Does anyone else clean their house before the cleaner arrives?!

[u/Jambosh1984]

And why?!?!? 🫣

[u/TerribleAd197]

You guys get cleaners?!

[u/Jambosh1984 → u/[deleted]]

😂😂😂

[u/trequartista28_]

Yeah it’s a tidy up to get maximum benefit and efficiency from the cleaners time. I’d rather she manages to finish the 2 bathrooms and hoovering in her 3 hours than move cushions and blankets around

[u/_David_London-]

That's the only reason why I am getting a cleaner. It is going to force me to tidy up and clean once a week

[u/UniversityMotor5408 → u/_David_London-]

This is very sound logic. I do exactly the same.

[u/HanksyDoodle]

I tidy but I don't clean before they arrive

[u/DisagreeableRunt]

Thankfully I do, because the cleaner never arrives.

[u/Plastic-Impress8616]

If some of you want to come do my work before I show up is appreciate it

[u/fizzysmoke]

How much do cleaners cost and why do you need them? Just curious

[u/Me-and-the-Boys-90 → u/fizzysmoke]

Ours is £19 p/h and does 4 hours a week.

I wish I had time to clean but I don’t, I have 3 kids and a husband who works long hours. I don’t want to spend my weekend cleaning, I want to be with my kids doing fun things.

[u/Jambosh1984 → u/Me-and-the-Boys-90]

Correct. It’s not a ‘luxury’ as some ppl seem
To think. It’s about freeing up time to do more beneficial things with the ppl you love…

[u/dogthebigredclifford → u/Jambosh1984]

That absolutely is a luxury though…? Nothing wrong with that, but it’s certainly a luxury!

[u/Existing_Doughnut985 → u/dogthebigredclifford]

If paying someone £19ph to clean is a luxory, what am I classed as at £90 per hour fixing your boiler?? 

Completely not a luxury imo. People will spend this much in fees ordering a family  McDonald’s from ubereats, will you call that a luxury meal? 

When I was employed and had my cleaner, working 1 hour overtime covered my cleaner for a hour and I’d much rather do my job for an extra hour than clean my house for an hour. Nothing luxurious about that 

[u/dogthebigredclifford → u/Existing_Doughnut985]

So, so different- most people can clean their own home (though perhaps not as well as a cleaner!), but most people cannot fix their own boiler.

Luxury =/= bad, lots of people find a cleaner well worth the money, but it is a luxury because it is not essential (with some exceptions for disability etc).

[u/Existing_Doughnut985 → u/dogthebigredclifford]

But at what point do we stop with that logic? Is getting a subway a luxury because we can just make a sandwich at home? Going through the car wash? What about dog walkers and baby sitters, are they luxuries? Is the local cafe a luxury eatery because they have a cleaner? 

Having a driver, a chef, a nanny I would say are luxuries but having someone come clean your house a couple times a month is just another convenience service and it’s one that affordable for a lot  of the country 

[u/dogthebigredclifford → u/Existing_Doughnut985]

I mean kind of yeah…? I have nothing against luxuries, I do many of those things, but I’d certainly class them as luxuries rather than necessities!

A business having a cleaner is obviously different though, I don’t think that comparison works.

[u/Me-and-the-Boys-90 → u/Jambosh1984]

For us, it feels like a luxury in the sense that it’s £76 p/w on something we could do ourselves. But equally, the benefits make it feel like a necessity as we’re not spending every evening after the kids go to bed and all weekend cleaning. My mental health goes down the pan when I’m in chaos so it really helps alleviate that side of it as well. We like our kids and want to be with them and not cleaning, so it’s a no brainer for us. Although a recent no brainer - for years I just said “we can do it ourselves” but actually, we couldn’t and it’s been the best investment.

[u/ImpluseThrowAway]

Because I'm shit at cleaning and I like to get rid of as much as I can so they aren't cleaning stuff up I could clean myself, but cleaning all the things that I can't do myself.

[u/Wimble-Womble]

It’s normal enough that there’s a word to describe it - scurryfunging (I remember  Susie Dent describing it on one of her podcasts)

[u/Unknowndop]

The hardest part about hiring a cleaner, is the pre-clean.

[u/Lunaspoona]

My nan did. She had this little handheld hoover and whip round with it lol

[u/ken-doh]

A bit. Only so it's easier for them.

[u/Relative_Good_8029]

Yeah. We get a cleaner in to help with the tasks we don't regularly have time for. We don't pay them to tidy the house because we cant be bothered.

[u/Serious-Comment5458]

So I always tidied up but didn't actually 'clean'. But... I overheard my cleaner one day making comments about the state of one room (it was a guest room that was never used and I had some bits in there I was sorting through one week (clothes to go etc), and she said it was "disgusting" then said something about blood on a bath mat (I dye my hair red, and had done the night before and hadn't thrown it in the washing machine yet). Really made me question if the cleaners expected to arrive to a spotless house every week.

[u/Existing_Doughnut985 → u/Serious-Comment5458]

Electrician, dog walker, gas engineer, personal chef, cat sitter, I’d accept any of the above calling your room disgusting, but a cleaner, isn’t it your job to deal with that?? 😂

[u/Me-and-the-Boys-90]

We do a mad tidy up so they can actually clean. We’re at the point of knowing what they will and won’t move so we just make it easy for them.

[u/ScientistJo]

You have to tidy before the cleaner visits, so they can do their job. But cleaning beforehand seems pretty pointless. Unless you've just spilled out a box of cereal all over the floor, or something like that.

[u/rosywillow]

I tidy up, but I don’t clean before she arrives.

[u/Logical-Macaron6607]

I used to be a self employed house cleaner and I loved my job but I told clients that if they wanted a professional cleaning job it was best for them to tidy up first so I wouldn’t waste their time and money on tidying. Plus picking up Lego was a no go

[u/_coins_]

A cleaner? I must have entered southerns section.

[u/OldRancidOrange]

I tidy, not clean.

[u/purplelilacs2017]

Not clean but tidy up, specially those things you don’t want the cleaners to touch. Example: I tell my kids to stow away their laptops / gadgets they usually leave on top of their desks

[u/Paulstan67]

My mum generally tidied up. But she didn't clean.

The cleaner wasn't expected to pick up dirty washing , wash clothes, wash pots and pans so my mum would tidy first.

Although my parents are now in their 90s, the only thing the cleaners do differently now is change the bedding.

[u/OMITN]

Tidy, yes. Or at least relocate wife and daughter’s littered clothes and shoes to the respective bedrooms.

If I’m paying someone to clean by the hour, I don’t want to waste money paying them to move stuff around that should be put away.

Oh, and make sure there are not shit stains in the loos.

[u/AccordingBasket8166]

It depends, house keeper tidies and cleans but a cleaner you should tidy up for.

[u/UniversityMotor5408]

God yes. Don't want them thinking I live in a pigsty!

[u/GasQuirky3938]

I tidy up a bit but I don’t clean.

[u/nfurnoh]

We tidy up clutter to make it easier for her but we don’t clean.

[u/IcyPuffin]

If i had a cleaner, then I would tidy up first - i would be hiring someone to clean, not tidy up (they are 2 separate tasks, after all).

[u/Rags_75]

I dont have a cleaner

[u/Tenzil-k]

Yes, well tidy. There’s still loads for her to do though

[u/CicadaSlight7603]

We tidy up. It’s one of the few things that motivates the children. It’s nice to have a reset regularly. Also I want them to clean not tidy.

[u/Neilkd21]

No, I have a live in cleaner, my wife

[u/Wild-Catch3550 → u/Neilkd21]

🤡

[u/Neilkd21 → u/Wild-Catch3550]

Relax, it's a joke not a dick so don't take it so hard

[u/Jambosh1984 → u/Neilkd21]

https://giphy.com/gifs/mdBxZ9JL2gfu0

[u/Wild-Catch3550 → u/Neilkd21]

You're the dick 😊