Domestic Cleaning

[Marcus]

May need to get a cleaner in for my Grandfather, whats the going hourly rate in your area?

 

I have called one or two companies and there seems to be a large variation in price. What do you pay?

[agusta]

£45 for 3-4 hours which seems reasonable (includes the odd bit of ironing).

[silpig5]

it costs me a td5 disco , diesal each week , all the beers at weekends and an aniversary card each year !!

[alexr]

I use molly maid.. they are a bit pricey but very good. They only clean down stairs and the bathroom, the initial clean was £95 then it is £50 a time.

[jonevo]

Just get a polish woman

[pyr8]

as around locally if anyone can recomend anybody.companys are going to be expensive but if someone has a local lass they use and can trust you,ll save pounds.failing that buy the old boy a 17 year old tai girl.

[J@mes]

£50 a time.

 

Is she there 10 hours? :blink:

 

even as a young bloke I can whip through the housework in about 1hr30, and that is to the missus' standards in either her two bed house or my 3 bed.

 

Love to see the kind of job £50 buys, because I'd want to be able to eat off the floor around the bog and I'd need a "happy ending" before she left too!

[Supersonic]

I pay mine £8 an hour cash in hand. Put an ad in the newsagents or local rag.

 

Nige

[cocker3]

a got married probably the most expencive cleaners going :blink:

[Mrs Sweepy]

See if some young mum local too you will do it.

When my boys where little i was glad of my little cleaning jobs(every bit helps when you have little ones)

I use to get seven pounds a hour.

xxxxSuzy

[strongski]

Just get a polish woman :yp: :blink:

what do you meen by that iv married a polish woman they are a lot better than iv ever met in the uk its comments like that really get my goat

Edited May 18, 2010 by strongski

[cocker3]

what do you meen by that iv married a polish woman they are a lot better than iv ever met in the uk its comments like that really get my goat

yeh and in poland you can play spot the ugly bird there all stunning over there :blink: :yp:

[Cookiemonsterandmerlin.]

There two answers really cash in hand eg black money cleaners eg not paying tax etc rate 8 to 10 pound a hour round your part of wales.

 

Or the totally legal option that will be around £12.50 hour and the major diffrents is your not funding and aiding and abetting tax dodgers .

 

And the most inportant part IMO is they will be insured for damages caused if they knock anythink over in your grandad place.

 

The chosse is yours .

 

Kind regards OTH

[jasper3]

make sure you either know the person..or they come with good references...my auntie had a carer.... from SS 3 in the team 2 were fantastic one has now ..lets say taken an early leave..auntie was down £300 :blink:

[alexr]

Is she there 10 hours? :blink:

 

even as a young bloke I can whip through the housework in about 1hr30, and that is to the missus' standards in either her two bed house or my 3 bed.

 

Love to see the kind of job £50 buys, because I'd want to be able to eat off the floor around the bog and I'd need a "happy ending" before she left too!

I like the idea of a "Happy ending"....... . For that money you get two girls, fully insured, for 2 hours. They start with the cobwebs in the eves and work their way down. Last week we had a new girl who was filling in for one of the usual girls. After they had finished the wife noticed that they had not dusted the tops of the picture frames in the lounge. This week they apologised for not doing a proper job of it. Oh and yes.....I do believe you probably could eat your dinner off the floors.

[Kay]

See if some young mum local too you will do it.

When my boys where little i was glad of my little cleaning jobs(every bit helps when you have little ones)

I use to get seven pounds a hour.

xxxxSuzy

 

Same here Suzie i used to do 3 houses cash in hand when the kids were little go from one to another & be done by 1pm 3 times a week .. great it was

 

Cant get cash in hand jobs now they like to go through crb checks via an agency etc & i aint paying for one of them for 6 hours cleaning a week .. just not worth it

[Marcus]

Thanks for all the replies.

 

I'd rather use a 'proper' business rather than an individual person on a casual basis for a number of reasons. Firstly I would like to think that a business is more accountable, vetted and trustworthy staff etc someone doing a little extra work in addition to the main job I could live with, but I dont agree handing cash to those who are claiming benefits and working cash in hand (no offense intended - just my opinion)

 

Of the companies I have called, 2 were charging £20ph min 1 hr clean and the 3rd was £10ph. I was planning to go for whoever was priced in the middle, but it seems its £10ph or £20ph..will have to make some more calls and ask around to see if I can get a recommendation off someone.

Edited May 18, 2010 by Marcus

[apache]

We pay a lady in the village £7/hour

[docholiday]

I pay mine £8 an hour cash in hand. Put an ad in the newsagents or local rag.

 

Nige

 

 

same here

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[Dr W]

I was paying £8.50 per hour to a company (min 2 hours per week) in London, of course none of the girls could really speak English so were probably being paid a pittance.

 

Using a company also means you're covered for insurance (although you'd have to check).

 

£20 per hour is an f'in rip off

Edited May 19, 2010 by Dr W

[Marcus]

£20 per hour is an f'in rip off

 

Yes, £20ph was more than I was expecting

[Dr W]

If through a company then I guess they're paying the minimum wage to the cleaners say £7 - £8 so even paying ER's NI, their margin and insurance it should only be say £3 an hour on top!

 

I'd also want my balls polishing for £20 per hour

[Pepe]

It is expensive here. We have a young girl who runs her own company and pay £15 an hour, we had been paying £12 an hour before April, which is a heck of a pay rise. Then again, the wife is happy because she does not have to do all the cleaning which means I can do more shooting.