How Much Do You Pay Your Housekeeper?

We pay $70 for one day a week. She comes from 8:30-2:30 and our house is smaller (one story 2400 sf.). Does that sound fair or are we below scale?

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$150 sounds good. Mine is 2500 sq ft, and I pay $90 every 2 weeks.

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We paid an independent lady (not a service) $85 per visit and had her come every 2 weeks. Our house is smaller though, 4 BR, 3 1/2 BA and 2800 sf. We had a service quote us a price and it was $125 per visit.

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My house is 3 stories, 6 bedrooms, 4.5 baths plus game room & media room, about 5000 sq ft and I pay $126.65 every 2 weeks. I use The Cleaning Authority. They do a very good job. So you may be overpaying a bit. I live in Flower Mound and the Carrollton branch serves my area. They're phone # is 1-866-564-3361 and you can also go online to www.thecleaningauthority.com to get a free estimate. They base it on number of BR and baths, so yours should be less than mine. Good luck!

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I clean independently and I dont think that is too much as long as she is consistent and reliable. I wouldn't do it for less than that, being independent. Let me know if she ever bails...lol..j/k Have a good day!

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I clean houses and I have a 4800sq ft biweekly (every two weeks) in McKinney for $130 and do an excellent job.
I am able to keep costs down because I effectively manage Ops costs and pass the gain to my customers.
Please call me if you are interested. You dont pay except you are pleased.

I have excellent mamasource references and give mamasource moms a discount too!!!

Look forward to you joining our group of EXCEPTIONALLY PLEASED clients!
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Ladies I clean houses and apparently I do it a little cheaper than most. I am a stay at home mom ( I do not bring my kids) and I feel like sometimes we just need a break on the daily expenses of life.

I am independent.... I currently have houses that I do on weekly/biweekly schedules. So I have references if needed!!!

I will gladly quote each of you individually!! I will say that each house varies because the level of wekly dirt is always different depending on animals, children and time spent at home!

I do not generally do laundry, windows, ovens etc. However I will do those things if asked for them. I have a lady that I do LIGHT cleaning for while I do her laundry every week!

Anyway here are a couple of examples:
Laundry lady is 90 a week - she has children and alot of laundry!! I clean while I am there but it is light (like wipe counters etc and I usually do the toilets and vaccuum) just whatever I have time to do while the laundry goes!

I do a 4bed 2 1/2ba wkly for 70.I have done this house for over a year and it takes me about 3 hrs.

Those are just a couple....

I have SOme available space so please feel free to call or email me and I will gladly quote you over the phone or in person whichever you prefer.

THE FINE PRINT:
I do ask that homeowners supply cleaning products. Here is what I ask for:
Comet, windex, paper towels, toilet bowl cleaner, sponge, mopping solution and of course mop, broom, and vaccuum.

The first time is 20 an hour because that is when I do "Spring cleaning" type of stuff. Does not generally go over more than two to three hour normal time.

M. Pierce
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Obviously, I am not an expert. I can't keep one. I have offered $50.00 every two weeks. No changing sheets, no laundry. I do my own art room, guest bath and guest bedroom. That leaves Master Bath to clean. Master bedroom, clean mirrors, polish furniture and vaccum. Vaccum hall, D/R/ L/R, and den. Clean mirror in D/R and L/R. Polish furniture in L/R and den. Clean kitchen counters, never have dirty dishes to do and sweep and mop kitchen. Everyone here wants $25.00 an hour. I refuse to pay someone more an hour to clean my house than I make.

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A friend of mine is a housekeeper, and she charges $12.50 an hour. How many hours it takes to clean your house and keep it clean depends on how messy it is, so she gets paid rather by how much work she's got to do.

I live south of the DFW area but I have a 2,400 sqft house. We own a home based business and are here nearly every time the housekeeper comes. That means 4 people, 3 dogs and one housekeeper. She is here for 8 hours, does whatever I tell her to do(refrigerator, stove, vents, walls, laundry, bathrooms, baseboards, entire kitchen, sheets...)and gets paid $72.00 per clean. She comes twice a week and so that means she gets paid $288.00 every two weeks. She is paid as an employee because we supply all her equipment, chemicals and she works on a time schedule. F.Y.I. She is a U.S. citizen and speaks english.

I am not sure if that helps but that is what we pay. Make sure that you remain the boss. They do what you ask them to...they work for you. Praise the good jobs and critique the less than acceptable ones. You are the employer.

blessings,

W. M.
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This is confusing! I guess because I look at it more from the perspective of how many hours she is there rather than your square footage. For example, if you have parts of the house that are not used much, like guest rooms and guest bathrooms, that just requires a "surface clean" or a wipe-down, whereas your kids' bathroom requires much more time. I have a 4 bedroom, 2100 square foot home and my lady comes every other week for 2 hours. She is able to clean the kitchen, bathrooms, make beds, dust, vacuum and mop in 2 hours. No laundry. We pay her $20 an hour, or $40 for the visit. If you have a bigger mess one week and your lady has to stay longer to clean it up, it is only fair that you pay her for that extra time. Also, some cleaning people use your products while others bring in their own. My lady uses my products but if there is something special that she likes to use then she brings it.

North Tarrant County here. Small house - 3 bdr, 2 bath, one story. $50 per clean. It's through A#1 Cleaning Services in Keller.