Have you / would you have a cleaner?

murphydublin

I am over spending my day off cleaning washing and mopping. I find it all so tedious. I like the idea of a cleaner but not sure of the practicalities.

Do you or would you have a cleaner??

galljga1

murphydublin wrote: »

I am over spending my day off cleaning washing and mopping. I find it all so tedious. I like the idea of a cleaner but not sure of the practicalities.

Do you or would you have a cleaner??

Get one, you will not regret it. 12 euro an hour: cleaning, ironing, hoovering. They may not do it 100% the way you do but it gets done every week.

OldMrBrennan83

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The Backwards Man

Nope, never. Unless there's a very good reason that you can't (illness or incapacity), everyone should be able to clean their own gaff. A quick half hour every day is all it takes, your problem is you're letting it pile up.

Less time watching crap on telly and playing with your computer and more time sweeping and wiping, that's what you need.

rougegal

Definitely, well worth it.

kfallon

Lately I've been considering it, maybe get one in every two weeks for 3-4 hours to clean the bathroom, hall and living area (only live in an apartment and it doesn't get too dirty anyway)

Btw do they provide all their own cleaning products, yeah?

The Randy Riverbeast

If I could afford it I would. Would rather relax outside of work than have to clean.

Stheno

kfallon wrote: »

Lately I've been considering it, maybe get one in every two weeks for 3-4 hours to clean the bathroom, hall and living area (only live in an apartment and it doesn't get too dirty anyway)

Btw do they provide all their own cleaning products, yeah?

Depends, some do, some don't

The Backwards Man

kfallon wrote: »

Lately I've been considering it, maybe get one in every two weeks for 3-4 hours to clean the bathroom, hall and living area (only live in an apartment and it doesn't get too dirty anyway)

Btw do they provide all their own cleaning products, yeah?

Buy yer own fairy liquid ya bollocks!

endacl

Yep. Costs us €12 each a week. Frees up time. I earn multiples of what I pay the cleaner per hour. I don't have to spend the couple of hours cleaning. I spend it earning instead. Pay the cleaner from the earnings, and still keep most of it. Cleaner is happy to have the work. Don't have to clean. Just maintain. It's an economy of time, really. Nothing to do with the fact that I couldn't be arsed cleaning.

Win-win all round.

kfallon

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Buy yer own fairy liquid ya bollocks!

Say you have plenty of it in your balls...... :pac:

kfallon

endacl wrote: »

Yep. Costs us €12 each a week. Frees up time. I earn multiples of what I pay the cleaner per hour. I don't have to spend the couple of hours cleaning. I spend it earning instead. Pay the cleaner from the earnings, and still keep most of it. Cleaner is happy to have the work. Don't have to clean. Just maintain. It's an economy of time, really. Nothing to do with the fact that I couldn't be arsed cleaning.

Win-win all round.

€24 a week only? How many hours is that?

awec

Have one too, well worth it.

Nodin

murphydublin wrote: »

Do you or would you have a cleaner??

I'd shag anyone half decent, and sure isn't it a living anyway?

The Backwards Man

endacl wrote: »

Yep. Costs us €12 each a week. Frees up time. I earn multiples of what I pay the cleaner per hour. I don't have to spend the couple of hours cleaning. I spend it earning instead. Pay the cleaner from the earnings, and still keep most of it. Cleaner is happy to have the work. Don't have to clean. Just maintain. It's an economy of time, really. Nothing to do with the fact that I couldn't be arsed cleaning.

Win-win all round.

That's still €624 you're squandering every year. Doesn't matter how much you earn, if you spend the rest of it as foolish as that it's not so much of a win-win

murphydublin

I have two issues

The Trust one - having someone in your home when you are not there

If I am there while they work I would feel weird and lazy just sitting there.

I wonder would I be one of those who clean so the cleaner do not think we are pigs …

We both works. 2 teenagers and a little one. Endless training matches etc in evening time . I want to have a tidy home but when the day is finally done the last thing I do is clean

sunnysoutheast

We got a cleaner a few months ago, recommended by a neighbour. Lovely woman who does a great job every week. €40 for four hours.

Domestic arguments over cleaning reduced by approximately 75% as a result.

smash

The Backwards Man wrote: »

That's still €624 you're squandering every year. Doesn't matter how much you earn, if you spend the rest of it as foolish as that it's not so much of a win-win

It's the price of 2 pints a week. Hardly breaking the bank...

tuisginideach

Used to have one - I did lots of tidying up before she came so that she could do the cleaning v. the tidying!

She had worked for other family members so I had no worries re honesty etc.

I work from home so it was strange to be in my 'office' and have someone else cleaning the house around me but it was important to cut out anything bar the initial chat and to return to my work.

endacl

The Backwards Man wrote: »

That's still €624 you're squandering every year. Doesn't matter how much you earn, if you spend the rest of it as foolish as that it's not so much of a win-win

Not really. I see three clients during the time I'm out of the house to let the cleaner get on with it. My partner does the same (she charges more though. I may have to look into that...). Those are clients we can't fit in anywhere else in the week. Over €500 between us. Per week. A week and a little bit has us covered for the year, cleaner-wise.

The Backwards Man

smash wrote: »

It's the price of 2 pints a week. Hardly breaking the bank...

104 pints a year. Well over a keg. Wasted. Drink is cheaper up here too so it would be 156 pints. That's nearly two kegs.

But anyway, fools and their money, long may they both continue.

granturismo

sunnysoutheast wrote: »

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Domestic arguments over cleaning reduced by approximately 75% as a result.

This.

Canis Lupus

The Backwards Man wrote: »

That's still €624 you're squandering every year. Doesn't matter how much you earn, if you spend the rest of it as foolish as that it's not so much of a win-win

Squandering is all relative. By your 30 mins a day you're 'squandering' a week and a half per year cleaning whilst he gets to sit on his hole watching someone else do it for him....

kylith

murphydublin wrote: »

I have two issues

The Trust one - having someone in your home when you are not there

If I am there while they work I would feel weird and lazy just sitting there.

I was housesitting for a friend a few years back and I felt so weird sitting there while the cleaner was working. I found it extra odd because the lady of the house didn't work so every few days she'd just be hanging around the house while someone else did the cleaning.

Now, I'm sure the cleaner was glad of the work, but I couldn't conscience spending money on a cleaner if I was going to be home anyway. Like, pick up a hoover, throw some domestos down the jacks, put the laundry on; it's not hard!

super_furry

Yep, have a cleaner that comes once a month to blitz the heavy stuff. My fiancée and I both work long hours so its worth it just to avoid the rows over whose turn it is.

The 'squandering' thing is a simple equation for me. My free time is worth more to me than the cost of having a cleaner.

smurfjed

I have a full time live-in cleaner and dog minder, at least in my case it makes life so much easier as i have to travel frequently with short notice.

The Backwards Man

endacl wrote: »

Not really. I see three clients during the time I'm out of the house to let the cleaner get on with it. My partner does the same (she charges more though. I may have to look into that...). Those are clients we can't fit in anywhere else in the week. Over €500 between us. Per week. A week and a little bit has us covered for the year, cleaner-wise.

You see that as a good deal, I see that as a return flight to Vegas spent on something I'm well capable of doing myself.

endacl

The Backwards Man wrote: »

You see that as a good deal, I see that as a return flight to Vegas spent on something I'm well capable of doing myself.

But I could get that return flight every fortnight for a year from the surplus!

Canis Lupus

smurfjed wrote: »

I have a full time live-in cleaner and dog minder, at least in my case it makes life so much easier as i have to travel frequently with short notice.

Did you forget to log in on your Aongus account?

Corvo

Did you ever think the cleaner might be scrubbing the toilet with your toothbrush and putting it back?

endacl

kfallon wrote: »

€24 a week only? How many hours is that?

2.

We're not particularly messy.