Does your cleaner do the "fiddly" stuff?

[HaventSleptForAYear]

We have a cleaner 3 hrs a week on a Monday and she does a GREAT job on the floors and the bathroom/kitchen.

BUT she doesn't do any of the fiddly stuff, by which I mean - cobwebs on celing, light-fittings, skirting boards etc.

Both DH and I have noticed that it's getting a bit mucky in the house.

When I used to clean for my mum, I did the whole house but chose a different room each week to do from top to bottom (ie move furniture, do detailed dusting, wiping down).

Could something like this work for a cleaner? How would I help her keep track of it? - will she think I'm mad if I define "zones" à la Flylady?

Other problem is I'm not sure she wants to do anymore hours - can anyone think of a system that would work on the same hours?

Both DH and I work full-time plus have 2 DS (1 & 3) to look after, plus academic work to do in the evenings so I have to face the fact that I will never get round to doing the extra cleaning myself, it's hard enough keeping up with the washing/tidying etc.

My cleaner does all those things - and she moves the sofa etc in the sitting room every week, and does all internal windows and glass each week. She has a rotation of doing the bathrooms in depth, and the spare bedrooms just get a quick hoover unless we have had/are having guests that week. In 4 hours it splits up as follows - an hour in the kitchen/utility room, and hour downstairs dusting/cleaning/hoovering the other rooms, and an 1.15 upstairs. The other 45 minutes are usually ironing, making beds, or doing a specific thing like the fridge if she has decided that it needs doing.

If you have to do the rota, then write it down and pin on fridge or wherever.

Same problem here

She does a great job, but I moved the bin in bathroom and it was FILTHY behind it. She doesnt do corners methinks ...