I suffer from severe allergies that sometimes trigger asthma attacks, so I can't dust a lot... and at the same time can't be around dust. So it is a vicious cycle.
I had a live-in housekeeper/nanny when the kids where growing up. Now, she only comes twice a week, as my kids are grown now, my youngest is 14... Panama is still one of those places you can get house-help for less than $400 a month. She does the laundry and cleans thoroughly, and cooks when she comes. I cook the rest of the week or have take-out, and we pick-up after ourselves and do our own dishes and stuff. Each one has the responsibility of keeping their room orderly or risk not having nana clean it up next time she comes...
NotABlondeSpringwood, New South Wales Australia1,210 posts
That's for three people though per hour? So $50 each. How many hours does it take them every three weeks?
I used to have a cleaning company. If they were weekly cleans it would be $50 per house (average sized), two people would take an hour to do it. That would be for a surface clean. All rooms dusted, vacuumed, floors washed, bathroom cleaned, kitchen done.
Fortnightly would add an extra $10, En-suites an extra $5 and so on because there's more to clean up.
It's amazing how people take advantage. We'd find notes asking for cupboards, ovens, windows etc to be cleaned (inside and out, plus screens washed) to be done in the same time frame for the same money as well as the normal clean. That's like asking a solicitor to do your divorce, then throw in the property sale paperwork for free.
We were hired as cleaners, not picker uppers, not skivvies.
It's a very profitable business to be in but always get a contract listing what's to be included for the price. We were way too soft because I detest untidiness.
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