What's the going rate for a cleaner in London

[MrsFogi]

So I have an idea when I find one - can anyone give me an idea of an hourly rate for a cleaner in London these days (I'm in Greenwich)?

I pay my cleaner £8-50 an hour, I am in the south east but not in London. I have a friend who lives near Richmnd and I am sure she pays her £11.50 an hour!

Caon't believe that I pay my cleaner more than my parents pay me to mind their children!

I have a friend who is a cleaner; she charges £7.50ph but generally in the area that I live, London north, it varies between £5 & £8.50ph....

I pay £6.00ph and I live v.close to central London. I found mine by putting up an ad in a sweetshop window offering £6.00ph and was flooded with calls!

I pay an agency 8 pounds an hour -they are amazing -you don't pay for holidays and all the cleaners are very reliable! Let me know if you need the number.

Oh to have a cleaner!

A very rude question,what is the household income to be able to pay a cleaner? my dp will HOPEFULLY get a decent job in the spring! and cleaner will be first on my list,particularly as my 1yr old thinks the hoover is a monster!

I am in W Dulwich and pay mine £8 an hour. Most of my friends with cleaners round here pay theirs the same

Doesnt look like i will get an answer!

I don't think it is to do with your income - just how you value your time

ie I would rather spend an hr with DD after work rather than clean therefore I will pay someone to clean so that I can

£7 an hour here SW London

I agree with Katymac - I would rather spend £24 on the cleaner than on going to the gym / going out. I have just gone back to work now dd is 8 months and am massively missing her. I would rather spend money on cleaner so that I don't have to waste time when I could be with her than on something more exotic

Mind you, my lack of gym attendance might explain why I am also on the weightwatchers thread

Finances tight as boyfriend is student!

MrsFogi, we've had a row of fantastic cleaners from the gumtree. I always say our offer is £7/hour and we get tons of replies, so it can't be too far off market rate.

We have a combined gross salary income of about £70k p.a, childcare costs of about £600 pcm, mortgage about £800pcm, and pay £32 per week for cleaning. (4x £8 per hour). Might put it up. It is about time and sanity.

I think the rates charged by cleaners are the only thing cheaper in London. I have had three different lots of cleaners in Harrogate and they all charged £10 per hour . I have got a chap coming round to clean my loos next week so that the house is nice for christmas.

Thanks for all the replies - that gives me a better idea. Is one usually expected to pay holidays/sick-days?

Holidays, definitely yes, after they've been with you a few months and a good reliable relationship has developed - we do two weeks in summer and a week at Christmas. Bank holidays sometimes too.

Sick pay - would be interesting to hear if anyone does that with a cleaner. We'd help out if someone who'd worked for us for a long time broke her ankle (say), but we wouldn't pay for a day's absence with a cold here and there.

We pay our cleaner the statutory minimum holiday - 4 weeks, i.e four one-day holidays as she comes one day a week. 2 weeks at her choice, 2 at ours - but we will then pay her to come in at other times we are on holiday, even if there is nothing much to do.

Cleaners are typically contracted (self employed) to perform a service. Hence, there is no statutory minimum holiday, sick pay, or any other benefit normally provided to employees.

Im in SW London and pay my cleaner £7/hour plus parking. I am a student but my boyfriend isnt and Id much rather spend my time studying or something than cleaning.

I'm in SW London and pay just over 7 quid an hour