Hiring a cleaner?
Discussion
My partner and I are looking to hire a cleaner for our apartment, but we're not sure how many hours we should look for.
The property is a smallish 1 bed apartment in an old Victorian building - high celings, quite dusty area etc. We're in the south east, but not in a London suburb.
We're looking to have the usual - hoover, dust, polish, clean bathroom & kitchen, clean the windows (every other week), change bedding and probably do the ironing (onsite, we can do the laundry).
I've looked at a few websites for local cleaners, and it wold seem £10/hour is the expected rate; or we could advertise and get someone locally for £8/hour or similar.
Do you think two hours a week would be about right?
I'm leaning towards using a professional company, but I wouldn't mind hiring a local college girl if she was good enough.
The property is a smallish 1 bed apartment in an old Victorian building - high celings, quite dusty area etc. We're in the south east, but not in a London suburb.
We're looking to have the usual - hoover, dust, polish, clean bathroom & kitchen, clean the windows (every other week), change bedding and probably do the ironing (onsite, we can do the laundry).
I've looked at a few websites for local cleaners, and it wold seem £10/hour is the expected rate; or we could advertise and get someone locally for £8/hour or similar.
Do you think two hours a week would be about right?
I'm leaning towards using a professional company, but I wouldn't mind hiring a local college girl if she was good enough.
Jasandjules said:
About £10 an hour seems ok to me.
When you say you are considering a "company" - have you had a quote yet? Ours worked out in the region of £160 PCM for 2 hours a fortnight. Oh, but they provided the materials....
Yeah, quote (without them coming to see the place) = £85pcm for 2 hours a week.When you say you are considering a "company" - have you had a quote yet? Ours worked out in the region of £160 PCM for 2 hours a fortnight. Oh, but they provided the materials....
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