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Anyone on here got a domestic cleaner?

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  • Mortimerician
    Mortimerician Posts: 5,222
    Swisdom said:

    It's got to that time that housework is becoming too much of a chore after work, kids, cooking etc etc and we are thinking of getting a domestic cleaner in our house

    Anyone here got one- if so

    How much are they charging you? £10ph
    How long do they do? 3hrs
    How frequently? once a week or every few days? Weekly
    What do you get them to do and what do they leave? Don't ask them to do ironing or anything. Occasionally ask for them to give the fridge a going over.
    Do you ever tip them? Get them vouchers at xmas and pay but tell them not to come when we're on holiday.
    Do you feel confident that they aren't rifling through your possessions? Yes.

    Also - if anyone is in the Maidstone / Medway area of Kent (specifically Snodland) then fee free to share any reputable companies

    thanks in advance

  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 58,119
    northstandsteve said:

    why dont you do the ironing smudge you lazy fecker

    I'm a modern man and do more than my fair share of the domestic (hoovered all the house before work this morning), but ironing I can't friggin stand.
  • JT
    JT Posts: 12,348
    Do people hoover the house before work in the morning?
  • kimbo
    kimbo Posts: 3,006
    How much are they charging you? £40
    How long do they do?3 hours
    How frequently? once a week or every few days every 2 weeks
    What do you get them to do and what do they leave? General hoovering polishing, cleaning wooden floors and bathroom et
    Do you ever tip them? No
    Do you feel confident that they aren't rifling through your possessions? Yes although she does move stuff around that drives me mad

    Conceptually feel uncomfortabl having a cleaner but money well spent as I have a better work/life balance and do not have to spend the weekend cleaning
  • Nicholas
    Nicholas Posts: 7,667
    For all the people who have cleaners, Would Ya?
  • maybe_baby
    maybe_baby Posts: 2,609
    I love house cleaning, but I've never been able to secure this type of work, mainly because people think a man can't clean a house. Once applied to an agency for ironing work "Sorry, women only"

    ps. It's not really a mans world.
  • man_at_milletts
    man_at_milletts Posts: 5,651
    I'll ask my Butler, he might know somebody.
  • charltonkeston
    charltonkeston Posts: 7,404
    maybe_baby said:

    people think a man can't clean a house.

    ps. It's not really a mans world.

    Don't ever do anything to make women think otherwise.

  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 34,260
    I think I must live in another world.

    I know my place isn't big (2 bed maisonette) but it only takes about 10-15 mins to hoover round and another 10-15 min to clean the sink/cooker top/bathroom. This is usually done once a week on a sat/or sun depending if we are home or away . Ironing usually done on (non attended) away games whilst watching Soccer Saturday on sky and takes no longer than 2 hours if you include duvets/sheets etc. (I know I live alone but.....)

    Only thing I don't really enjoy is dusting & cleaning out the cooker.........usually left too long & last place I rented it was only done when I left after a year (although I do occasionally dust around the TV and visble places like coffee tables/work tops etc)

    I wouldn't dream of paying someone £100 - £250 pm to do the above.
  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,263
    Well you wouldnt need to spend that when its just one person.

    When i had a small flat and lived alone I had a lady to come in 3 hours per month to give the flat a full top to bottom clean and a shed load of ironing. £30 quid per month well spent and a little luxury.


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  • PL54
    PL54 Posts: 10,757
    golfaddick said:

    I think I must live in another world.

    I know my place isn't big (2 bed maisonette) but it only takes about 10-15 mins to hoover round and another 10-15 min to clean the sink/cooker top/bathroom. This is usually done once a week on a sat/or sun depending if we are home or away . Ironing usually done on (non attended) away games whilst watching Soccer Saturday on sky and takes no longer than 2 hours if you include duvets/sheets etc. (I know I live alone but.....)

    Only thing I don't really enjoy is dusting & cleaning out the cooker.........usually left too long & last place I rented it was only done when I left after a year (although I do occasionally dust around the TV and visble places like coffee tables/work tops etc)

    I wouldn't dream of paying someone £100 - £250 pm to do the above.

    If it would only take me 20 to 30 minutes a week I wouldn't pay someone for 3 hours
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,262
    AFKABartram said:

    northstandsteve said:

    why dont you do the ironing smudge you lazy fecker

    I'm a modern man and do more than my fair share of the domestic (hoovered all the house before work this morning), but ironing I can't friggin stand.

    Hopefully you have thick walls, or your neighbours must be well chuffed to be woken up by you hoovering at 7am
  • man_at_milletts
    man_at_milletts Posts: 5,651
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:

    AFKABartram said:

    northstandsteve said:

    why dont you do the ironing smudge you lazy fecker

    I'm a modern man and do more than my fair share of the domestic (hoovered all the house before work this morning), but ironing I can't friggin stand.

    Hopefully you have thick walls, or your neighbours must be well chuffed to be woken up by you hoovering at 7am
    Who said he turns it on? :-)
  • Bournemouth Addick
    Bournemouth Addick Posts: 16,300
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:

    AFKABartram said:

    northstandsteve said:

    why dont you do the ironing smudge you lazy fecker

    I'm a modern man and do more than my fair share of the domestic (hoovered all the house before work this morning), but ironing I can't friggin stand.

    Hopefully you have thick walls, or your neighbours must be well chuffed to be woken up by you hoovering at 7am
    Ha, my neighbour in the flat downstairs regularly vacuums at 7:00-7:30am on a Saturday morning...and he doesn't even work so could do it anytime in the week he wanted. Twonk was using a 3lb club hammer to nail a picture hook in this weekend around the same time. We have had words...

    Back on track I'm more than happy to do a few hours of ironing at the weekend while watching the box but would happily pay someone to hang the stuff on the line if I could.

  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 58,119
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:

    AFKABartram said:

    northstandsteve said:

    why dont you do the ironing smudge you lazy fecker

    I'm a modern man and do more than my fair share of the domestic (hoovered all the house before work this morning), but ironing I can't friggin stand.

    Hopefully you have thick walls, or your neighbours must be well chuffed to be woken up by you hoovering at 7am
    Working from home so 8.45
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,733
    AFKABartram said:

    Chris_from_Sidcup said:

    AFKABartram said:

    northstandsteve said:

    why dont you do the ironing smudge you lazy fecker

    I'm a modern man and do more than my fair share of the domestic (hoovered all the house before work this morning), but ironing I can't friggin stand.

    Hopefully you have thick walls, or your neighbours must be well chuffed to be woken up by you hoovering at 7am
    Working from home so 8.45
    How many have you managed to crack off so far?
  • JT
    JT Posts: 12,348
    The joy of living alone - having no one to moan at you to clean up
    The negative of living alone - having to clean up
  • JohnBoyUK
    JohnBoyUK Posts: 9,113
    JT said:

    The joy of living alone - having no one to moan at you to clean up
    The negative of living alone - having to clean up

    This.

  • Huskaris
    Huskaris Posts: 9,896
    Buy a robotic vacuum cleaner. Simple.
  • JohnBoyUK
    JohnBoyUK Posts: 9,113
    Huskaris said:

    Buy a robotic vacuum cleaner. Simple.

    Ha, I've actually been looking at the i-robots quite recently. They look great. The reviews of them are quite mixed though.


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  • man_at_milletts
    man_at_milletts Posts: 5,651
    edited November 2013
    I have considered this in the past, but I think it would be unfair on Mrs M-a-M and would have an adverse effect on her improvement plan.
  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,944
    JohnBoyUK said:

    Huskaris said:

    Buy a robotic vacuum cleaner. Simple.

    Ha, I've actually been looking at the i-robots quite recently. They look great. The reviews of them are quite mixed though.

    fembot

    image
  • JohnBoyUK
    JohnBoyUK Posts: 9,113
    Oh if only. Good god. I'd never go out again.
  • razil
    razil Posts: 15,041
    I guess if you earn enough why not have a cleaner, you might end up living longer

    similarly a child minder if it makes economic sense - that you can earn enough, including voucher tax incentive of about 90 a month.

    If you have the room for similar money an au pair for older kids at school, then your kids are in your house rather than someone else's. We went that route recently and it works reasonably well. It's about 200 quid for childcare full time, would be less now ours it at school. Au pair gets 100 quid a week plus bed and board, plus he gets one on one and gets taken to football and swimming clubs two nights a week, that he wouldn't get otherwise.

  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,733
    razil said:

    I guess if you earn enough why not have a cleaner, you might end up living longer

    similarly a child minder if it makes economic sense - that you can earn enough, including voucher tax incentive of about 90 a month.

    If you have the room for similar money an au pair for older kids at school, then your kids are in your house rather than someone else's. We went that route recently and it works reasonably well. It's about 200 quid for childcare full time, would be less now ours it at school. Au pair gets 100 quid a week plus bed and board, plus he gets one on one and gets taken to football and swimming clubs two nights a week, that he wouldn't get otherwise.

    Do you get "one on one" with her included in that?
  • razil
    razil Posts: 15,041
    Lol, shes blonde 20 french, but its more like having another older daughter - she drinks all the effing milk!!
  • razil
    razil Posts: 15,041
    No euphemism intended
  • Swisdom
    Swisdom Posts: 14,979
    golfaddick said:

    I think I must live in another world.

    I know my place isn't big (2 bed maisonette) but it only takes about 10-15 mins to hoover round and another 10-15 min to clean the sink/cooker top/bathroom. This is usually done once a week on a sat/or sun depending if we are home or away . Ironing usually done on (non attended) away games whilst watching Soccer Saturday on sky and takes no longer than 2 hours if you include duvets/sheets etc. (I know I live alone but.....)

    Only thing I don't really enjoy is dusting & cleaning out the cooker.........usually left too long & last place I rented it was only done when I left after a year (although I do occasionally dust around the TV and visble places like coffee tables/work tops etc)

    I wouldn't dream of paying someone £100 - £250 pm to do the above.


    I've decided it's a necessary evil. Wifey and I both work 45ish hours a week, have 2 kids (5 and 1) who just create mess and a 5 bedroomed house. Fed up with spending the weekends tidying when I want to spend what little down-time I get with my family doing fun stuff.

  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 58,119
    Kin ell, live in au pairs !

    I've heard it all now !
  • Swisdom
    Swisdom Posts: 14,979
    Wife said no to an au-pair unless she was fat and ugly

    So no point in an au pair then

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