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I live alone and used to have someone come in once every three weeks. Absolutely loved coming home from the airport to find fresh vacuum lines in the carpet. I had so little time at home that I didn’t want to feel like I wasted it doing housework
Wife doesn’t travel and Still one of best decisions I ever made. We pay $120 per visit (3 bedroom, 2 bath) and she comes once every two weeks. Mexican lady. Does great work. Such a low cost...$3K per year and place always looks good and never have to worry. I actually went and got a gardener for the yard, too. I work hard and bring home the bacon. I want to enjoy my weekends not spend them cleaning and doing yard work.
Err if your income is more than compensated by the job, I’d say it’s worth spending that cash so you can actually spend the time with each other when home
Get help.!! Being squeamish about the spend will be more damaging to your relationship in the long run, than the extra dollars in the bank account
Worth it. Fresh linens and vacuum lines are surprisingly enjoyable
My wife and I both work - professional jobs. Even though none of us travel at this point (I have had local clients) we absolutely hire cleaning service. a) peace of mind that you don’t have to do it b) the house is clean all the time c) the time you save you can use productively for valuable family time d) reiterate family time- that will be worth a lot more than what you will spend on a cleaner
I love my housekeeper in NYC she’s 20 bucks an hour and you can’t put a price on the sheer joy I have walking into a clean, spotless apt
Do it on a trial basis. If you don’t feel it’s worth it you can stop. We’ve had ours for 10 years now. Rates went up once we had kids as they are a mess but it’s totally worth it IMO and I’m cheap.
Your midwestern roots don’t do (any? all?) cleaning now and won’t start if/when your partner begins traveling. Your partner shouldn’t have to do both, or decide whether to travel to accommodate your thrifty roots.
If you weren’t to hire a cleaner, would you split the housework evenly? I remember a post here ages back where the gf was doing it to save the couple money but felt like a maid and caring for the house 24/7, which wore down the couple. I’m not doing the argument justice but I do think that’s an important consideration. Like others here have said, spending some extra $ to have more peace of mind and quality time with the fam may be worth it.
I have a slightly different question. For the parents here, what frequency of cleaning actually helps? We have a toddler and I feel like the house reverts to dirty two days after the cleaning. 🤦🏻♀️
Best thing I ever did for my marriage. We have someone come every other week to do all the major cleaning, wash the bed linens, etc. It allows us to actually enjoy our time as a family when we are together and avoid getting annoyed coming home to a messy house. Do it and don’t look back!! (From a frugal girl with midwestern roots)
I forgot to say we pay $120 per visit for a 5 bed 5 bath in Atlanta. Twice a month. Takes two of them about 3 hours
Thank you all for sharing your experiences and rates/frequency- helpful to fully evaluate.
FYI- partner and I are both midwestern and frugal, and we’re both simultaneously interested and slightly uncomfortable with hangups mentioned here. We both contribute fairly equally when home, but we also co-run a community arts organization so the balance is less time on our community for more housework. I think we’ll be looking into this. 🙏
Traveling for work every week Mon to Thurs and coming in to a clean room and bed makes it hard to transition to messy home so cleaners makes sense to me. The main reason I do it, I see value in spending time with family and Friends then cleaning my bathroom especially after being away most of the week. A very smart partner at Deloitte told me if you value money over time and experience you will never be rich! It has stuck with me 😊
Do it; best decision ever. Think of it as outsourcing activities to give you the freedom to do things that refuels your energy tank.
Def do it. Lots of studies to show spending money on experiences and time (this classified as the later) is good for happiness. We have had someone for 7 years and would never go back. She’s fabulous. Once every two weeks. Does laundry too. NYC apt. We started at $100 per time, but have increased her salary a few times so now like $160. Worth every penny. Esp because I have no intention of being the one cleaning in little free time I have and not really fair then to ask partner to do
@pwc5, we have 3.5 and 1yr olds; we tried bi-weekly, but weekly is “just right” for us... it’s also not 2x cost since our place doesn’t get as dirty btwn visits
If you have kids a cleaning person doesn’t even keep you from having to clean, it just knocks it down to slightly more tolerable. I’m still on my hands and knees everyday picking up food from the floor, vacuuming puffs, crayon wrappers, and crap I don’t even know what it is or how it got there. They take care of the bathrooms, dusting, windows and our master actually stays clean between visits. Kitchen and playroom are a war zone though.
Best money spent. Do it every other week unless you have pets. Then do it weekly