Who has a house cleaner?

Excitedtostart

Anyone have a cleaning service/house cleaner? 

How often do they come? 

Any SAHMs have a cleaning service? 

projectbaby2012

I do. They come every other week. I quit my job on Monday, so I'm now a sahm. I started the cleaning service when I went on bed rest. My boys are 8 weeks old and do not nap in the day at the same time for long enough periods for me to keep a clean house.

mamak0328

Excitedtostart:

Anyone have a cleaning service/house cleaner? No but I'm actively looking

How often do they come? I would like to start with a deep clean. Then every other week.

 

Any SAHMs have a cleaning service? I work full time. Right now I'm on bedrest.

 

mirnb

I do...the come every other week for 3 hours....I work part-time...it is so nice to know the house is going to be all clean at the same time at least every 2 weeks!

ougrad1

I have a housekeeper and I'm a SAHM.  She comes once a week.  

ETA-prior to getting married I had two jobs and had a service and my H also had a housekeeper.  It was a condition of marriage-since we both already had one when we were single, we kept a weekly housekeeper.  :  )  

Reilly626

Absolutely!!!!! Since 28 weeks pregnant till now! They come bi-weekly. I am SAHM! With twins I have no time to clean!!!!! Get one it was the best decision ever!

LegallyBlonde217

Reilly626:

Absolutely!!!!! Since 28 weeks pregnant till now! They come bi-weekly. I am SAHM! With twins I have no time to clean!!!!! Get one it was the best decision ever!

 Yep, me too!  I have NO time to clean.  

denitab

I just hired a cleaner. 

She will be coming every other week.

I'm a SAHM.

Just a note: I originally thought I would be able to manage, but I need to concentrate more on my boys. I also have a part-time helper that comes 2 days per week now. Big brother is 16 months & the twins are 7 weeks. 

E&RMommy

FWIW, we're still holding out.  If I have time to clean, anyone does.  Of course having little bitty babies that don't STTN is harder but even then I worked 80 hours a week and still got it done.

Yes it's not fun to spend extra time cleaning but it's doable.  I get up early on Sat or Sun before kids wake up and clean my house.  

Maybe someday I'll bite the bullet and do it.  Until then I clean away. 

keg

Yep, we have someone that comes every two weeks.  DH had someone even before he met me and it's the best thing ever!!.  I work 32 hours a week, although was only doing 24 hours a week until a year or so ago. 

Temp123197812503460

I do, and no shame about it, I would rather spend my time doing other things and spend less on other stuff to have a cleaner. I know sme people love to clean but I am not one of them!

ks3pink

I'm a WM with 3 kids and no house cleaner. I do it myself on the weekends and at night. I am too picky up let someone else cleanup house!

alice2Bcheshire

We just hired a housekeeper last month. She comes every other week. I'm a SAHM and I've been able to keep the house picked up and relatively clean, but she takes care of so much more than the light cleaning I was doing-- she cleans the baseboards, for goodness sake It also forces me to get out of the house with all the kiddos on cleaning day, something I'd been avoiding out of sheer terror (turned out to be not so bad).

ddub09

I do. We had one after we got married because I was doing all of the house cleaning and it was nice to just come home to it clean every other week. Now I have someone come in every month or every other month depending on what is happening. I do the majority of the cleaning on my own, but it's nice to have her clean all of the bathrooms in one day. I feel like it's my treat every so often. I work P/T from home, and I know I could clean the house on my own, but I feel like once a month it's nice to get out of the house with the kids and come home to a clean house.

Ruthie04

I'm a sahm. They come monthly. I started when I was on pelvic rest/ weight restriction at 16w. There is no way I could clean anything right now.

TwinnyMommy

I work part time from my house and have a house cleaner that comes once a week. My parents gave it to me for a mothers day present and it is the best present ever. I have 13 month old twin boys and when they are napping I try to get some work done. Having a house cleaner comes takes the stress off of me having to scrub my house on a month basis.

jcath

I have a cleaning service that comes every other week.  They do an amazing job of deep cleaning and so I don't dust, clean bathrooms (occasionally I clean the tub) or clean floors...pretty much ever.  My husband is about the cheapest man on earth and even he won't consider living without them.  I'm considering hiring a more housekeeper type of person the other weeks that would do laundry and maybe cook dinner.  I do work and I have 4 kids (but 1 is at college)  When my older boys were little and I was a SAHM I had help when I could afford it.

sweetsugarmama

Yes, I'm a SAHM. I had one before the twins then we paused when we were doing IF treatment since the costs were adding up. When I was 3 months pregnant we rehired her, for every other week. I was so beat with the pg and now I can not keep up with more then laundry and dishes. 

 

RobinR91

I do too. I quit my job on Friday, so I'm a sahm! I got my cleaning lady while on Bedrest. She comes every other week. For us, that's just about the time we notice the house getting gross then BAM! Clean. I got her from Angie's List. Inexpensive and trustworthy! Perfect. Good luck

MuseumMaven

I have a lady who comes every other week.  I'm a SAHM.  She started coming when I got too big to manage cleaning myself, maybe around 28 weeks.

I probably could do the cleaning now, but I'd rather spend my precious free time doing other things.  It's a great feeling to know that the house gets REALLY clean every couple of weeks.

hayleydeee

I'm a SAHM and have house cleaners who come every 2 weeks. At first I felt guilty about it, like I was slacking on my "job", but the reality was that I just couldn't keep up with 3 little kids at home. 

 ETA: Also I've found that the house get's a lot messy a lot faster since we're home all day now to mess it up. Things stayed much cleaner when DH and I both worked! 

lovekatespade

We've had our housecleaner for a year now. She comes every other week.  We started with her because we got tired of giving up our weekend time together to deep clean the house.  Now that I'll be a SAHM we plan to keep her because she does a WAY better job than we ever did!  I also don't want to be spending the small amount of free time I may have cleaning.

When working out our budget, I told MH I would rather live on top ramen than give up the house cleaner.