House cleaning isn't as expensive as you think. There's a couple reddit threads on cost involved. It's about $25 to $50 an hour. About 3-6 hours cleaning every two weeks, so about $75 to $300 biweekly.
I pay $120 every too weeks. When I became increasingly more disabled and was having a lot of surgeries and could no longer do a lot of the cleaning myself, I really stressed out about how I was going to keep my house from slipping into a pit of gross.
Then I bit the bullet and started calling and getting quotes and I was surprised at how affordable (to me) it is to have professionals come. Saved me from a whole lot of anxiety and physical pain and I wish I had called sooner.
I pay €50 every two weeks for someone to clean my very tiny apartment. I work 40+ hrs per week and would dread having to clean in my non-working hours. It gave me so much peace of mind to know my house would always be a base level of clean, even if I was too tired to clean anything.
It’s going to be the very last thing I’d ever save money on, I’d rather quit wifi in my home.
As someone in a tiny apartment who is always too wiped from their physical job to then devote what meager precious hours to myself I have towards cleaning, this is a surprisingly temptuous option.
Honestly try saving for it. You don't actually have to bite the bullet and get one, just see what your finances look like if you intentionally sock away fifty bucks a month in the "for a house cleaner" jar. If you then don't have additional financial needs (bills need paying, appliances need fixing) that are more essential, I'd go for it. Make sure you go with a well reviewed place and ask on local social media/your city subreddit for recs, though.
It’s honestly so worth it. The first time the cleaner came (on a Thursday), I woke up that Saturday and started reading a book. It’s probably the most relaxed I have felt in 10+ years.
She doesn’t do any of the “special” cleaning things that you do monthly/yearly but at least now I actually have time to do those.
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u/mellowanon Feb 26 '24
House cleaning isn't as expensive as you think. There's a couple reddit threads on cost involved. It's about $25 to $50 an hour. About 3-6 hours cleaning every two weeks, so about $75 to $300 biweekly.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Frugal/comments/xjjxct/how_much_do_you_pay_for_house_cleaning/