Do you have a cleaner?

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I'm thinking of getting one (shhh, don't tell Jools!! )

Already have a gardener as that is something I just could not keep tidy, but have always wanted to do my own cleaning - I quite like it and I'm not sure about someone else in the house (hunky, tanned young maaaayan in the garden is fine though ). HOwever, something has to give as I've got the kids all day and my freelance work in the evenings/weekends and this house is just unmanageable - it's things like the toilets and the wooden floors - I'm afraid to say they get to quite a state before I get round to it

So I guess what I want to know is...

• how much do you pay (if you don't mind telling)?
• how often do they come?
• does the place not get a tip again 5 mins after they've gone?

TIA

Toothache - I know when we first looked a few years ago the agencies took about £ 2 per hour more than private cleaners.

give me strength!

What ya doin - searching my messages?!

Don't worry, work has eased off and I can clean again. Was tempted for a while there.

massage 1.30 pm on Saturday

Ooh lovely. Will come up Friday night then and go back Sunday if that's OK?

I can't imagine having a cleaner or a gardner and don't know anybody that has one!!!???!!!! If only!!

£7.11 per hour .. cleaner gets £5 cash, agency gets the £2.11 per hour by dd

she comes once a week for 3 hours

she does all the ironing and cleans the wet areas .. kitchen / loos / bathroom / wood floors .. she doesn't do a fabulous cleaning deep down clean just a surface everything sanitised and shiny clean but the important thing is she DOES ALL THE IRONING

yes the place is a tip after she's gone but at least once a week I don't need to care about tidying

Do you all work, those that have cleaners? (Only asking out of interest) If I had the money I certainly would - working or not!!

On second thoughts - ignore my last post - way too nosy, sorry

Shannen - DH and I work fulltime and the house is starting to suffer. My Cleaner starts on Wednesday and TBH I don't think £110 per month is too much of an extravagance if it means my kids will be wearing ironed clothes! I spend little enough time with them. At the weekends I've found myself spending hours cleaning, hours I should be spending with my wee angels.

I'm a SAHM so yes I work

Yes Fangache, I can understand that. If I worked full time I would want to spend all my time with the kids too, not scrubbing a kitchen floor.

lol Twiglett.

I'm a SAHM but work freelance so all my 'spare' time is spent working.

We have a gardener because the garden is big and I would never get round to mowing it or dealing with the borders. I'm just being realistic!!

Oh, I don't have a cleaner though.

NO. My house isn't tidy enough for a cleaner.

Yes....first day today and its fab!
She cleaned the house top to bottom and I sat and watched!!!
Ive only got her for the next six weeks whilst I am in plaster.....but Im sure I will be able to talk DH in to letting me keep her on

Toothache - that's a LOT! I pay my cleaner £7 hour direct - though when I used an agency it was the same as Twiglett. And we are in pricey London!

Is it Aloha?

Oh NO! Can't cancel her now!! I looked up another one, but it was £10 per hour.