Are you a career woman who’s out of the house for the whole day? Or a mom with your hands full with children that keeping your home tidy would be impossible? Maybe it’s time you hire a house cleaner.
No one would like to live in a messy, cluttered home, and if you don’t have the time to clean it yourself, then it’s a must to get a cleaning lady. She would be a big help in sweeping the floor, arranging things, and making every nook and cranny spotless while you’re busy with other things.
But before you hire a house cleaner, you need to keep some things in mind, here’s a guide to hiring a house cleaner.
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Hire Directly or Through a Service
Choose whether you want to hire directly or consult the aid of a cleaning service/ agency. Hiring directly may be easier on your budget, but you’ll have to spend time calculating her salary and taxes. Also, if the house cleaner resigns or you terminate her services for some reason, finding a replacement will take a while. On the other hand, if you’re going to get a cleaning lady from an agency, replacements can come quick. You’ll also have no accounting responsibilities. However, cleaning service would, most of the time, come at a premium.
Background Check
Do background checks on potential house cleaners prior to hiring. Ask for references; contact previous employers and ask about her performance and work ethic. Check if the cleaner has records of past transgressions. It’s for your safety and peace of mind.
Clearly Saying What You Need
Be clear about what you need. Do you want the cleaning lady to tidy up all rooms except the master’s bedroom? Is she going to just do the family’s laundry? Does she have to clean on Tuesday and Friday mornings only? Determine what needs to be done and how you like her to do it.
Determine Needed Products
Also ask her how they want to go through about cleaning the house. Does she need to use specific cleaning products? What tools should be provided? If you have reservations about her requests, then try to compromise.
Know the limits
Ask her what she can and she cannot do. You have to choose a house cleaner whose skills meet your needs.
Most of all, respect your helper
She is not someone you can just order about. Don’t make her do tasks outside her capacity. You can be firm, but also be kind. When hiring a house cleaner, show respect — she will appreciate you and would surely consider being kept in your employ.
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Wow – how I would love to be able to hire someone to help me clean the house. I suffer from back spasms and it is very difficult for me to bend and clean under furniture etc. Alas, the budget does not allow it right now but I will remember the tips for when I get a raise at work.
Making sure expectaions are made clear is SOOO important! I’ve had severa; cleaning ladies and been very happy because they knew what I wanted.
Great tips! It’s good to tell them clearly what you expect/want because their style of cleaning may ont be yours!
TRUST is key. Make sure you do the background checks first before inviting a stranger in your home.
I need a housekeeper. Really really really bad.
Thanks for the tips. Very helpful 🙂
My house is so big, but each of one of family helps clean, it’s too expensive to hire a cleaner. Goods tips and a very helpful text 😉
Being in the cleaning industry I enjoy reading these articles very
much. Keep up the great work.