Daily or 3x/week housecleaner -- do they exist?

[Anonymous]

Two hours/day is tough because travel time is a big issue. I would look for someone already working in the neighborhood as a housekeeper or nanny who wants some extra work. We used to have someone come in 4 hours/day, 5 days/week, but she also worked for a neighbor. More recently we had someone coming 5 hours/day, 3x/week, but then she asked to consolidate the hours into two days. We pay $25/hour with several weeks paid leave per year.

[Anonymous]

Our good friends have a housekeeper that comes daily 7:30-1. They pay her 2k a month plus a lot of extras

[Anonymous]

We have a housekeeper 4 hours at a time, 4 days a week. I don’t think she would be willing to commute to our place for only 2 hours at a time. She also works for other families when she’s not with us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have a housekeeper 4 hours at a time, 4 days a week. I don’t think she would be willing to commute to our place for only 2 hours at a time. She also works for other families when she’s not with us.

Sorry, we pay her $25/hr, and found her though friends that were moving out of the area and wanted to find her another job because she is so good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Two hours/day is tough because travel time is a big issue. I would look for someone already working in the neighborhood as a housekeeper or nanny who wants some extra work. We used to have someone come in 4 hours/day, 5 days/week, but she also worked for a neighbor. More recently we had someone coming 5 hours/day, 3x/week, but then she asked to consolidate the hours into two days. We pay $25/hour with several weeks paid leave per year.

+1 on this. Its not worth driving for 1 hour to work for 2 hours. If the person lives by and could be there in 5-10 minutes, then it may be worth it for them, otherwise the per hour rate may be high or pay them for their travel hours as well. So instead of paying for 2 hours, pay for 3 hours to account for commute and sweeten the deal.

[Anonymous]

I think if your top preference is a two-hour shift each time you a.)Need to find someone who lives 10minutes or less from you and b.)Offer a higher rate.

Good luck!