My auntie recently inherited a house and has started to run an air b&b with it. I had a baby 2.5 years ago, got made redundant by my employer when baby was a couple of months old and messed about by them (had such a negative toll on me) so she pretty much decided I could just be her cleaner. I basically just thought I’ve got no better options currently and it’s a bit of money.
Its a large 3 bedroom house and she said to me she would pay £100 per changeover but this was also to include me popping in and doing any extra bits that she needed doing (she lives away) having packages delivered to my home and taking them to the let, dealing with any workmen etc. I’m happy to help out but when you work out the amount of time I’m putting in I’m not even making minimum wage!
The house takes a long time to clean to a good standard and until recently this also included me doing all washing, drying, ironing and making all the beds. According to my mum (her sister) she’s realised that it’s a bit much and she’s now offering for my mum who’s recently retired, to do her laundry.
I thought that’s great, it’ll really help! She offered mum £15 for the laundry, we assumed that was per bed set but no it was for the 3 beds! Mums suggested £15 per set and she was met with her saying she would have to reduce my wages to accommodate paying for the laundry. She told her she couldn’t do that (I’ve got 3 kids)
Not the first time she’s tried to reduce my pay either, we had a last minute booking come in (big earner for her) previous guests had only just left and it wasn’t left in the best way. She asked if I needed her to get an agency worker in to help out but told me if she did that she’d be reducing my wages!
Twice at the end of last year she was asked if she’d be willing to rent the properly out for 9-12 months and she agreed at the drop of a hat. Completely oblivious that it would leave me with no income. She said she wanted to do something nice for someone (one lady was flooded but ended up taking alternative accommodation) it’s left me feeling totally deflated.
She’s also mentioned to my mum that if the house doesn’t make good money this year she’s going to look into long term renting it next year (totally her decision - but it’s left me feeling quite rubbish when she was adamant I would be doing the cleaning)
My dad gets really frustrated with the whole situation 😂 his employers run air b&bs and they’re all saying how I’m being mugged off 😂 I was thinking I dedicate 5 hours to the house and she’ll either have to pay extra for more work or find someone else to do it? (They’d definitely be charging her more)
It’s just sad really as it’s leaving a bad feeling between family.