of people are no longer as well off as they used to be due to rising living costs, little/no pay rises, massive redundancies on a scale not seen for years etc.

So the consequence is the bottom of the chain suffers because the middle can no longer maintain it.

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Totally understand that. Just don’t see why some previous posters seem to think that sacking my cleaners and then spending a big chunk of my weekend cleaning would somehow be ‘better’.

Parker231 · 15/12/2025 11:57

When we living in the UK, probably c£1k a month. Our cleaner was much more than that - she did all the normal cleaning - 5 beds/4 baths. Changed the bedding, did the laundry for the bedding and towels. Remade the beds. Was there to put away the online food order. Did baking and cooking to fill the freezer. Let in any workmen doing work on the house or garden. A key holder when we were away.
Since we’ve moved we haven’t found as good a replacement.,

C8H10N4O2 · 15/12/2025 13:08

SpanThatWorld · 15/12/2025 08:40

There is no shame in any job done well. My granny was a cleaner and now I employ one. She is bloody good at her job and I pay mine well above NMW - about £20 ph.

Being a cleaner is a respectable job and I don't feel that i am "too good" to keep the house clean. I am time poor. I work fulltime and have a long commute so I pay a professional to do the things I don't want to do.

I also pay a window cleaner. Oddly enough, people don't sneer when I pay a man to clean my windows but they do sneer when I pay a woman to clean my kitchen.

Funny old world, isn't it?

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Funny indeed - see also male gardeners. I’ve also never heard single men criticised for employing a cleaner or told they have more money than sense.

I also work long hours and employ a cleaner because I can afford it and my time is worth more than the cost. I couldn’t give a fuck about anyone else’s opinions on the matter.

LeftoversAgain · 10/01/2026 08:05

Approx £240 a month or more so that's £15 per hour x 4 per week. It often goes higher as I then want stuff like cupboards organised etc plus my home gets messy. Shes a godsend really after many cleaners beforehand as she tidies as well as cleans.

I have friends who are paying like yours, they have the money plus it makes their lives so much easier.

Cel77 · 19/01/2026 08:28

Your houses must be very dirty to need all this cleaning done! 20 minutes of thorough cleaning in a specific area of the house on top of general tidying/cleaning is more than enough per day. But I suppose it's your money and you do what you feel is best for you ...

Namechangefordaughterevasion · 19/01/2026 08:36

I'm retired and very fit, so I have the time and ability to clean my own house but I choose not to because I don't particularly enjoy it. I prefer to pay someone £20 an hour to thoroughly clean it for 4 hours a fortnight (which equates to £173 pcm) and just keep it topped up in between.

LeftoversAgain · 19/01/2026 09:40

I think the previous poster said it well, 'time poor'. Im a single parent with a very busy job. Why would I add cleaning to this list too when I can afford it? My cleaner is amazing and I feel so much happier for it when she's finished. Everyone i know (mostly professionals) have cleaners who do between 3 and 8 hrs with them per week. Others have cooks too.