Housekeeping costs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do people assume the nanny forum is the place for housekeeper questions?

This is a NANNY forum go post elsewhere

My apologies for ruining your day by posting my housekeeping question in the nanny forum. Even though I was hoping I can get some advice from people who have a nanny and a housekeeper, or a nanny who does housekeeping.

OP, ignore the PP. this is also the "employer issues" section and is totally appropriate here. I think you are seriously overpaying. We have a bigger house (3600 sqft) with a large finished basement and 2, soon to be 3 children, and we pay $115 a week. My mother pays $90 for 3000 sqft. She only cleans though, no laundry, so for the laundry it makes sense to pay a little more. It usually takes her about 4 hrs though.

This is the employer issues UNDER the nanny forum.

Why not post on the main page under household or jobs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do people assume the nanny forum is the place for housekeeper questions?

This is a NANNY forum go post elsewhere

My apologies for ruining your day by posting my housekeeping question in the nanny forum. Even though I was hoping I can get some advice from people who have a nanny and a housekeeper, or a nanny who does housekeeping.

OP, ignore the PP. this is also the "employer issues" section and is totally appropriate here. I think you are seriously overpaying. We have a bigger house (3600 sqft) with a large finished basement and 2, soon to be 3 children, and we pay $115 a week. My mother pays $90 for 3000 sqft. She only cleans though, no laundry, so for the laundry it makes sense to pay a little more. It usually takes her about 4 hrs though.

This is the employer issues UNDER the nanny forum.

Why not post on the main page under household or jobs

Because she had a question about having the NANNY do the work of the housekeeper so it pertains to nannies as well. Just because you don't like the question doesn't mean it's in the wrong place.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do people assume the nanny forum is the place for housekeeper questions?

This is a NANNY forum go post elsewhere

My apologies for ruining your day by posting my housekeeping question in the nanny forum. Even though I was hoping I can get some advice from people who have a nanny and a housekeeper, or a nanny who does housekeeping.

OP, ignore the PP. this is also the "employer issues" section and is totally appropriate here. I think you are seriously overpaying. We have a bigger house (3600 sqft) with a large finished basement and 2, soon to be 3 children, and we pay $115 a week. My mother pays $90 for 3000 sqft. She only cleans though, no laundry, so for the laundry it makes sense to pay a little more. It usually takes her about 4 hrs though.

This is the employer issues UNDER the nanny forum.

Why not post on the main page under household or jobs

Because she had a question about having the NANNY do the work of the housekeeper so it pertains to nannies as well. Just because you don't like the question doesn't mean it's in the wrong place.

PP here again, to be clear, I recommended that OP NOT have the nanny do the housekeeping as well so I'm not advocating for that. Just saying it was still an appropriate place for the question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have a cleaning lady who comes in twice a week. She comes in for about three hours each time. cleans, does laundry and a little organizing. Our house is large (2400 square feet), but we don't use a ton of the space. It is just my husband and I. We are gearing up for baby, and realize that it will be a bit messier.

She told me yesterday that her cleaning fees are going to go up to $250 a week. From $200, once the baby gets here. I don't expect her to do the baby laundry etc (might have nanny help)- but is this resonable? How much are you paying for housekeeping without doing childcare? Would it make sense to pay a nanny $800 more if they take care of the housekeeping?

Twice a week for two people?? That's quite frequent
And the cost you quoted must be manhattan or SF.

[Anonymous]

Your housekeeper is overcharging you. I've been a nanny for 15 years, and have worked in Dc, MD, and Va. Practically every client, had a housekeeping service. when I worked in Mclean Va, a lady who had her own housekeeping business, came once a week, for about three hours, with 2 helpers, and her rate was $175. This was for a family with two children under 3, and she also cleaned another house in the area. I would tell her that $200 is your maximum, because "the maids" ( a professional cleaning service) are actually cheaper. I believe in receiving a fare rate for my job as a nanny, but you never want to price yourself out of the market.

[Anonymous]

She's coming in twice a week, and you're paying $200 a week currently, correct? So I don't think you're overpaying. Everyone else here is posting their once-a-week rate. So $200/2 visits a week= $100 per cleaning.
I don't think she should be charging $50 extra a week because of a new baby though, I doubt it will be any more work for her.
I also wouldn't hire a nanny also in charge of housekeeping; that's just too much, and you'll probably end up disappointed that she doesn't do as good of a job cleaning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She's coming in twice a week, and you're paying $200 a week currently, correct? So I don't think you're overpaying. Everyone else here is posting their once-a-week rate. So $200/2 visits a week= $100 per cleaning.
I don't think she should be charging $50 extra a week because of a new baby though, I doubt it will be any more work for her.
I also wouldn't hire a nanny also in charge of housekeeping; that's just too much, and you'll probably end up disappointed that she doesn't do as good of a job cleaning.

The housekeeper is only there for 3 hours per cleaning, by herself, so she is charging about $33 per hour. That's high.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She's coming in twice a week, and you're paying $200 a week currently, correct? So I don't think you're overpaying. Everyone else here is posting their once-a-week rate. So $200/2 visits a week= $100 per cleaning.
I don't think she should be charging $50 extra a week because of a new baby though, I doubt it will be any more work for her.
I also wouldn't hire a nanny also in charge of housekeeping; that's just too much, and you'll probably end up disappointed that she doesn't do as good of a job cleaning.

The housekeeper is only there for 3 hours per cleaning, by herself, so she is charging about $33 per hour. That's high.

All my friends that are housekeepers charge $125-200 a house and it's for 3-5 hours of work..I don't know if DC housekeepers charge less than here (SF Bay Area) but housekeepers here get paid pretty decently if they do the work by themselves. Many times they'll have helpers that they pay a part of the money to, but often they'll do it alone and it'll just take longer! So I don't think anyone that's commented here is overpaying at all. But again, I'm in a different area!