should I get rid of my cleaner?

[keresley]

Today, I had a cleaner come to my house for 2 1/2 hours to clean my house. This is the first time I've ever had a cleaner (developed MS recently and can no longer do my own cleaning). I feel that she didn't clean the house to anywhere near the standard I expected (and I'm not a particularly meticulous cleaner myself). There was shower gel left on the bathroom tiles, the toilets weren't totally clean, my sons room seemed untouched - dust on the sides and the edges of his room floor hadn't been cleaned, the hob was dirty in 1 corner etc etc. I thought that a cleaner would leave a house immaculate OR am I mistaken? Those of you that have cleaners, do they leave your houses immaculate? My husband thiks we should give her another chance next week but I'm thinking I find another cleaner.

my cleaner does 3 hours a week and she can't do the entire house immaculately in that time

we have a 3 bed mid-terrace. not huge.

so i have her do downstairs one week and upstairs the next. upstairs isn't such a big job so she normally does the kitchen too on that week

Depends on the size of your house and how hard it is to clean (do the floors need a lot of attention etc).

Also cleaners can take a few weeks to get to know your house, the best way to clean it and get used to using the products and equipment that you have (unless she's bringing her own).

Our cleaner comes for 3 hours, and no, it's not absolutely, 100% immaculate but it's a whole lot cleaner than it was before she came!

Perhaps you need to discuss with her exactly what you expect. Be prepared to pay extra though as it may take longer than 2 1/2 hours.

Did you discuss beforehand what you wanted done versus what she thought she could do in the time? ime it takes a few weeks for a cleaner to settle in.

My cleaner does 1-1 1/4 hours and no it isnt immaculate but its very nice

It does also depend on how clean the house was- if it was really dirty it will take a while to get up to code

Have you agreed what you want done?

Unless the house was scummy I wuldnt expect shower gel on tiles -but then in my house there would never be shower gel on tiles anyway, it would be washed off before I got out of shower.

I would say give her another week or two before you decide, or ask her to do a deep clean to get you started

I'd definitely have a word. Cleaners tend to find it harder to clean cluttered houses, so if your son's room is a typical boy's tip, it might be hard for her to know where to start. But bathrooms and kitchens and loos should be spotless. I'd give her a second chance and ask if there are any specific cleaning products she prefers to use - e.g. to get limescale off the loo. If you don't have one of the few that do no amount of scrubbing would shift it.

But don't feel shy of giving her the push. My FIL has a cleaner who never lifts a finger. We have to roll our sleeves up when we go round as it only gets cleaned when his relatives visit, and sadly we're not that near.

Dirty toilets are a definite deal-breaker...get rid of her.