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Do you have a house keeper?

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That's on my list of things to do this month.

All of my neighbors use the same housekeeper.... she charges $100 for the 1st "big clean" on her 1t visit, then $60 a week after that.

I'll have to find the checklist she uses, I have it around here somewhere. I remember thinking "you supposed to dust the door moulding??"!!
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Yep. Me. :)



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edited to add: just b/c you have a house cleaner does not mean you can leave that Dominos box on the floor - pick up after yourself! :P:ph34r:

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. . . and if so - how much do you pay and what are the duties?



I don't have a maid but I know I looked into it a while back and for a 2bd 2bath it was 50-80 a wk based on if they did all the laundry or just a few loads.
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Not 'hospital' clean...but better than Early American Bomb Shelter ~ like how I do it. ;)



Sounds like mine!

In Seattle I was paying $75 for every two weeks cleaning for a 2 BR 1 1/2 BA townhouse, about 1,050 square feet.

I haven't set up cleaning here yet as I can't fit it into the budget right now, but my apartment manager (who has the same size apt as mine) says it'll be about $60 for the person he uses. That's for a 2BR 2BA apartment around 1,400 square feet.

My mom, in small town Virginia, pays $40 or $45 for a 2,500 square foot house (3BR, 3BA, plus finished basement).

How's that for some price points?:D
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Yep. Me. :)



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edited to add: just b/c you have a house cleaner does not mean you can leave that Dominos box on the floor - pick up after yourself! :P:ph34r:

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:D True.

I could never have a housekeeper/cleaner. They don't put my stuff back on the shelves right after dusting. :P And don't touch my cows. :D
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Yep. Me. :)



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edited to add: just b/c you have a house cleaner does not mean you can leave that Dominos box on the floor - pick up after yourself! :P:ph34r:

g


:D True.

I could never have a housekeeper/cleaner. They don't put my stuff back on the shelves right after dusting. :P And don't touch my cows. :D

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Yup

She comes in once a week for 4 hours.. and cleans the place with varying duties added on in a 3 week cycle for rooms not used as much.

Does the flooors.. windows.. kitchen bathrooms bedrooms and loads the bedding into the washer as well as putting away the clothing I put in the night before.

Also does a once around the yard with the pooper scooper and does the cat boxes.

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Yep. Me. :)



+ 1

edited to add: just b/c you have a house cleaner does not mean you can leave that Dominos box on the floor - pick up after yourself! :P:ph34r:

g


:D True.

I could never have a housekeeper/cleaner. They don't put my stuff back on the shelves right after dusting. :P And don't touch my cows. :D

Can you say OCD?


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I've never had a housekeeper. The kids have always had chores, but I usually end up "fixing" their cleaning jobs after they're done anyway. I've been told my standards are too high, but clean is clean. If there's still dirt or dust, it's not clean!
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One person and no pets so it doesn't get all that dirty.

I do have a service I use once or twice a year, when it gets bad, or if I have company coming.
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Not to sound condescending/critical, but I'm REALLY surprised at the number of people with housekeepers. :|

Maybe I'm cheap or maybe I don't make enough money... but I just don't see how that's necessary... unless you have multiple youngish children.



Definitely not a necessity, in our case it was a convenience & luxury...

3 kids, 3 large dogs, 5000 sqft house in the woods (lotta dirt tracked in)...couple of parents with jobs that just make it a choice of time spent cleaning or doing fun stuff with the kids.

Don't have a 'house keeper' these days as we're down a dog and a couple kids...place is cleaner on it's own. ;)










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Maybe I'm cheap



How YOU doin'? ;)

Sorry, had to, it's the law. :)


Yeah, yeah. :P I'm a big saver. I think think it benefits me to NOT have a housekeeper - keeps me sane. However, I might pay someone to JUST clean my shower. I HATE cleaning the shower.

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Yep, $75 for 3 hours, every other week. Basically all the stuff we don't want to do, clean showers, toilets, dust, clean baseboards, vacuum(*), clean kitchen appliances, etc.

Edit to add room counts - since everyone else listed it ;): 2Br, 2Ba, Den, Living, Dining .. 1700'ish SQ FT

Tried to convince wife to go with Possibly NSFW, as I work from home full time, but no go


(*) vacuuming everything that the every-other-day runs of the Roomba don't get; we have an older dog who sheds ... ALOT

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Yep, $75 for 3 hours, every other week. Basically all the stuff we don't want to do, clean showers, toilets, dust, clean baseboards, vacuum(*), clean kitchen appliances, etc.

Edit to add room counts - since everyone else listed it ;): 2Br, 2Ba, Den, Living, Dining .. 1700'ish SQ FT

Tried to convince wife to go with Possibly NSFW, as I work from home full time, but no go


(*) vacuuming everything that the every-other-day runs of the Roomba don't get; we have an older dog who sheds ... ALOT



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