SPINOFF of the Domestic Disaster poll!!
As I read that poll I reminded myself how lucky I am to have a cleaning lady that comes every other week to pick up my domestic slack!
Do you have a cleaning lady/person?
If yes, how often does she/he come and what does she/he do?
I don't because I am a stay at home mom. If I worked, I might have someone come in once a week to do the bathroom and kitchen floors and chores like that.
We have two cleaners that come every Tuesday. When they come they clean all three bathrooms, the mirrors and inside of the windows and vacuum/mop the place We also have someone to do all the ironing every Wednesday. It's surprising how much household work there is still to do even with all their help. I would hate to be without them!
I told FI that when we're in a bigger house and a better position financially, I'd like to have someone come in once a month to do a deep cleaning because I HATE doing that.
Growing up we had one. My mother worked full time, and my brother has cerebral palsy. Basically any free time she had (she had a flexible job) she would be taking him to therapies etc. Having a cleaner saved her sanity.
I was one in college, but I was friends with the people I worked for (one before starting, another after working for her). If I ever had one, I would want similar.
I don't now, but once baby arrives I will probably look into it as I might have difficulty stay on top of things.
when we were growing up my mum used to hire one to come in three times a week, she did ironing and cleaning. it is god to have one if you have a big house and can afford financially, it really helps a lot
@Petite_Fraise: I am southern so I was raised to take pride in my domestic skills. I'd feel horrible if i had a made. Like I was lazy.
Oh dear God, yes. She is here twice a week and she does everything. Then she looks around for extra stuff to do
She adores my dogs (3 German Shepherds) & is the sweetest person. We had her and her bf at our wedding.
My house isn't especially small, 2100 sf, but this gem only charges me $85. She likes coming here, she's family to us.
@farawayviolet: In your moms case with a special needs child I'd understand needing help
We never had one, but it is our agreement that we will once the house is paid off, so in about 1.5 years...
We hired two ladies for a big cleanup before our son was born last year and now that I'm home with the baby, I do the main things (grocery shopping, cooking, laundry, dishes, vacuum, bathroom cleaning), but I know that more could be done and I don't have time for it as I'm spending time with the baby, taking him to classes and playgroups and stuff.
So even if I end up staying home with the kids for a few years, we'll still have hired help once the mortgage is paid off, freeing my time to actually raise the kids!
We have someone who comes once a month. We have a 1000 sq ft apartment now, but when we buy a larger house next year, we'll increase the frequency.
Yes, she comes once a week, she has been with us since I was about 12 I think if not even younger so she is practically family. Before her we had another one who babysat my sister and I and used to play with us and read to us, so she was like family too :)
@subtlebee: Ah well I guess it's a difference in perspective. My "domestic skills" are certainly not what define me... I take pride in my home which is why I hire someone to help out because I know I cannot do it all. I don't think it's lazy to have different priorities!
no, i was raised to do things on your own and we never hired someone to do a job we were physically able to do ourselves (including landscaping, fixing things, ect.) my mom was a stay-at-home mom but she was actually cleaned homes once my brother and i went to school, so needless to say our house was always spotless. now i am a neat and clean freak just like my her and probably wouldn't trust someone else to clean it the way i wanted anyway!
@Petite_Fraise: I pride myself on my domestic skills, my social skills, my intelligence. All of it. I do think it's lazy for me to not take care of my own home. I can handle my love life, social life, getting a phd all because I work hard.
Do I fault people who would rather other people do thier work for them? The people who don't work as hard as I do? No, but if they ask I will let them know I think they could easily do more and still have a great quality of life.[content moderated for snark]
I do--she comes every other week, but I am thinking of extending it to once every three weeks because I spot-clean between her visits. It's great for deep cleaning though! I don't even own a vaccuum or mop...
Just hired someone to do a deep clean, if that works out I think I'll have her come in once a month. We're gone from at least 7-7 on weekdays so it just feels impossible to keep up.
I don't, but down the road when my FI and I are in a better place financially I would really like to have one. Our house gets so dusty, and the floors are constantly marked up by my kittens walking around, so I could literally vacuum, dust and scrub the floors every day if I wanted to.
My FI and I share the cleaning chores, and it ends up taking so much of our weekends just to do the basics. I don't have a problem with doing the cleaning itself, it's more the time it takes away from other things we want to do with our time off.
We have a couple, they come every other week. I would give up chocolate before I'd give them up
So for the ladies who have someone who cleans for them, do you ever clean any parts of your own house? Like if you make dinner - do you clean up? If something spills on the counter, do you just leave it?
I wouldn't be able to stand leaving things dirty until someone comes to clean up! I vacuum about once a week, clean bathrooms 1-2 times a week, and clean the kitchen every night. I hate seeing things visibly dirty.
Considering how much we argue over cleaning, if we could afford it, I would hire a cleaning lady to come even once a month to help out a little bit!
Ours comes once a week and while we could probably get away with having her twice a month, her rates are really affordable and she works really hard so I'd rather pay her more to do more than save a few dollars and cut back.
We tidy after ourselves on a regular basis; if we spill something in the kitchen, we clean it up and don't let it crust over for 5 days. She's our maid, not our slave. She vacuums, washes the hardwood floors, changes the bed linens, and does a deep cleaning on the kitchen and bathroom. She also has a rotating list of tasks that get done once a month or so: pull all the stuff out of the fridge and wash the shelves, wash the windows, deep cleaning the laundry room and machines, etc.
Haha, yes of course I clean up around my own house if something spills or there's a cooking mess. I don't scrub the stovetop or mirrors or around the sink, but we don't just live in the middle of a huge mess, either. :)
@subtlebee: I don't know why you are responding with such judgement and hostility. I am simply stating that we are different. I don't think I'm better than you or that you are better than me. You stated that you were brought up that way (valuing your domestic skills) and I'm simply pointing out that I didn't grow up with that particular set of skills as a priority. I don't appreciate the implication you are making that people who choose to hire someone to do something are lazy, rather it's something that I grew up with/am used to. You are entitled to your opinion of course, I just don't know why you are being so confrontational about it.
@hisprettygirl: We do all our "regular" cleaning ourselves (laundry, dishes, vacuum, dusting). Our cleaning lady just comes once every two weeks to do the "deep cleaning". She's been with DH's family since DH was a newborn, so she's literally part of the family!
Yes, and my cleaning person looks EXACTLY like I do -- except that she's usually not wearing make up and doesn't have her hair straightened. 
I don't and I wouldn't. Anyone ever watch Friends? I'm similar to Monica, and I don't like people cleaning what I'm cleaning. I clean a certain way and I like it that way. Sometimes it even drives me crazy when FI cleans but I've gotten over that.
I used to clean everything with bleach, just seems like the house smells cleaner with bleach but FI gets headaches and his eyes water when I do so I've found alternatives but I'm picky about the way my home is cleaned.
If I could, I would. I also am crazy and want to be home when they are there cleaning. Trust issues I guess
I don't but we probably should lol. We could afford it but I have two dogs and the idea of some stranger in the house with them just weirds me out.
@PrincessBride2014: this was a big part of why/how we got our cleaning ladies. I have a more demanding job that includes a fair amount of travel so I only really had weekends to clean but after being gone all week tje last thing o want to do on saturday is spend 4hrs washing floors, scrubbing dhowers, vacuuming stairs etc since my FH wasn't intetested i. doing those jobs either (he does handle dish washing and garbage, i do shopping, putting away laundry and cooking....we dont have a washer so our lau.dry gets dropped off to be done as well)
i value my time more than anything and i lovebeing able to spend my weekend going to brunch w friends, cuddling on the couch,going to the gym together etc instead of fighting about who should wash the kitchen floor
its the best $100 i spend every 2 weeks (coincidentally they ate at my.house cleaning right now and when i finally get home at like 8pm tonight i will be very happy to climb into my nice clean sheets in my spotless room)
I take pride in doing things myself. I can and DO do things myself. I also appreciate my right to choose to outsource work, the same way that at work I will outsource work from an independent specialized firm if they are more qualified for the job. I can see that we won't agree on this point so let's "agree to disagree", shall we?
We used to have a cleaning lady who came once a week, but we moved recently and now its just me cleaning. I feel like all I do is clean sometimes, our house is quite big.
When we did have a cleaning lady, I still cleaned during the week, and I would of course tidy up after myself. Just because you get some help doesn't mean that you are lazy, and expect that other people clean up after you.
Someone mentioned in PP give that money you pay someone to clean to charity. Me and my FI give money to charity, and the way I look at it is, we also give someone a job.
No, I prefer to do it myself weirdly! I'm kind of traditional and don't like the thought of someone else cleaning my place.
@subtlebee: "Do I fault people who would rather other people do thier work for them? The people who don't work as hard as I do? No, but if they ask I will let them know I think they could easily do more and still have a great quality of life."
Wow, hello, Judgmental! Just because someone makes different choices about whether they have a cleaning person than you do doesn't mean they "don't work as hard" as you do. That's quite a leap.
@eva_b: My thoughts exactly. It's not like your "wasting" the money, you are employing someone that depends on their job for income. We also give 10% of our income to charity.
I will definitely have a maid to come and deep clean twice a month once my FH and I have kids - especially if I am still working full-time!!! It would be impossible for me to work three full time jobs - work, kids, and house! I'll definitely pawn the house work off onto someone else haha...
@littlemisshostess: You made having a cleaning person sound so absolutely amazing! Especially the clean sheets on the bed! My FI was the one who initially mentioned that he wanted one, and once the arguing over cleaning began, I finally agree with him. Hopefully in a few years we will be making more money and be able to enjoy that luxury :)
@subtlebee: Your being borderline disrespectful and putting yourself on a pedistal. If you don't agree with having someone clean your house then that is fine, you shouldn't judge others because they choose to. Step back and have a more open mind, it will get you farther in life then thinking your way is the right way.
@Petite_Fraise: We have someone come once a month for the deep cleaning. Otherwise our house is always clean and picked up :)
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