What do you pay your cleaner? Sorry if this has been done before!

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Please direct me if there's been another thread but what's the going rate in the West Country anyone? We desperately need a cleaner and I was thinking of paying £8 per hour, is that about right or too low/high? Any views appreciated as I want to put the ad in a shop window tomorrow. Thanks!

Well, ours gave us the sack last year, but we paid her £7 an hour, 4 hours a week (on one day). Maybe that's why she sacked us, WWW!

WWW, there was a thread about this recently.

www I'm in north wilts (nr marlborough) and the rate around here is £6.50 or £7. I pay mine £6.50 but that is for 5 days and she gets full tax and 4 weeks holidays etc on top. £8 sounds pretty high to me!

£8/hour at home £6/hour at office. North West. If you get a good one pay what it takes.

£7 an hour - £7 to £8 is going rate in London if you hire direct ie not via agency. I can't imagine it should be that expensive that far out!

Far out Man..imagine life without! Supply and demand is the order up here.

Thanks everyone. OK,we'll pay less than 8 then, thanks.

www - we pay £7 per hour just over the bridge from you. She provides all cleaning products in that price.

We paid 10 pounds per hour but the woman was unbelievable, she showed up with all industrial equipment, cleaning products, etc and left the house unbelievable clean in just 2 hrs (windows, sweeping floors, dusting (to the tiniest detail), cleaning bathroom and polishing kitchen appliances, it was like having her around for a week in the space of two hours). But, she saked us, on the advise of the dog trainer we had our little addition to the family in a crate while we were out, so she returned the keys saying that she won't work for somebody who dealt with animals in "such" way. (Don't really understand... I'm mother Theresa of Dogcuta I still refer to my older dog as the "primogenit")

£7 per hour - live in South Coast area (cost of living quite high...)