Wrong to the employee part. Unlike a nanny cleaners would not be W-2 employees. I guess you could file a 1099 but meh.

$120 per week, 3000 sq ft house in Vienna.

5,000 sq feet in Arlington. $130 every two weeks.

If you want every week, you can probably find something for $100/week.

Anonymous wrote:We pay our cleaning lady $130 every two weeks for 5 bedroom home in Potomac (including basement). She's been with us for 9 years and usually brings a helper. They are usually at our house for 4-5 hours on cleaning day. She's not our employee, she provides a bi-weekly service, so no we don't withhold taxes.

Whose employee is she? Unless she works for a service she may in fact be your employee. Or if she is submitting you a bill each time from her own business. Ours counts as an employee even though we are one of 8-10 families she works for every week.

We are in Bethesda and pay $185 weekly for 5-6 hours. 4 BR, 3.5 ba house, with dog and 2 teens (so all the rooms/bathrooms get pretty well used). She launders the sheets and towels in addition to cleaning. We pay the unemployment and FICA taxes on top of that.

We pay our cleaning lady $130 every two weeks for 5 bedroom home in Potomac (including basement). She's been with us for 9 years and usually brings a helper. They are usually at our house for 4-5 hours on cleaning day. She's not our employee, she provides a bi-weekly service, so no we don't withhold taxes.

Are these prices for maids through a service or individuals who work for themselves? If not a service, do you have to pay taxes for them?

175 every 2 weeks in ARL, although cleaning lady lives in SS. House in 4500 sq ft including a rec room and she and her partner clean it meticulously.

In Arlington, a 3 bed 3.5 bath, 2300 square foot plus a very small basement room. We pay $130 every two weeks.

In ARlington but my cleaning lady comes here from Silver Spring. About 2,600sf, 2 1/2 baths, hardwood floors on 1st level; carpet on 2nd. She changes the sheets on our bed, scrubs the kitchen countertops and inside the microwave. $120 every two weeks. We have used her for 7 years and I have given her $5 cost of living raises a couple of times.

Pp here, she spends about 6 hours. 4 if she brings a friend.

I pay 125 every 2 weeks for 3br 1.5 bath + playroom and basement in AU park. I went through 3 maids to find my girl. She is expensive but extremely thorough. Furniture and rugs are moved, baseboards and ceiling fans cleaned, laundry, etc. I don't see the use in paying less if you get a sub par job.

We have 3500 sq ft in FFx County and they only do the bedrooms, baths, kitchen, dining room, family room, living room = $100/ every two weeks. If they were to do the basement it would be more so we opted to not do the basement as the kids are responsible for it.

Clean weekly I mean. Stupid autocorrect.

What's the going rate for maid service these days, esp in the Bethesda area? I'm interested in having someone clean seemly, and it would be a 5 bedroom, 4.5 bath home, about 4000sf,including basement. How much would you expect that to cost? Would you pay by the hour or for the job? How many hours should it take for a job well done?