Have you ever hired a house cleaner? was it worth it?

I'm a lazy git, i'll admit. But I was wondering about this as I seen someone praising a local cleaner earlier on on Facebook.


I try my best (that's not true) to keep on top of the basics like hoovering and mopping. Place isn't actually filthy dirty, but it's not clean-clean either.

Just wondering what the real-world experience is of them? is it worth the money? A local cleaner is offering to 'deep clean' your house for €100. Reckons it'll take two of them 3 hours to do a normal house.


I'm tempted to try it, just to see if it's worth it, but it's a lot cheaper to ask about it on here.


Anyone ever done it?

anewme

100 is very cheap for this service. What does it cover.

anewme

anewme wrote: »

100 is very cheap for this service. What does it cover.

2 people for 3 hours each. That's literally all the detail I have. I presume that they're perhaps doing it as a cash in hand effort, if you're saying it's very cheap.

anewme

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2 people for 3 hours each. That's literally all the detail I have. I presume that they're perhaps doing it as a cash in hand effort, if you're saying it's very cheap.

So that's 50 each for 3 hours.

I priced one if those deep cleans before through a Company .. was 250 or 280 euros for five hours.

Scarinae

In one of my former flatshares we paid for a cleaner to come once a week for two hours. It worked really well because it was split between four of us and it saved us arguing about cleaning, so for us it was definitely worth the money.

Charlie19

I would have to give my house a good a scrub first before I'd be comfortable to let someone else into clean.

Fleetwoodmac

We've gotten this done before communions, christenings in house... 2-3 people for 3 hours and price roughly what you have been quoted. They were brilliant... all the things we (i) never think of.. skirting boards, lamp shades, ovens etc... well worth it. Good luck OP

feelthepower

It's just laziness if you don't clean your own place. Have a bit of self respect.

It doesn't take that long. Well if its the oven **** that :pac:

HeidiHeidi

I'd have thought a proper deep clean would cost more than that, tbh. Although I've never got one done.

I get a cleaner in every two weeks for 3 hours - best money I've ever spent! Life is just too short to be scrubbing bathrooms and kitchens and hoovering and dusting and ironing in dribs and drabs - she's much better at it than I am, and her coming forces me to tidy up so that she can actually see to clean the house, so the mess never gets completely out of hand.

Couldn't recommend it highly enough!

Larbre34

Same as. In my single days I shared a nice big gaff with 2 old mates and we indulged in 4 celtic tiger years of wine, women and song. We worked hard, had lots of money and adjourned to eat out or have a few beers most nights.

I was last to move in and being a bit fussy about a clean house myself I gave the place a deep clean when I moved in, but inevitably that meant I was left to clean up most of the time. Pretty quickly I said **** that, and got the lads to agree to get a cleaner between us. At the time it cost us all of 30 quid per week each for 6 hours spread over 2 days. A polish woman living locally and her grown up daughter took it on between them and the place was spotless. We kept our bedrooms locked for valuables and personal effetcs, so all we had to do was hoover them and change our own sheets every week or two.

I'm not kiddin, it was the best money I ever spent.

It's been included in my rent for years, and when it hasn't been, I've hired one. Really worth it.

worded

Just get married OP and the other person will do it.



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Graces7

I have BEEN a house cleaner and it was a revelation..

Now I do what I can when I can... would not like anyone in and out. But when you are working etc sounds a good idea.

Well worth it IMHO. You do need to check them properly, and follow up on their references. But usually worth the money spent.

wandererz

For ongoing cleaning check out Helpling.ie.

I use have someone come in for 2.5 hrs once a week.