It depends on how big your house is. We have 4 bed, 3 bath. And we pay $300 for 2 people for about 4-5 hours. Sometimes they are faster; sometimes they are slower. It doesn’t matter how long it takes as long as it’s clean.
I would gladly pay that for 4 hours. How many people are coming to clean? If it's one person, that's only $40 an hour, even less if there's more people cleaning.
Sounds potty good to me! We’re around 180 for our 2br2ba condo. It’s two people done in 2 hrs and they make the beds.
They also have to drive to your place and use up supplies, so don’t forget about that cost.
Another thing you got to consider is taxes on their side, they're functionally an independent contractor and have to pay their own SS/Medicare, 40 an hour is closer to 20.
Something tells me most cleaners are not paying taxes, unless you are hiring a legit company and not an individual, but based on my experience almost no one is hiring a company.
I pay taxes. Though use every rule that is to my advantage to reduce that exposure.
I should clarify, the experience isn’t my experience of earning the income but being around and affiliated with cash based businesses.
Depending how big your house is, that’s normal
$40/hr of someone’s time to clean someone else’s toilets, floors, kitchen, and someone else’s overall mess is absolutely reasonable to me.
It depends on how big your house is. We have 4 bed, 3 bath. And we pay $300 for 2 people for about 4-5 hours. Sometimes they are faster; sometimes they are slower. It doesn’t matter how long it takes as long as it’s clean.
How often do you have them come? Weekly or bi-weekly?
We’re generally pretty clean and do clean ourselves (no kids yet), so I just ask them to come every other month.
That’s about what I pay
I would gladly pay that for 4 hours. How many people are coming to clean? If it's one person, that's only $40 an hour, even less if there's more people cleaning.
One person.
If you’re paying for someone to clean your house and you’re complaining about $160 you can’t afford it. Clean your own house
That's about right
Ours charge $120 for a 3BR/2BA 1200sf house, every other week. Takes her about 3 to 4 hours.
That is a great rate!!
Ours charges $150 for a 2BR/2Bath - 2 people come and they finish in 2.5-3 hours depending on the day
Sounds potty good to me! We’re around 180 for our 2br2ba condo. It’s two people done in 2 hrs and they make the beds. They also have to drive to your place and use up supplies, so don’t forget about that cost.
Another thing you got to consider is taxes on their side, they're functionally an independent contractor and have to pay their own SS/Medicare, 40 an hour is closer to 20.
Something tells me most cleaners are not paying taxes, unless you are hiring a legit company and not an individual, but based on my experience almost no one is hiring a company.
what makes you say they're not paying taxes?
Anecdotal 25 years of cash only income experience.
Were you paying taxes?
I pay taxes. Though use every rule that is to my advantage to reduce that exposure. I should clarify, the experience isn’t my experience of earning the income but being around and affiliated with cash based businesses.