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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Family of six here that just moved into a 10,000+sqft home earlier this year. The home only has a 4 car garage though, so it's a bit modest in that respect.

We use the same cleaner that used to clean our old house (6000 sqft). Instead of twice a month, however, she now comes once a week and [b]charges the same $150 we used to pay[/b] at the old house. Cleaners are one of those things where once you find a good one, you hold on to them.

Ask your new neighbors if they have someone they can recommend.

A friend of mine has someone that clean five days a week for about $400 a week. This is an older 8000sqft home and she goes beyond just cleaning it. She does groceries, minor errands, the laundry, folding, ironing, dry cleaning pickup/drop off, and etc.

Keep in mind, it's not like the kids gets to just get up and leave the table after dinner, or have their rooms in a perpetual mess between cleanings. This is not Downton Abby. The family still has to do their own chores as you would in a smaller house. However, where as I am okay with keeping the floor in the kitchen clean, I haven't the time to dust and mop all 4000sqft of hardwood and marble on the main floor, and I am sure 8 people living in 2800sqft didn't have to do that either.

Having 10,000 sqft, I am finally comfortable. And once we finish unpacking, we will finally be able to pull all of our cars into the garage spaces.[/quote]

why do you pay her the same amount when she now has 2000 more square feet to clean?[/quote]

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