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So as I've gotten further along, I'm less able to comfortably do things like scrub floor molding, get after cobwebs and do some of the heavier cleaning that we usually do on weekends. The house was starting to drive me nuts.
We bit the bullet yesterday and hired someone to come in and clean. It wasn't that costly and I'm amazed by the results. I'm thinking of having them come back periodically, but feel a little guilty that I'm spending some of our budget on this and not doing it myself.
How do you feel about having someone do this for you? Would you do it? Do you have a housecleaner? Do you have any tips on how best to prepare the house for them? (Yes, I was that freak that cleaned before they came!)
Mrs. DG - We have one! she comes every other week and it is awesome! It is a very helpful to us having a happy marriage :) We both work long hours and spending so much of our free time on that wasn't really working - plus I see the dirt before my husband does so either I ended up cleaning more or having to nag him to do it - neither of which I really liked.
We basically pick up our stuff before she comes so she can clean better. Honestly it makes me SO happy to come home to that clean house. When I cleaned it would only be one thing at a time and a whole clean home is AWESOME!!! and I feel better about the $$ because I know the impact it has on our lives is not a lot but it is hugely important to our houseclearner....
My sister has someone who comes every other week - they basically just do deep cleaning stuff, and I think it would be SO awesome! I will totally have someone someday...when I can afford it!
The woman we hired had to send her baby back to her home country to get health care, since she couldn't afford to get it here. A bunch of the docs at the hospital all got together to hire her, so the small amount she gets from each of us is going to enable her to bring her child back! Huge impact on her quality of life! (So I totally agree, Janna! :)
I don't have one, but my parents have had one for as long as I remember. They have a same group/staff of about 3 or 4 women come in every other week. They do vacuuming, mopping, dusting, etc. And, honestly, they (and I) love it! I told my fiance that if we ever have the budget for a house cleaner when we get a house, we're getting one.
I had one when I lived in a bigger city, and worked 60+ hours a week. I work 1/2 time now, so I can;t justify doing it right now, maybe in the future when we have kids I will get one again.
My mom has one and I want one LOL. I guess she didn't have one in the beginning and had to clean many many years before she was able to hire someone so I guess I will have to wait.
If the inlaws critique me on emore time I might ask them to pay for one! Ha! http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/personal-house-cleaning-habits
But really, I think its is totally fine to hire someone to help you out!
Yes! It makes my FI uncomfortable, but it's a must because otherwise it becomes a big contest of who can live with more filth before backing down and cleaning. The filth wins and we all suffer.
my mom always had a person cleaner our house, since my older sister was born so i've pretty much had someone my whole life until i moved out. i'm not working now, so it would be silly for us to have one, but growing up my mom had three kids and worked so it was nice for her, and she also made us clean before she came! she told us she wasn't there to clean up after us, she was there to clean the house.
we also have friends that have people to clean, and my fi's brother. his wife isn't the cleanest and doesn't like to clean so it's a sore spot in their marriage, having a cleaning lady helps with that. if it makes life easier, i say go for it!
YES - YES - YES - - - its worth every single saving sweat drop and penny!
We live in Seattle too and with two dogs, bamboo floors, and a 4 floor townhouse holy argue saving gods sent from heaven our cleaning ladies are! We have a team of 3 gals that come every other Tuesday and clean 4 floors + in the summer time they cut back the potted plants and flowers on our rooftop deck, heeheehee We have had them for about 2 years now and I don't ever regret it.
Before they come we do strip the beds and leave clean sheets for them to make our beds. Other than that they don't do any laundry. We put away odds and ends make sure our dirty laundry is off the floor of our closet, etc...
I am thrilled to learn you caved! You won't regret it 
We have one and I LOVE it. I felt so guilty at first, since we are both perfectly capable of scrubbing a toilet. But my fiance presented it to me as our time together has a price; an amount of money that we could put towards someone else doing our chores while we spend quality time together and save our sanity. Why spend our free time cleaning when we can afford to spend it enjoying ourselves? It's been worth every single penny.
I am guilty of tidying up the house before they come over, though :)
Bwah hah Entangled! I know how you feel!
And STL- it was your thread that inspired my post. I was wishing the cleaner had gone to your house yesterday so you wouldn't have to worry! I totally know how you feel :)
I want one SO BAD but the idea makes me kind of uncomfortable. Our place isn't that big and I'm always afraid that they'll judge us, thinking "They can't even clean a place this small themselves?" Hahaha!
But I would looooooooove it.
we got one a few months after the mr. moved in. i tell you, it has saved our relationship. we have *very* different styles when it comes to cleanliness and neatness. i told him that i have the time to clean and the we didn't need anyone, but he said that it wasn't about whether i could do it, but how i would feel about him. so wise! now that we have her, i couldn't imagine not having her, she's awesome. i never got my apt that clean on my own.
As far as preparing the house, I have certain things in mind that I have them do every visit, and others that are only once in a while. I prefer that they use our vacuum because it is way awesomer than the one they bring, and so I set it out for them. I also go around and pick up cat toys so they don't have to worry about sucking them into the vacuum accidentally.
The only thing I feel weird about is being home while they are cleaning. I don't want them to think I'm trying to supervise or something. We usually go out and grab coffee and breakfast while they're working to get out of their way.
I would love to have someone clean my house!! I'm really anal about cleanliness but since becoming pregnant... not so much. I just don't have the motivation to clean all the time.
We have a house keeper come once a week. She is amazing. I serously couldn't live without her.
FH and I work a lot and I just dont have the time to clean bathrooms.
I have told my husband REPEATEDLY that I want to hire a housecleaner. And it would be such an easy job! Just come and clean my bath tub once a week! That's it! I hate doing the tub, and my husband doesn't do it right. So my solution was to have someone come in to clean it! So far that hasn't happened, lol! Maybe one day....
@MrsDG - that post about you doctors all hiring her to bring her child back is so touching. The world needs more people like you
And dont feel guilty - hosecleaners are so worth every penny
I know a lot of people in NYC have housecleaners, it's totally common. But FI and I haven't been able to justify the cost as we are a good team when it comes to cleaning. I would like to try it before the next party we throw, as that will be one less thing I have to worry about.
My friend who lives alone in the city recently had shoulder surgery and I offered to come over and help her clean to which she look at me like I had two heads and said "I'm getting a housecleaner, duh!" So I guess I'm old fashioned here :)
We will get one when both of us have a job! We'll probably get by, but when both of us have a paycheck, I am 1000% willing to forgo a dinner out for a clean house
i would LOVE someone else to do the cleaning buuuut - im the type of personwho would clean before the cleaning lady got here... so whats the point?
So spaganya- that's what I did! And I was like, "Well this defeats the purpose..." And then when I came back, I realized they did 1,000 other things that never occurred to me and the house was sparklier than I could ever imagine. I'm still glad I cleaned for them, because I made it easier for them to deep clean! It's pure joy!
@DG - LOL hmm well in that case i might reconsider LOL
We used to have one when my sister and I were kids because my parents both worked. Probably around the time I was 7 or 8. I had a really bad experience with our maid so I personally wouldn't hire one but I probably will ask for some extra help around the house from FSIL when I'm pregnant and further along. :)
later on in life when we can comfortably afford it and our work/school/kids schedules are taking up too much time, we will definitely have a cleaning lady.
time is money, and i just won't have time for it!
We've talked about having someone come in on an as-needed sort of basis. Both of us are neatniks, so general chores get done pretty regularly, but we just don't have time to do all the deep cleaning as often as is probably wise. (Crud builds up fast in small spaces.)
As long as you pay a fair wage and are reasonable in your expectations, I don't think there's any reason to feel uncomfortable.
I am a housecleaner, haha. Part time, anyway. I can say that no matter how embarassed you feel about the condition of your house, the housecleaners have probably seen much, much worse and you have nothing to be ashamed of. :)
It's in my genetics to be obsessively tidy, so I probably wouldn't get one. It's theraputic (not to mention good exercise) to keep a house clean.
Oh my, Mrs. DG! What a wonderful thing you guys have done for her!
I voted that yes, we've considered it but have constraints. Right now, money just isn't there to hire someone. Plus, I'm only on my 2nd year of living away from home and with someone else so I'm using this time to really polish my domestic skills. Haha! BUT, if the money was there, we'd totally hire someone because not only would it save us our Sunday mornings, but it'd also contribute to the well being of someone who needs some extra cash, too. We'd structure it to where we do the bulk of the picking up (IE, no toys laying around, move the dirty laundry to one area, etc) and he/she would do deep cleaning like cobwebs, sweeping, vaccuuming, and disinfecting surfaces. OH, and I'm AWFUL at scrubbing the shower. We could certainly use some help in those areas, especially with a 16-month-old running around. I've grown really fond of the Lysol Anti-Bacterial cleanser these days...
Oh, and trust me, as incapable as you feel *right now*, wait until the nesting really hits you. You may very well find a way to get down on that floor and scrub the molding when it comes closer to baby's due date. I sure as heck struggled making my way around our two story house up until Madi was a month away from arriving...and boy did I ever scrub! LOL!
I only work part time right now, so I'm not able to justify getting one. It is also in our plans that I will be a SAHM, so it will be part of my job. BUT, if at any point both of us are working full time again, I'm really going to push for one! As it is now, we often slack off and I would love to have someone come in every other week to do some deep cleaning for us. :)
I would love to have one! Especially back when I was 8moz pregnant, stooped over, scrubbing the grout on my kitchen floor with a toothbrush. If we could justify the cost I would hire someone in a heartbeat.
I've considered it. I kinda threaten my FI with the idea of getting a cleaning person every time I feel like he's not helping out around the house, and he hates it. He is totally against the idea because he thinks it's something we can handle on our own. The problem is that I feel like it's handled mainly by me, not both of us.
I'm also a bit of a neat freak and particular about things, so I'm not sure I would like having one anyway. I'm thinking of maybe trying it out though - see how it goes.
Jason had a house cleaner before him and I started dating... So we just kept her when I started living here, although I do a "clean up" the day before she gets here.
Jason and I have such crazy schedules that when I have a day off we like to spend it together, not cleaning. But sometimes it's over a week before the cleaning lady will come and then the house starts getting really crazy, the dog sheds alot and the cat door lets leaves in... and well the dog LOVES to eat the leaves... so I need to sweep every few days and vacuum if she is any longer than 7 days from when she cleaned.
It's been a godsend. If I didn't work or only worked part time I would totally clean... But I only get two days off which I usually do laundry and dishes which takes quite a while (we have ALOT of laundry!) and the rest of it I try and spend with Jason.
@ dg-
I grew up with one, and I would love to know who you use in Seattle if you're happy with her. Please PM me!
We have a one year old now and I constantly clean all damn day every damn day. My mother as a gift hired one for me a couple of weeks ago and im telling you, its the best gift my mother ever got for me! They cleaned things I never knew could be cleaned! It just felt so good to know they did all the details in the apartment. My mother said she would hire for us once a month but no promises! I would never spend on it myself but if we had the money we would do it every other week!
I had one when I lived in a 5 story townhouse with 2 other ladies. We had been taking turns every other week cleaning, but with two cats and a dog in the house, it took a long time to clean the house (3-4 hours). So about once a month, most of a weekend day would be taken up by cleaning. I hired someone to do my cleanings because I was working full time and going to classes at night for my master's. It was brilliant and they cleaned better than I would have anyways. If we're in a situation where both the Lambster and I are working, I'm def. out sourcing it again!
FI & I both had cleaning ladies before we moved in together, so it was a given we'd "take one with us" when we moved (his). Right now we have her come every other week, but I'd like to have her come every week now. With the yucky wet weather forcing us to spend more time inside and the addition of a second dog, we make a much bigger mess than I expected. I'm not what you would call a tidy person, and there is no way I would ever be able to commit to cleaning even just my share of the apartment.
Our lady is very reasonbly priced and SO VERY WELL worth it!
It saved our relationship! We have a brother team that are just awesome! With my dust allergies it's just so nice to come home to sparkley house! And the smell... awww I love the clean smell :)
Totally worth it. Right now we are in talks about this laundry service that is like $5 a week and they clean/fold/press/hang up and deliver them to you...seriously I HATE laundry, because I have to iron things! (it's a compulsion)
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