$20/hr is reasonable, especially if you are in CA

May 25, 2019
5:46:05pm

BertoChavez All-American

I'm in CA, but $35/hour for traditional cleaning services (not even a cleaning company... just this lady) is waaaaayyyy too much.

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My wife just paid a housekeeper $275 for about 8 hours of work

BertoChavez

5/25/19 5:39pm

What?!

JOPE

5/25/19 5:40pm

"How much do I owe you?" "oh whatever you want"

BertoChavez

5/25/19 5:41pm

The precedent has been set. You're screwed

LiveCoug

5/25/19 5:42pm

Yes. This isn't the first time. It's gone up every single time.

BertoChavez

5/25/19 5:44pm

We pay $80 for 4 hours

JOPE

5/25/19 5:44pm

$20/hr is reasonable, especially if you are in CA

BertoChavez

5/25/19 5:46pm

You expect someone to clean your house gor what would basically earn them 40K/yr

cougaman

5/25/19 5:57pm

Yes. And no, it is not unreasonable. That's well above what other

BertoChavez

5/25/19 6:03pm

Yeah, that's HS degree + wage right there. Even in CA.

Ragnar Danneskjold

5/25/19 6:08pm

and it's tax free

paulb

5/25/19 9:32pm

This may be the biggest source of confusion for those in this thread thinking

BertoChavez

5/25/19 9:47pm

And you know this?

cougaman

5/25/19 9:57pm

"chances are"

BertoChavez

5/25/19 10:04pm

If it's her business and she pays taxes, it's a fair price. We paid 30 an hour

cougaman

5/25/19 10:11pm

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BertoChavez

5/25/19 10:04pm

I expect then to charge what the market will bear

Skeptical Optimist

5/25/19 6:08pm

Exactly what we pay. The service usually sends 3 or 4 people and are done in

OceanMang

5/25/19 6:08pm

We are about 70.00 for 5 hours for ours

Tuskaloosa Cougar

5/25/19 6:10pm

I live in Arizona and this local cleaner charges 30 an hour to clean houses.

JohnnyComeLately

5/25/19 5:51pm

is that a cleaning company? With their own equipment?

BertoChavez

5/25/19 5:52pm

Nope this lady just advertises on local FB page.

JohnnyComeLately

5/25/19 5:59pm

How many people pay someone to clean their houses? That seems strange, but it’s

credible HULK

5/25/19 6:18pm

Not just strange to you. Rich Cougarboarders are weird.

MasterLump

5/25/19 6:21pm

Yeah, seems weird to me too. I've got 4 kids and a wife and we all team

LiveCoug

5/25/19 6:24pm

I’m with you. I have six kids. That leaves me with only chores I actually like.

credible HULK

5/25/19 6:27pm

No way your house is that clean

JOPE

5/26/19 8:25am

Ok. We do normal cleaning every day and deep clean often.

LiveCoug

5/26/19 8:41am

My parents company charges way more depending on what it is? If there was 8

Cabadapeste

5/25/19 6:21pm

It was not a deep cleaning. She's a traditional housekeeper. She vacuums,

BertoChavez

5/25/19 7:41pm

She spent 8 hours vacuuming, throwing out trash and

Jdoc

5/25/19 7:47pm

Sounds about right

Solomon Levi

5/25/19 6:22pm

$155 every 2 weeks...takes 3 women about 2.5 hours

Iman23

5/25/19 6:24pm

That is about our setup too. Every other week 2 ladies

Oompabluepaw

5/25/19 6:53pm

Uh, that’s actually a good deal. 8 hours of cleaning is a

Jdoc

5/25/19 6:42pm

My wife cleaned houses for people, to help me buy my first business. She earned what worked out to be $40/hour

Hank Rearden

5/25/19 6:57pm

Why can’t you clean your own house?

cougarfuzz

5/25/19 9:57pm

Do you cook all your own meals, or sometimes go out to eat?

JohnnyComeLately

5/25/19 10:19pm

I guess I’m more choosy about who I let into my house for 8 hours

cougarfuzz

5/26/19 10:28pm

$35/hr is cheap if they’re good

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