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Londoners - how much are you paying your cleaners?

58 replies

EldonAve · 02/03/2011 13:24

My old cleaner wanted £8 per hour and needed 4 hours to do the work

Just met a possible replacement who wants £10 per hour and reckons the same work will take her 5 hours!

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hifi · 02/03/2011 13:30

£10 here

Original poster
EldonAve · 02/03/2011 15:03

Thanks

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Fiddledee · 02/03/2011 16:40

£10 per hour, getting on the verge of it being not worth it.

Ktay · 02/03/2011 16:44

£9 an hour (zone 4) but also have to factor in about £20 a week for all the kitchen towel she goes through

Original poster
EldonAve · 02/03/2011 17:16

My last one did the kitchen towel thing too!

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Original poster
EldonAve · 03/03/2011 11:45

Bump

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ThisFeelsWeird · 03/03/2011 14:18

Mine was £8 and recently asked for £9, I agreed as I know she charges other clients £10. Think we are generally tidier though so probably as easier job. We are zone 2.

Yes, the kitchen roll!

thomasbodley · 03/03/2011 14:25

£10 per hour, cash in hand, plus four sessions a year paid holiday (eg when we're on holiday we still pay her but she doesn't come to clean).

She takes 4 hours to do a 4 bed and 2-bath house, and iron, but there are only two of us (plus assorted guests now and then) and we are VERY tidy and organised.

I'm afraid I'm another who is seriously thinking of letting her go when we move. It all mounts up and whilst she's very reliable and does a goodish job, it's not really worth the money.

tostaky · 03/03/2011 15:10

wow!

£8 an hour here in north london.... and i have heard less (apparently lots of people are looking forthat type of jobs due to the recession)

I have even heard of a £5 ph babysitter in the lovely village of hackney....

Spatz · 03/03/2011 15:11

also £10 in central london
also thinking it's not worth it!

magnolia74 · 03/03/2011 15:13

I charge £10p/h but I can do a 3 bed house in 2 hrs Smile

charitygirl · 03/03/2011 15:14

£13 p/hr but I go through an agency so (a) they take a cut and (b) it includes tax, NI etc. Not saying yours don't!

squeaver · 03/03/2011 15:16

£10/hour, cash. 2 hours ironing and 3 hours to do thorough clean of 4 bed/2 bath house. Don't pay her for holidays.

mousymouse · 03/03/2011 15:23

9per hour, two hour every two weeks. we provide all cleaning materials.

deliakate · 03/03/2011 20:13

Eeek, we are so ripped off in the home counties. West Kent, and we pay over £13 altogether for a sub-standard agency cleaner :(

magnolia74 · 03/03/2011 20:20

Blimey, I'm in a home county....maybe i should put my prices up Wink

NarcolepsyQueen · 03/03/2011 20:33

deliakate we are in West Kent and pay £9.50 per hour. If you can find somebody who is recommended, rather than an agency it will be cheaper (and better quality cleaning!)

ilooklikegrotbagstoday · 03/03/2011 20:43

We pay £20.00 for 2 hrs 15 mins and she does 2 bathrooms, living rooom, kitchen / diner, master bedroom, hallway, 2 landings and 3 flights of stairs. Hoovering and mopping all floors (floorboards). We're in London and i couldn't live without her, she is a cleaning deamon Grin

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EldonAve · 07/03/2011 12:18

thanks

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karronia · 09/03/2011 15:18

I charge £20 for 2 hrs 30 mins during weekdays.
£10 for an extra hour or working on weekends.
I live in Streatham.
Actually just working Saturdays so I'm looking for more jobs!!!

[email protected]

FreeButtonBee · 09/03/2011 15:25

10 p/h, Zone 2, 3 hrs for a 2 bed flat but that does include ironing and changing sheets and the other odd 'tidying' task, rather than pure cleaning.

makemineaginandtonic · 09/03/2011 18:40

I pay 35pounds for 3 hours cleaning and 1 hour ironing. 3 bed house. She is a legend. Puts ironing in cupboard, knows where the dishes go in the kitchen etc. DOES go through the kitchen roll though!!

UnlikelyAmazonian · 09/03/2011 19:35

I am in north devon. I charge ten pounds an hour and supply everything - hoover, scrubbers, mops, dusters, the lot. Frankly, sometimes it's not worth it for me with a new house that needs a one-off or is super dirty. I get through so much product and scrubbers etc I lose money to start with.

I use Flash for floors, beeswax polish, liquid gold on antique wood etc. I really really love the job.

i have loads of great references and most of my customers give me their house key.

I have also fixed picture rails, taught one how to get on the internet, got keys cut and done other errands for some of my housebound lovelies.

I reckon a good cleaner is worth their weight in gold.

I am passionate about it and have just taken on a lady who had a stroke and has three disabled boys. Her house does not have a square inch of clean space anywhere. I am turning her house into a showhouse

I wish I had a cleaner!

Also I am fully booked.

hth xxx

gegs73 · 09/03/2011 19:38

I don't have one but round here (SW London) they are around £10 an hour.

eandz · 09/03/2011 19:39

So, I've just fired my £10 per hour lady (who I've had for 2 years and she used to come 3-5 times a week). I got her to replace the best cleaner I have ever come across who charged £7.50 and I had had her for 1.5 years). I have now found a wonderful lady who will now work for £6.00 per hour, so I'll be getting her in for 15-20 hours a week.