Advice re cleaner

[Kai1977]

Just got a cleaner in for two hours a week to clean our house ( kitchen diner, living and dining room, downstairs toilet, hallways and 1 bedroom - we clean the rest).

She does hoovering, mopping, dusting. We put away all our own clutter, wash own bed sheets, do our ironing and leave no dishes etc for her to wash.

I was hoping she would have enough time to wipe down fridge and oven doors, hoover skirting edges, dust window sills etc but she doesn't do that. She also doesn't touch our chimney grate which gets dusty (just a dust trap, the fire isn't used).

Is two hours too much for all this too, genuninely no idea?

Don't know if this helps. We have a small three bed house just 2 retired people.

My cleaner takes 3 hours, in which time she vacuums, washes down all surfaces, including skirtings and paintwork. Thoroughly cleans bathroom and kitchen. We do not have many carpets, just tiled and wooden floors. She does window surrounds and some window cleaning each week.

I own a cleaning business - we have been trading for many years and currently serve about 60 clients - with the benefit of my experience I have to say 2 hours in any home is the bare minimum time we will book for a clean living smaller household with few occupants in which you can do the bare minimum.

However I still feel if only two hours has been booked the basic jobs which can be included in those two hours should be done to high standard as cleaning is not cheap and if a client is paying £30 upwards details should be included within the cleaning service's systems and rotas IYSWIM.

I think two hours is pushing it for a complete detailed service in most homes however anything done should be done well instead of cutting corners to scuff through the whole thing. That can only lead to dissatisfaction of both parties ultimately!

I think 2.5 to 3 hours more realistic for a detailed clean. A proper deep clean of a home already within our systems and rotas will take us double the amount of time more usually.

HTH

I think it is a lot to expect in two hours. If you are doing one thing you can't do another see how long it takes you to do what you want and you will have the answer.

Thanks all, fair enough. I might add an extra hour once a month or so for other jobs we'd like done but that don't need doing all the time.