Would you use this type of cleaning service?

[TracyK]

An hour a day - between the hours of 9 and 3 ie post drop off and pre pick up from school.

I would love someone to come in at my backside for an hour a day - every day - and clean/tidy up after me. Not always a full clean - but put breakfast stuff away - fill dishwasher - iron next days school uniform etc etc.

I know I would use it - but is that enough of a basis for a successful business?

And how much could I charge - obv. losing out on a continuis (sp) working pattern.

Yes, I would... I think it would be a big help esp for parents who work.

Perhaps you'll need to poll your friends and see the 'market' that you're appealing to. Some people would say they'd like it, but wouldn't put the money where the mouth is!

I have a cleaner that comes every week for 3 hours and she does the usual bathroom/kitchen/hoovering/ironing and extra tidying up if there's time.

I pay her £8/hour. I know others pay about £10/hour. We are in the SE of England.

I'd use a service like this when I have children. But to make it cost effective you would need to keep your cleaners' travel time to a minimum as otherwise he/she will travel 20 minutes for every 60 minutes of work, losing a lot of cash that way.

I would only be offering it in term time - and also my town is big - but you can drive from one end to the other in under 10 mins - so not too much travelling time.

I don't know if I could charge enough to make a decent amount of money - by the time I'd paid for insurance and petrol etc - would you pay £12 per hour - knowing it was only an hour??

I used to have a cleaner for 2 hours on a Thursday - but Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri, Sat and Sun - my house was a pit!

So I grudged paying money for a days worth of cleanness. iykwim.

I would love the idea of having someone in like that, but in reality I'd have to pay for it.

£12 an hour everyday is £60PW, I'd struggle to justify that TBH esp, as the "real" cleaning, i.e. more than just a bit of tidying would still need doing.

Sorry, not being too positive am I, but also think the Term-time thing would be off-putting. Might suit people who work term time, but once you've got used to that level of help, to have it taken away for the weeks of the year that managing home and work are most difficult...?

I would be able to offer outside term time - but thought most mums would be fine without me when kids were off school - as they'd be off work too?

Maybe people wouldn't take 5 days a week -maybe if they only worked part time - they'd just need help on the days when they were rushing out to work.

Real cleaning could be getting done if the client requested it. I would push the client to be specific about stuff to be done - rather than the airy fairy 'whatever you think' - I used to say to mine!

Actually - just done a quick swish over my kitchen/dining table/dishwasher and it only took 30 mins - so maybe I could offer £8 for a half hour clean and £12 for an hour.

If I could get from 1 house to the next in under 10 mins - I could get enough revenue a day as I am getting at the mo.