https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:35:35 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-cleaning-ladyservice#post-873018 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 20:27:34 +0000 Mrs Spoon 873018@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We pay $130 for 1x a month. We have an independent lady who cleans our 2 BR/3 BA loft in San Fran. It generally takes her about 6 hours and she does a great job! I can't imagine getting rid of her now unless one of us lost our job! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-cleaning-ladyservice#post-872987 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 20:20:20 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 872987@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We pay $75 every two weeks. It's been such a help! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-cleaning-ladyservice#post-872971 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 20:17:15 +0000 Charm54 872971@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Meridian: I don't tip but give her a nice Christmas/Summer bonus since her rates are so cheap and te amount of cleaning she does in four hours is amazing </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-cleaning-ladyservice#post-872966 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 20:15:53 +0000 Charm54 872966@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I looooovvveee our cleaning lady. I would give up a lot of things before I gave up her! She comes every second week for 1/2 day (4 hours) and its $40. She comes tomorrow and I can't wait!!</p> <p>ETA: she is an independent lady - not linked to any company. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-cleaning-ladyservice#post-872942 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 20:11:16 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 872942@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My service is $100 each monthly visit. If they came more often it would be $80. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-cleaning-ladyservice#post-872924 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 20:06:35 +0000 winniebee 872924@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$80 per visit at every other week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-cleaning-ladyservice#post-872918 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 20:05:37 +0000 Bao 872918@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No clue, we don't have a cleaning service and I don't know anyone who has one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-cleaning-ladyservice#post-872915 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 20:04:43 +0000 Periwinkle 872915@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Meridian: We don't either since the cleaner is on her own (she sometimes brings along a helper, but not always). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-cleaning-ladyservice#post-872912 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 20:04:05 +0000 Periwinkle 872912@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MarieJ: Hahaha, yes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-cleaning-ladyservice#post-871152 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 13:46:36 +0000 SleepyMonkey 871152@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Meridian: I don't since she is the "owner" of her own business. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-cleaning-ladyservice#post-870791 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:45:37 +0000 Meridian 870791@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We pay $70 once a month for our independent cleaning lady to clean our 1200 sq. ft 2 BR/2BA condo. It takes her 3 hours.</p> <p>Do you guys tip your independent cleaner on top of their fee?? We don't but I wonder if I should... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-cleaning-ladyservice#post-870776 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:40:39 +0000 MarieJ 870776@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Meggo5: I would totally do it, just to see if she's lying! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-cleaning-ladyservice#post-870706 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:25:36 +0000 Periwinkle 870706@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our current housecleaner technically charges by the hour bu I KNOW she is not there for the number of hours that equal our payment. We let her clean while we're at work and sometimes I want to swing home, just to see how long it takes her. Sneaky?</p> <p>ETA: We pay $85 for our 3 BR/2.5 bath house (1,600sf) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-cleaning-ladyservice#post-870703 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:24:23 +0000 Periwinkle 870703@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MarieJ: We have only used independent people, not a "company" service. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-cleaning-ladyservice#post-870682 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:19:45 +0000 3littlebees 870682@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$100 weekly for our 2500 Sq ft home. She is usually here for 7-8 hours and will do a deep cleaning of the entire home plus some laundry. We are in a suburb of Los Angeles. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-cleaning-ladyservice#post-870680 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:19:30 +0000 meganmp 870680@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$50 for 2.5 hours of work, every other week. She cleans for 2.5 hours, and however much she gets done is what's done. We live in Seattle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-cleaning-ladyservice#post-870629 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:08:54 +0000 dagret 870629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$55 every other week for our 1200 sq ft home. She also brushes our dog. Central PA suburbs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-cleaning-ladyservice#post-870516 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:48:00 +0000 hellobeeboston 870516@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are looking for one now! We never had one before but decided it's time with the little guy at home, and no time to do thorough cleaning. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-cleaning-ladyservice#post-870496 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:42:30 +0000 hilsy85 870496@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We pay $110 with tax for our 1200sq ft apt...it takes her about 4 hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-cleaning-ladyservice#post-870476 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:37:19 +0000 luckypenny 870476@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We pay $100 for our 2bd/2ba apartment that's about 1250 sq ft </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-cleaning-ladyservice#post-870475 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:36:57 +0000 mamabolt 870475@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We pay $100 for four hours of cleaning every other week. We can pick and choose what tasks she does in those 4 hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-cleaning-ladyservice#post-870459 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:34:21 +0000 mrskc 870459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours comes every other week and charges $75 for our 1500 sq ft home. I think that is a reasonable price for our area. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-cleaning-ladyservice#post-870446 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:32:11 +0000 SleepyMonkey 870446@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I pay $110 for our 1100 sq ft apt in NYC. She cleans for 6 hours every other week. I've never seen my apt cleaner. She is amazing and so worth it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-cleaning-ladyservice#post-870437 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:30:44 +0000 DillonLion 870437@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Boogs: Heck yeah! We can't really commit to a regular cleaning schedule in our budget, but scraping together the funds to clean before gatherings is such a time and stress saver! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-cleaning-ladyservice#post-870432 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:29:48 +0000 Boogs 870432@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@highwire: I have never thought about having them over for events in our home, that's brilliant and would take so much stress out of things for me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-cleaning-ladyservice#post-870426 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:28:58 +0000 Boogs 870426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No idea, but I've been super curious what it would cost someone to come in just once a month. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-cleaning-ladyservice#post-870419 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:27:01 +0000 DillonLion 870419@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use a local company. But we only have them come on an as-needed basis. I usually bring them in for a deep clean before we have important events in our home. So, they are only coming about 3-4x a year. They charge $175 for a deep cleaning of our 1700 sq. foot home.</p> <p>ETA: Burb of Dallas, TX </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-cleaning-ladyservice#post-870416 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:26:35 +0000 littlek 870416@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think the people who cleaned our house did a great job. We are looking to hire someone to clean our hardwood floors, master bathroom and B's bathroom. The quote we got was $85. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-cleaning-ladyservice#post-870405 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:24:05 +0000 Modern Daisy 870405@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's such a racket here in NYC. I have an 800 sq ft 2bed/1bath and I would pay $100 at a minimum if I hired a cleaning lady/service. It takes me and DH about 30 minutes to clean the place top to bottom so at this point we really don't mind going without help. I'm sure it will get more complicated once LO arrives, but honestly since we don't have a doorman we'd have to be there while she was cleaning anyway, so I really don't forsee us ever hiring one unless someone gifts it to us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-cleaning-ladyservice#post-870381 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:18:26 +0000 regberadaisy 870381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MarieJ: I agree; I've seen other threads on this and the $ is MUCH higher. </p>