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Anonymous wrote:Hi,
We just got a quote of $160/biweekly for regular cleaning of our home. The lady said she will be coming on her own, and it will take about 4-5 hours. Our home is a little less than 2000 sq. ft., 3 levels, 2 bedrooms, and 2.5 bathrooms. We also have 2 dogs. Is this a reasonable quote? Should I shop around more to see if I can get a lower quote?

Thank you in advance!

Yes. This is good price. Your cost is wee bit high, that I suspect is mainly because of you having two dogs. Fur, dander, slobber, food, paw prints, nose snot on french doors + the dog smell. And she is providing the cleaning supplies. It is really hard to wash the rags if you have too much dog fur on it and it also takes a toll on the vacuum.

- I pay $140/biweekly for regular cleaning. No dogs, no pets, no shoes indoors, no smoking, no small kids. Mainly empty nesters.
- I provide the cleaning supplies because I won't want a cleaner using the same cleaning supplies (vacuum, broom, rags) that she uses to clean a house with pets.
- 3000+ sq ft. I make my own beds. 3 1/2 bathrooms. 4 bedrooms. Family room, study, living room, dining room, breakfast room, kitchen foyer. Wood floors everywhere. So she has to vacuum and mop. She cleans the blinds and windows (from inside) every time. Does not clean inside of fridge or inside of the oven.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You're all cheap as hell.

I pay what the cleaner asked me to pay. $40 an hour is actually a very decent wage. It takes virtually no skill to do the job.

Feel free to make your cleaner the beneficiary of your 401K and life insurance for all I care.

Yeah, until the cleaner takes the steel wool to your stainless steel appliances or Windex to your upright piano. True stories.

Paying more for a cleaner does nothing to avoid what you describe. I am sure like any service there are extremely high end cleaners that probably charge thousands and know how to clean your Tiffany silver, your Steinway, etc...but a cleaner that charges $70/hour isn't charging that because they are more highly skilled than the $40 cleaner, but just because enough people will pay that in a certain neighborhood.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We pay $200 for our 8600 sqft (3 levels) home. Two ladies on a bi-weekly schedule. We keep up with the daily clean/maintenance so takes them about 5 hours to do the whole house. No complaints!

You are paying $20 an hour? That’s just wrong.

That’s just embarrassing. A house three times bigger than an average American house and you can’t pay them a decent wage?

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Anonymous wrote:We pay $200 for our 8600 sqft (3 levels) home. Two ladies on a bi-weekly schedule. We keep up with the daily clean/maintenance so takes them about 5 hours to do the whole house. No complaints!

You are paying $20 an hour? That’s just wrong.

Anonymous wrote:A few years ago we used a company (you see their cars around here), paid $229 for every 3 weeks (looks like bi-weekly rate was $215) for 1600 sf, not dirty, no pets, and it would take two women less than an hour.

Said they would clean windows and oven during first-time deep cleaning, did not—
Said they’d mop weekly, and despite my emailing frequent reminders, often did not—
Said they’d use eco-friendly products, but just splashed bleach in bathrooms—
Did not dust, change sheets, or do dishes or laundry.
3 different women in teams of two, only one understood minimal English—

My MIL uses an individual cleaning person and pays a similar rate in cash for her 3600sq ft home so I’ll be going that route for this new house.

Anonymous wrote:We pay $200 for our 8600 sqft (3 levels) home. Two ladies on a bi-weekly schedule. We keep up with the daily clean/maintenance so takes them about 5 hours to do the whole house. No complaints!

Anonymous wrote:$225 for a 3900 square foot house bi-weekly. 3 pets.

Was 2 women, now 1 because one of the women is now too afraid to leave her house thanks to ICE (this should be another topic).

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You're all cheap as hell.

I pay what the cleaner asked me to pay. $40 an hour is actually a very decent wage. It takes virtually no skill to do the job.

Feel free to make your cleaner the beneficiary of your 401K and life insurance for all I care.

Yeah, until the cleaner takes the steel wool to your stainless steel appliances or Windex to your upright piano. True stories.

Anonymous wrote:Hi,
We just got a quote of $160/biweekly for regular cleaning of our home. The lady said she will be coming on her own, and it will take about 4-5 hours. Our home is a little less than 2000 sq. ft., 3 levels, 2 bedrooms, and 2.5 bathrooms. We also have 2 dogs. Is this a reasonable quote? Should I shop around more to see if I can get a lower quote?

Thank you in advance!