Cleaner questions

[beanbag19]

How often do you have your cleaner come, how long for and what do they do?

Just made contact with a new cleaner who's asked me the above and I realised I don't know what I want!

Thank you!

When I had one they came once a week for 4 hours and did a full house clean including changing the bedsheets. This is for a 4 bedroom house.

I have mine for 2 hours Tuesdays between 10 and 12 and 2 hours Fridays between 10 and 12 and that's when I go to the gym to get out of her way

She does everything except laundry and dishes (but she does change bedsheets when I leave a fresh set out)

she cleans 2 bathrooms, cleans cat litter trays, kitchen, living room, 2 offices, wood floor hallway and stairs, vacuuming, polishing, empties bins and recycling and the odd bit of deep cleaning when needed eg the fridge

I do the laundry and cooking and my dp stacks the dishwasher and puts laundry away. We worked out a system based on our strengths or fave jobs

I could probably manage with her once a week but I'd never ever go back to having no cleaner at all she's an absolute godsend and I get so much more work done that she almost pays for herself

Two hours for our 3 bed house and she gets all the basics done in that time , floors , surfaces , bathroom , hob , couple of windows (dog snot) and will change beds etc as needed

Thank you for the responses. DH is saying every fortnight will be enough but I'm not sure.

We used to have 3 hours once a week and house was always clean. But now we can't afford it so it's back to me. I'm good at cleaning, it's just I don't prioritise it so its back to "almost clean" state!

Depends how mucky your house is.

I have a couple of houses I clean fortnightly, they are quite tidy and clean though so it’s not a big task when it comes round.
I clean some houses that are not at all clean, they need weekly to be able to stay on top of it.

I would assume she means is there anything you want extra attention too, say for instance windows and glass cleaned each week, blinds dusting, bed sheets changed etc.