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Similar to mynoahbear, we live abroad in a country where domestic help is the norm and very affordable. Our domestic helper lives with us and works 5, sometimes 6 days a week. Because she's able to stay on top of the bigger cleaning tasks by doing a bit each day, it's hard to quantify the time she "needs" to clean our place - she does it at her own pace.
Before we had a child and needed a helper (not so much bc we needed the cleaner, but bc these fantastic ladies are the primary form of childcare here - no daycares or babysitters) we used to have someone come in once or twice a week - i originally thought that was too often but found that added frequency meant a cleaner needed to spend less time each visit. that's nice if you have to work your schedule around being home to supervise or out to be out of her way. I also think shorter blocks of time encourage efficiency. As wonderful as our cleaner is, she can spend ages ironing a shirt or vacuuming a rug when she doesn't have a timetable - if I ask her to do several things by lunchtime though, she makes it happen.
I agree fully with everyone saying that it is well worth cutting back in some other area to avoid little fights over laundry or Toilets. It'll save you so much stress! Good luck!