Does anyone have daily 'help' at home? If so what do they do? What do you pay?

[popsickle555]

So currently we have a cleaner who does 2hours a fortnight. I live in a large 4 story Victorian semi. 2 kids, 2 adults and a dog.

I work PT but only about a day a week currently (self employed). DH full time but from home. I do all the house stuff (which is fine) other than clean floors and bathrooms which the cleaner does every other week in general. Sometimes I clean them too obviously due to the dog. The kids do nothing but SHOULD. They're 10 and 8. Eldest changes her bed and empties the dishwasher once a month.

DH does some bits and bobs, he's not lazy but it falls to me in the week 90%.

Cut to the chase...I am starting a new job 3 days a week in September. I will be well paid for this job. Instead of putting kids in school club (£40 a day for both) = £120 a week. I am would prefer to get some home help daily. Is this realistic? Kids are fine being home and doing home work / playing with us working.

I am clearly looking for some sort of angel that comes in, clears up the breafast crap, cleans the house a bit, puts shopping away (once a week), does some laundry and makes my house look reasonable. Is this realistic? Do these angels exist? If so what is an expected rate of pay? I am in the North West. I am not fussy but I am desperate for help, have a long term health issue and I am worrying how I am going to manage 'it all'. The other option is paying for out of school care and doing this crap on my lunch break (i will be WFH two of the 3 days). I intend to have someone come in 5 days a week if I can afford it as feels like more of a 'job' for someone. Obviously DH will do more but it will still fall to me mostly because i'll be part time.

I’ve a Nanny/housekeeper 5 days a week. She’s beyond excellent. Does literally everything including DIY. We are very lucky. Children come first but in between she does other stuff like laundry, meals, housework, messages, dealing with boxes and rubbish and flat pack furniture. Basically anything and everything. I pay her a yearly salary on a monthly basis. It’s expensive but worth it.

Thank you. Yes I don’t need a nanny / childcare at all. We live on the school’s doorstep and both of us work flexibly enough to do all pick ups and drop offs but I do need a housekeeper.

I was thinking of around £14-15 p/h which is above what I pay my currently cleaner (she charges £12). I would have her but she’s totally booked up.

so the search continues…

I guess I thought this would suit someone who has other commitments eg kids / studying / working elsewhere part time but maybe doing it less days a week and more hours on those days would work better. From a practical point of view though some of the jobs need doing daily really but I probably need to be flexible!

Def ask your cleaner first. Just incase @popsickle555

Oh crossed posts. Sorry

Realistically OP if your budget is only £140pw you are only going to be able to afford 2 hours a day tops. In a 4 storey house that will be a clean of the kitchen and perhaps a skim of other rooms to make them tidy, rather than clean.

We’re in bristol and pay our housekeeper £20 an hour (she’s self-employed so no NI etc on top of that).

we recruited on care.com.

she does the tidying, laundry, cleans the kitchen, changes the beds etc.

There are probably local people who would like this role and would only have a short walking commute.
You can make a lot of difference to a home in two hours; not deep cleaning perhaps but tidying, making beds, cleaning kitchen so it's ready for the day, putting a daily wash on etc. Just keeping on top of things.
I don't start work til 10am which gives me time to do these kind of jobs at home every morning, and it means the house is always tidy to come back to and when I get home from work, I can hit the ground running in making dinner. It makes a big difference. I clean it properly (incl hoover / clean floors) usually once a week on my day off.

PIL are very elderly and have a housekeeper who comes for a couple of hours a day to keep
on top of housework, batch cook and keep on top of the washing and ironing. They originally got her when MIL was recovering from an op, but now can’t do without her.

Not sure what they pay, but they found her through a friend of SIL’s whose nanny was looking for more hours during the day while the children she looked after were at school.