who has a cleaning lady my last one became pregnant and high risk, so since Dec. I have been saying I can do it myself. Well that is not working. Normally when looking for a new cleaning lady I get a referral from a friend, but everyone one wants about $100.00 and only spend about 4 hours cleaning and I have to take whatever free day they have. So I just tried something different, I put an add in Craig's list for $13.00 an hour and named my preferred days of the week. I used my cell phone number and let it go to voice mail. The phone has been ringing non stop, between the calls and emails I have gotten at least 20 replies. I put in the add that they must live in my town or the two adjacent towns. Some of the calls I ruled out right away, by comments they made or where they lived or if they were a guy, (sorry no cleaning men for me:p) I am home when they clean so I am not as worried about leaving someone in my home. I spoke to a girl that I feel comfortable with so I am giving her a try on Friday. I told her I will want to make a copy of her ID when she arrives and a male friend of mine will be here when she starts, hopefully it works out. A few of my friends think I am being cheap but it goes against my nature to pay $25.00 an hour for cleaning especially since it is "cash". I also noticed several cleaning companies advertising for workers citing "good pay" and they were offering $10.00 and hour and $12.00 after 6 months. If you have a cleaning person do you pay them by the hour or by the job and if by the job what do you think the hourly rate winds up being. |
I don't have a cleaner but wish I did. My sister works at a type of retirement condo and on the side she cleans some of the elderly people's apartments. She does once every other week and the day she does it is for 4 hours and she gets between $50-$60 a clean sometimes more if there is a lot of work to be done or extra work but usually they are not messy so it is normally around the $50-$60 for 4 hours. |
I was a cleaning lady and worked for a little company for almost 2 years (left a couple weeks ago when we moved). My boss charged somewhere around $90/hour. Most houses took us (teams of 2 or more) about 2 hours. It was less the more frequently we came, more for one time cleans and top to bottoms. The reason it was so much, is she paid us well, the work was guaranteed, we were fully trained, she supplied most of the supplies, and the company is fully bonded and insured. She was still making money but not as much as you'd think. |
I am the cleaning lady.....;) my daughter cleans cottages in the summer and the lady she works for pays her $25 an hour so she must charge a higher amount as I assume she makes some sorta cut. donna if you don't wanna clean ur gonna have to be willing to give out the going rate :eek: cause someone's gotta do the dirty work. :D ps good luck on Friday hope she's a keeper. |
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Hide the jewelry and cash!!....Murderers live on Craigs list! Why would someone advertise to clean houses on Craigs list, when theycould go to work at a legit company, and get paid more, and be insured and bonded? Murderer? Undocumented worker (which YOU can get in mucho trouble hiring cheap labor that is illegal)!!! Be afraid.....be very afraid........ I know I wouldnt clean house for less than $25.00/day!!! |
I am a house keeper. I was recently let go because the women I was cleaning for lost her own job and had to move four hours away, but I am looking for a new job. I am usually hired through the website "care.com". I'm sure if you posted an ad there you would get some good responses if the girl this friday doesn't work out. I get paid $7-10 an hour depending on the person that I am working for, how long I am working, and what I did while I was working (Generally it is $10 an hour). I never exceed $10 an hour, unless the people I'm working for are also leaving their children with me, and then it is an extra $2.50 an hour. |
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My brother has one and he pays her per room she does |
I live close to you. I'll clean your house if you clean mine. lol We used to have one. Forget how much she charged. I think it was more by the job (like $30 or $40 for x things to clean). I would be very afraid to trust anybody from CL. With care.com at least you can get a background check. But still...I'd be nervous. |
I can almost guarantee that if you applied for a full time cleaning position at a company that is lic, and bonded and you received a check where they took out and matched your SS taxes that you would never come close to earning $25.00 an hour. You can earn that if you freelance, cleaned differnt homes and charged by the job, but you will never get that working for someone else. Nurses and other skilled hourly people don't even get that per hour. Companies like Molly Maid may charge the homeowner that but their workers are lucky to see $12.00 to $14.00 an hour. |
I used to be a housekeeper and my rate was $25/hour. I busted my ass for that though, and did detailed, move the furniture-type cleaning, every single time. For that price I would also organize their closets, cabinets, garage, buying the baskets and boxes myself. . If you only pay $13/hour, you will get what you pay for. I have had cheap house cleaners myself, and the ones that didn't charge much, didn't DO much. My floors were still dirty, they never moved anything to clean under it, and I felt like I couldn't trust them either. Please be very careful, some of these people are casing houses. They come and clean once and then a week or two later, you get robbed:eek: |
Here in the Dallas area it's about $100/day for a small house or apartment and that is 4 hours only. Larger houses are about $13 - 15/hour, depending upon the house. |
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