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How much to expect my cleaner to do?

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suzi2 · 22/12/2007 15:57

I've just been reading another thread and it appears the cleaners got through a lot! My auntie is doing a spot of cleaning for me, between 2 & 3 hours. In 2.5 hours last week she:

Hoovered living room, hall, stairs, landing and 3 bedrooms pretty thoroughly (moved things out the way though not big furniture) and swept the kitchen/dining (big room) and mopped them.

Should I be working her harder? or do you think that's reasonable? I reckon the same would have taken me about 2 hours at most... though I don't think I'm as thorough.

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NAB3hundredbaubles · 22/12/2007 15:58

Seems not much for 2.5 hours tbh.

whomovedmychocolate · 22/12/2007 16:00

Send her round will you, I can't get anything done with a toddler attached to my leg permanently. DD has taken to riding the bloody Dyson round the house too.

But sounds like she's doing a superb job actually. If there is something you want her to focus on it's worth saying: 'could you concentrate on.... dusting/removing the sticky marks/the hellhole that is the kitchen' etc.

JackieNoel · 22/12/2007 16:01

I think I'd expect a bit of dusting and bathroom cleaning too - maybe a bit less thorough hoovering?

Pannacotta · 22/12/2007 16:05

I'd also expect bathroom/kitchen cleaning too within that sort of time and agree with JN on a bit less hoovering (IMO bathroom and kitchen are more important).
My cleaner does 2.5 hours and hoovers whole house (not thoroguhly though), plus quite clean of kitche, bathroom, and mops most floors. She doesn't dust or cobweb though.

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suzi2 · 22/12/2007 16:05

Though the place only does get hoovered once a week when she does it as DD is frightened of it (can't even do a different room to the one she's in!) and DS wants to help me. In between we use an electric carpet sweeper. And the floor is only washed once a week, bar a few baby wipes for all the dropped baby food!

I'll see what she gets done this week. I don't think she'd be lounging about, and she's a good cleaner and hard worker. But maybe I should be giving her more of an assortment.

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suzi2 · 22/12/2007 16:08

I actually do the bathrooms/loos and kitchen a lot as I'm kind of fussy about them being clean. So there wouldn't be much for her to do there.

She'll do my ironing if she has time so maybe I should set less things to do. Washing the kitchen floor takes a long time so maybe I should do that myself on the weekend and free up some time.

Or just pay her for a few more hours I could get to like having a cleaner! DH can't see why I need her as it is though...

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FatBellyHoHoHo · 22/12/2007 16:14

in 3 hours, mine cleans 2 bathrooms including floors, a living room, a small office if I'm not using it, 2 big bedrooms and the kitchen. She also mops and hoovers all of the above, although she won't have to mop anymore because scooba has arrived

she also finds time to sort out at least one cupboard a week... says a lot about the state of my house doesn't it

FatBellyHoHoHo · 22/12/2007 16:15

oh, forgot to say, she cleans and tidies all of the above

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