But seriously now....
Good service does the super detailed vacuuming of not only floors, but window blinds, sills and even putting the hose gimmick on your furniture if you have pet hair.
And of course they do spotless makeover of your bathroom areas.
Suggest you get them to estimate the time as well as price and feel good if it's no more than $25 per hour. So even if it was four to five hours, then $125 every six weeks or so would be pretty cool.
Now that you mention it, I seriously think the SheBar and I are going to do something similar as we've kinda been cavepeople for past few months and now need someone to come in and do the solid four to six hour mashing
Good service does the super detailed vacuuming of not only floors, but window blinds, sills and even putting the hose gimmick on your furniture if you have pet hair.
And of course they do spotless makeover of your bathroom areas.
Suggest you get them to estimate the time as well as price and feel good if it's no more than $25 per hour. So even if it was four to five hours, then $125 every six weeks or so would be pretty cool.
Now that you mention it, I seriously think the SheBar and I are going to do something similar as we've kinda been cavepeople for past few months and now need someone to come in and do the solid four to six hour mashing
It will depend on How big your House/Condo/Apt is.
Also, if you want them to do your Laundry ? or something Special around the house.
I have had a cleaning service for 12 years now, and have gone through about 3 different ones.
The first one was a group ( 5 girls ) that would come in and Clean everything. Each one would take a room to clean, it would cost about $15 per hour and they would spend about 3.5 hours.
The 2nd one would had was a Great Girl who did this all by herself.
She would do it all in 3 hours and it would cost us $50.
She was by far the Best, but had to go back to Poland. Big Lost for us.
Because she is the one that got us our Current Girl. Who at first wasn't too bad. At this time, gas prices were crazy and I felt bad. So I told her I would give her $60 for the 3 hours.
She did what she was told, but the only problem was. That you had to tell her each time ( every two weeks ) if you wanted the Oven to be cleaned !
Anyway, two weeks ago when I was getting FiOs put in. The guy was looking for the nearest phone jack. Thought maybe there was one behind the Couch. So I moved the couch away from the wall, and saw all these Cat Toys and Dust about 3 " thick !! I was Pissed !
Also noticed that for a year or two, any ashtrays around the house. Would be cleaned a left on top of the Kicken counter. In the past 4 months, they are now just put in the Dishwasher.
Also found out that she leaves within 2 Hours, and Not the 3 hours I pay for.
So, She will be gone by next week. Working on another Cleaning service that will start in two weeks.
The Bottom line is, you hire a Cleaning service to Clean. They will come and look around. Most likely tell you that they will need to see how long it takes them to Clean the house. ( should be 3 hours ) Again depends on the size...Avg. rate here in NY $20 hour
Could be as high as $25 an Hour
Also, if you want them to do your Laundry ? or something Special around the house.
I have had a cleaning service for 12 years now, and have gone through about 3 different ones.
The first one was a group ( 5 girls ) that would come in and Clean everything. Each one would take a room to clean, it would cost about $15 per hour and they would spend about 3.5 hours.
The 2nd one would had was a Great Girl who did this all by herself.
She would do it all in 3 hours and it would cost us $50.
She was by far the Best, but had to go back to Poland. Big Lost for us.
Because she is the one that got us our Current Girl. Who at first wasn't too bad. At this time, gas prices were crazy and I felt bad. So I told her I would give her $60 for the 3 hours.
She did what she was told, but the only problem was. That you had to tell her each time ( every two weeks ) if you wanted the Oven to be cleaned !
Anyway, two weeks ago when I was getting FiOs put in. The guy was looking for the nearest phone jack. Thought maybe there was one behind the Couch. So I moved the couch away from the wall, and saw all these Cat Toys and Dust about 3 " thick !! I was Pissed !
Also noticed that for a year or two, any ashtrays around the house. Would be cleaned a left on top of the Kicken counter. In the past 4 months, they are now just put in the Dishwasher.
Also found out that she leaves within 2 Hours, and Not the 3 hours I pay for.
So, She will be gone by next week. Working on another Cleaning service that will start in two weeks.
The Bottom line is, you hire a Cleaning service to Clean. They will come and look around. Most likely tell you that they will need to see how long it takes them to Clean the house. ( should be 3 hours ) Again depends on the size...Avg. rate here in NY $20 hour
Could be as high as $25 an Hour
hno:I moved into a new home and get a good deal on a lease with a ton of square footage. All in all it is 6 bedrooms, den, living room, family room, dining room and 3 bathrooms. Too much place for me to even think about general cleaning. I don't want to spend my weekends doing house chores. I figure once a month or every six weeks would be an ideal cleaning schedule.
I wouldn't mind having Jerry Seinfeld's housekeeper service my place.
I wouldn't mind having Jerry Seinfeld's housekeeper service my place.
Around here you can get someone to do it from anywhere between ~$10 and ~$50 per hour. Big differences though in terms of professionalism. Things I thought about when looking: having someone who's insured, has an office admin/secretary who's always around to answer the phone (just in case), uses high-quality equipment (miele vacuum anyone?) and chemicals that aren't going to f with my environment (pets, kids, air, whatever), having the same person clean every time, i'd rather a company /w uniforms, a company that will put in writing *exactly* what they're going to do (so you can go through it like a checklist).
Ive used this company they seem to be quite reliable,,,
tater@)
http://www.topix.com/forum/city/eastpointe-mi/TRSUTKASVQ36K4HRF
tater@)
http://www.topix.com/forum/city/eastpointe-mi/TRSUTKASVQ36K4HRF
Where are you guys finding your people? I have had a service for about 8 years now and never paid less than $95 every two weeks. AND I only have a two bedroom two bath townhome.
Usually most services will want to do an initial "deep clean" which takes two one or two visits and costs more than the regular clean.
Usually there are 2 girls here for 2-3 hours. .and like I said I am paying $95 per visit and that is CHEAP for Denver area.
Also, you might have a problem finding someone to do once per month or once every 6-8 weeks. All the places I called were either weekly or bi weekly options.
In any case, still best money I spend. Nothing better than coming home from work and having the toilet paper and kleenex folded in cool shapes and the vacuum lines in the carpet. Plus the clean house smell!
Usually most services will want to do an initial "deep clean" which takes two one or two visits and costs more than the regular clean.
Usually there are 2 girls here for 2-3 hours. .and like I said I am paying $95 per visit and that is CHEAP for Denver area.
Also, you might have a problem finding someone to do once per month or once every 6-8 weeks. All the places I called were either weekly or bi weekly options.
In any case, still best money I spend. Nothing better than coming home from work and having the toilet paper and kleenex folded in cool shapes and the vacuum lines in the carpet. Plus the clean house smell!
If you need to hire 'help' to care for your house then maybe you need a smaller house. Lazy octomoms employing immigrants for lawn and house care are the same loud mouthed patriots who scream about weak immigrant laws. This year's illegal eight dollar house cleaning labor will require family health, school, police, and fire protection next year - to be paid for by your tax-paying neighbors who are already choked with overcrowded roads. Thanks for your impressive unfunded opulence.
