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: »

...
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.

Carlos Orange

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

I don't have a cleaner , would feel a bit weird to me but money is just for spending.

galljga1

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.

Yeah, I have to agree. 4 hours cleaning costs 50 euro. 4 hours pay for me is a hell of a lot more. Simple economics.

irishgrover

The Backwards Man wrote: »

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.

Very simplistic and not very accurate analysis, but each to their own... The tone of your posts would indicate a strong character and ability to stick to your opinions, regardless of reality

murphydublin

Those of you who do - was you cleaner recommended by neighbour or friend. Has anyone used online sites to find a cleaner in their area?

The Backwards Man

endacl wrote: »

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

What surplus? Do the housework on a Sunday morning or whatever and that monkey is just part of your weekly income, which it already is anyway but you've convinced yourself you wouldn't have it without the cleaner.

You know what they say, addicts can always justify their habits.

smurfjed

Did you forget to log in on your Aongus account?

Sorry, don't get it!

dubstarr

I would love one as me and housework dont mix:D,But im at home so cant justify it.But i might get one to do a good deep clean.Make it easier to keep it then.

sunnysoutheast

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.

I'm trying to resist the temptation to ask what you do for work......

eviltwin

I wouldn't, I'm a bit weird around the having strangers in my house thing and I'd feel uncomfortable with the notion of paying someone to clean up after me. It's far from that I raised. We manage doing it ourselves, doesn't take long. I have kids too and I think having a cleaner would be the wrong message.

endacl

The Backwards Man wrote: »

What surplus? Do the housework on a Sunday morning or whatever and that monkey is just part of your weekly income, which it already is anyway but you've convinced yourself you wouldn't have it without the cleaner.

You know what they say, addicts can always justify their habits.

Feck that. I'm out having fun at the weekend. Doing stuff that isn't cleaning. I work hard enough and long enough hours during the week. 9-9 most days, with an hour or two off here and there. Down time is down time.

humberklog

It's brilliant having one. 2 hours a week @€;24. Mine just does just cleaning, no ironing or laundry. Just the floors, general dusting and polishing and kitchen and bathroom cleaning.

Sure, fools and their money being easily parted is one way of looking at it. But i prefer to have time for other things on my days off, a lack of niggling arguments in my relationship and a consistently clean abode to dwell.

If you can then treat yourself.

The Backwards Man

The Backwards Man wrote: »

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.

I don't watch much telly, I don't play computer games. I am busy. I work hard, I train hard, I have family commitments which are more important to me than taking time from them to sweep and wipe. My life is non stop but man do I have a great life. I pay a cleaner to come to my house and it's the best money I could possibly spend to have that extra time for other things. I LOVE a squeaky clean house and I don't let things pile up for the cleaner, but she does bigger more general things which gives me more time to spend doing things that are more important to me.

endacl

sunnysoutheast wrote: »

I'm trying to resist the temptation to ask what you do for work......

smash

sunnysoutheast wrote: »

I'm trying to resist the temptation to ask what you do for work......

Sounds like himself and the misses are GP's. Or dentists

endacl

smash wrote: »

Sounds like himself and the misses are GP's. Or dentists

Neither.

I do some teaching too. But only 'cause I like it.

murphydublin

humberklog wrote: »

It's brilliant having one. 2 hours a week @€;24. Mine just does just cleaning, no ironing or laundry. Just the floors, general dusting and polishing and kitchen and bathroom cleaning.

Sure, fools and their money being easily parted is one way of looking at it. But i prefer to have time for other things on my days off, a lack of niggling arguments in my relationship and a consistently clean abode to dwell.

If you can then treat yourself.

Do you mind me asking where you found her?

Tar.Aldarion

No but I have considered it. Free time > money. I have ended up not doing near as much as i should have. Plus they would do a better and faster job than me.
Plenty of people I know have a cleaner every week.

The Backwards Man

endacl wrote: »

Feck that. I'm out having fun at the weekend. Doing stuff that isn't cleaning. I work hard enough and long enough hours during the week. 9-9 most days, with an hour or two off here and there. Down time is down time.

Can you honestly say that whatever you do at the weekend is more fulfilling and self satisfying than shining the windows, polishing the brass, or dusting the ornaments?

Come on now Enda, be honest, but not just with me, be honest with yourself

sunnysoutheast

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Can you honestly say that whatever you do at the weekend is more fulfilling and self satisfying than shining the windows, polishing the brass, or dusting the ornaments?

Come on now Enda, be honest, but not just with me, be honest with yourself

You do your own windows? Another job best left to the pros!

fleet_admiral

Had one up til about a year and a half ago. She got lazy so we got rid of her