How much should I pay a cleaner?

[KingRichard]

Right, so we are in agreement that my demands are not beyond the call of duty?

[Grey Ghost]

Is Carrera2 still about..........

[KingRichard]

Grey Ghost said:

Is Carrera2 still about..........

That was EPIC!

[x type]

£60 an hour

me

I'd expect 20 mins in the sack for that as well as cleaning the place

wher the he.. do they get their rates from ???

[KingRichard]

Ooh no... you wouldn't. Trust me

Brian Blessed in a dress, basically.

[spikeyhead]

At £60 an hour, I'll clean for you.

[Mr MXT]

I pay £10 an hour. She'll do everything inc ironing if I want. (But she wont do that)

[bogie]

we pay £8 an hour, she comes fortnightly, cleans the whole house (5 bed, 3 bath) in about 3.5-4 hours and takes ironing away, does that for same, spends a couple of hours (£16) per fortnight on the lot (2 of us)

so I guess we spend about £70-80 a month total on cleaning/ironing, but we both work and travel a lot, so the weekends/time at home is valuable and its worth it

[Thankyou4calling]

£60 an hour! Blimey, when do I start.

[V8mate]

KingRichard said:

How much should I pay a cleaner?

Nothing. Just get some grateful gimp tranny to do it.

[Broomsticklady]

FWIW, we pay £8 an hour for similiar 'duties' to those you'd like undertaken

[V8mate]

mikestrat said:

We pay £30 for 2 hours a week for all the cleaning. We also pay someone else £25 for ironing say 7-8 shirts. This is East Berkshire so quite costly. To do what you want I'd say £60 for 3.5-4 hours sounds reasonable. Our cleaner is the sister of our gardener (not regular - cuts back trees 1-2 times a year). I'd always go for a trusted local contact rather than a company.

RE the shirts - how much???

I don't care where you live, that is a proper rip-off. My local dry cleaner offers a wash/iron/return on hanger service: 5 shirts for £8!

[Olf]

You know what the f-ked up thing about this is? It's actually cheaper to get very good childcare and clean the house yourself than pay for a cleaner!

[Shuvi Tupya]

Olf said:

You know what the f-ked up thing about this is? It's actually cheaper to get very good childcare and clean the house yourself than pay for a cleaner!

It is almost cheaper just to move house when it gets dirty.

[Defcon5]

Shuvi Tupya said:

Olf said:

You know what the f-ked up thing about this is? It's actually cheaper to get very good childcare and clean the house yourself than pay for a cleaner!

It is almost cheaper just to move house when it gets dirty.

[littlegreenfairy]

Farkin ell.

I'm becoming a cleaner.

Getting paid £15 an hour for something I already do in my own home? Damn right!! I love cleaning - put on Radio 4 and clean and iron away to my hearts content.

That's crazy... I'm going to have to set up a cleaning company...

[Myc]

My maid comes and does all you have asked for in my apartment plus my mates apartment next door every day Mon-Fri, plus the washing up, laundry and ironing as required, plus she'll chop up pineapple/melon etc all for 4 pound a day.

She's usually in the two apartments a total of 8 or 9 hours so that works out at about 50 pence an hour.

I'm feeling a bit mean now having read this thread, I think I'll have to give her a decent Christmas bonus!!

Edited by Myc on Tuesday 23 November 23:04

[whoami]

Myc said:

My maid comes and does all you have asked for in my apartment plus my mates apartment next door every day Mon-Fri, plus laundry and ironing as required, plus she'll chop up pineapple/melon etc all for 4 pound a day.

I'm feeling a bit tight now having read this thread, I think I'll have to give her a decent Christmas bonus!!

Where?

[Myc]

Currently in Ghana.

She's not the best at ironing my work shirts but given that the irons just a cheapo one she does a pretty good job.

[whoami]

Myc said:

Currently in Ghana.

She's not the best at ironing my work shirts but given that the irons just a cheapo one she does a pretty good job.

Yes,

So not exactly comparable then.