Anyone on here got a domestic cleaner?
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Mine said that too funnily enough..0
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more time to spend on the important things in life like the Supporters Trust!AFKABartram said:Kin ell, live in au pairs !
I've heard it all now !
When it comes to ironing and shirts...dry cleaners in town charge £9 for five...I cycle in...shirts always ready and save £120 per month on Southeastern plus all associated grief when trains cancelled etc.
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Lol, and we have not touched on gardeners and ironing ladies yet!AFKABartram said:Kin ell, live in au pairs !
I've heard it all now !0 -
We used to have a cleaner.
She started as a Mothers help when my youngest two were at home just helping out, cleaning up, feeding, babysitting even the odd bit of shopping. It was always cash in hand, I advertised through a local paper, which is not something I'd necessarily advise, I did get a few weirdo's apply.
We always got on well with her and once the children went to school we kept her on as a cleaner something which carried on until a few years ago. We always sent out our ironing and never asked her to do it, specialist ironing services are much cheaper than getting someone in.
We paid her £8 an hour for three hours twice a week plus an hour for travel each day. I'd be happy to recommend her, she is a very nice lady.0 -
We have domestic cleaners, they get A$70 for a two-hour job.
Very amused by the Au Pair comments above, we had a Live-In Au Pair a few years ago and the choice came down between an 18 year-old blonde stunner with ALL of the assets a man could desire - her name was actually Ellie Woods (same as Legally Blonde character played by Reece Witherspoon) and a spotty, straight-as-a-die student type with the sex appeal of Edwina Currie.
No need to tell you who my wife insisted get the job.0 -
Ormiston Addick aka John Major to his friends.0 -
My wife and I both worked long hours and we had a cleaning lady for 4 hours every 2 weeks. She cleaned the house from top to bottom and did the ironing.
When my wife passed away earlier this year I decided to keep the cleaning lady on as I'm useless at ironing and I hate cleaning! Now that she has less to do as I am alone at home, she does other things around the house like changing the bedding and cleaning the windows.
It's also useful that her husband is handy around the house, so I don't need to cut back the bushes in the garden anymore and he will also paint any rooms I need doing.
Both were recommended to us by friends for whom they had already worked for 3 years and I have complete trust in her.
I pay here the equivalent of 20 GBP/hour (wages and costs are generally higher over here) and she gets a gift at Christmas.0 -
do all my own ironing, washing, gardening, and always have apart from a brief period when I lived with a pal and we shared an ironing lady - also no euphemism intended..0
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I think these things should be tax exempt up to a certain realistic level (childcare vouchers are a fraction of the cost if you have two kids, they would be if you were a limited company, and the money is effectively being taxed twice - why should individuals get taxed twice and companies not, plus you are creating employment.
PS My missus works two time zones GMT and WST and ridiculous hours, hence the au pair.0 -
Same here....and I'd spend the next day putting things back where they were before....or at least that is what happened when the mother-in-law used to clean for us.Oakster said:I just know that if we ever had a cleaner, my wife would spend the day before he/she came cleaning up to make sure it looked nice for the cleaner :-(
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Over here, the cleaning ladies move all the things on the shelves. It's to let you know that they've cleaned there.
Still does my nut in having to put everything back in its designated spot.0 -
Back in the 1960s it was considered trendy to use empty Mateus Rose bottles as candle-holders - the wax would dribble down the bottle and make fantastic shapes and patterns. One day the cleaning lady, who was not attuned to 60s style, scraped off all the years of carefully cultivated wax.
Quentin Crisp famously said that after four years of doing no housework, the dust doesn't get any thicker.0 -
eaststandmike said:
Lol, and we have not touched on gardeners and ironing ladies yet!AFKABartram said:Kin ell, live in au pairs !
I've heard it all now !
I have a gardener too
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My ironing lady is "as much as you can fit in a bag for £30"kimbo said:eaststandmike said:
Lol, and we have not touched on gardeners and ironing ladies yet!AFKABartram said:Kin ell, live in au pairs !
I've heard it all now !
I have a gardener too
This morning I counted 37 shirts ironed for £30 and that, for me, is a bargain
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er.....Viewfinder said:Back in the 1960s it was considered trendy to use empty Mateus Rose bottles as candle-holders - the wax would dribble down the bottle and make fantastic shapes and patterns. One day the cleaning lady, who was not attuned to 60s style, scraped off all the years of carefully cultivated wax.
Quentin Crisp famously said that after four years of doing no housework, the dust doesn't get any thicker.0 -
Me too but keep it quiet :-)kimbo said:eaststandmike said:
Lol, and we have not touched on gardeners and ironing ladies yet!AFKABartram said:Kin ell, live in au pairs !
I've heard it all now !
I have a gardener too0 -
Remember, as a kid growing up in Beddington Green, St Pauls Cray, my parents having a garage/bedroom extension built. We went on holiday for 2 weeks whilst the knocking down and building of walls took place. Dad had a very large wine rack that held around 100 bottles, some very old and dusty (not sure what they tasted like). The builders cleaned and polished every bottle, much to Dads annoyance, as they felt it was their work that made them "dirty".Viewfinder said:Back in the 1960s it was considered trendy to use empty Mateus Rose bottles as candle-holders - the wax would dribble down the bottle and make fantastic shapes and patterns. One day the cleaning lady, who was not attuned to 60s style, scraped off all the years of carefully cultivated wax.
Quentin Crisp famously said that after four years of doing no housework, the dust doesn't get any thicker.
Funny how you remember silly little things as you get older.......
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My mates mother (RIP) used to clean for Marty Wilde....and was friends with Kim.
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My mum went to school with Marti Wilde - Kidbrook I think.Hastingsaddick said:My mates mother (RIP) used to clean for Marty Wilde....and was friends with Kim.
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They lived in Blackheath.Bedsaddick said:
My mum went to school with Marti Wilde - Kidbrook I think.Hastingsaddick said:My mates mother (RIP) used to clean for Marty Wilde....and was friends with Kim.
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My Mums friend babysat suggs0
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My mother in law's friend babysat Julian Lennon. She met and got all the beatles autographs and still has them just stuck in a drawer at her house.0
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Is Ellie still looking for work?Ormiston Addick said:We have domestic cleaners, they get A$70 for a two-hour job.
Very amused by the Au Pair comments above, we had a Live-In Au Pair a few years ago and the choice came down between an 18 year-old blonde stunner with ALL of the assets a man could desire - her name was actually Ellie Woods (same as Legally Blonde character played by Reece Witherspoon) and a spotty, straight-as-a-die student type with the sex appeal of Edwina Currie.
No need to tell you who my wife insisted get the job.
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My Father knew Lloyd George.
*One for the kiddies there.0 -
Boy George knew my father.Miserableoldgit said:My Father knew Lloyd George.
*One for the kiddies there.
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Get in the bloody queue!SE10Addick said:
Is Ellie still looking for work?Ormiston Addick said:We have domestic cleaners, they get A$70 for a two-hour job.
Very amused by the Au Pair comments above, we had a Live-In Au Pair a few years ago and the choice came down between an 18 year-old blonde stunner with ALL of the assets a man could desire - her name was actually Ellie Woods (same as Legally Blonde character played by Reece Witherspoon) and a spotty, straight-as-a-die student type with the sex appeal of Edwina Currie.
No need to tell you who my wife insisted get the job.0 -
I don't even own 37 shirts !!Swisdom said:
My ironing lady is "as much as you can fit in a bag for £30"kimbo said:eaststandmike said:
Lol, and we have not touched on gardeners and ironing ladies yet!AFKABartram said:Kin ell, live in au pairs !
I've heard it all now !
I have a gardener too
This morning I counted 37 shirts ironed for £30 and that, for me, is a bargain0
