tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615960162747995029.post5808857010148916724..comments2024-02-23T20:03:41.543+11:00Comments on Clairey Hewitt: I don't think I want a cleanerClaireyHewitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15709892778460619439noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615960162747995029.post-42550552764799977432011-09-13T16:17:06.981+10:002011-09-13T16:17:06.981+10:00I've never had a cleaner before but I recently...I've never had a cleaner before but I recently just won a cleaner for a year! I was a bit excited when I got that email let me tell you. I am still waiting to hear the deets on it though.Oh Gorgeous Babyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11194501568692726710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615960162747995029.post-33257592954063092352011-09-08T16:29:10.656+10:002011-09-08T16:29:10.656+10:00I have a cleaner who comes every fortnight for 2 h...I have a cleaner who comes every fortnight for 2 hours to do the floors, bathrooms and dust. I tidy the house before she comes and I love that on that one day, everything is clean and tidy. I wipe vanities and clean loos and sweep/mop on the week in between. <br /><br />I solo-parent most of the time so things just wouldn't get done properly if I didn't have a cleaner.<br /><br />Best $40 I spend!Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02904895303952065912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615960162747995029.post-81133106454879519722011-09-08T07:29:00.590+10:002011-09-08T07:29:00.590+10:00My dream...a housekeeper who comes for three hours...My dream...a housekeeper who comes for three hours, twice a week. Princess? Never going to happen...but a girl can dream :)Louisa Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01504106677453816810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615960162747995029.post-72514385694849473972011-09-06T23:01:32.340+10:002011-09-06T23:01:32.340+10:00No cleaner here. So no clean house.No cleaner here. So no clean house.Life In A Pink Fibrohttp://lifeinapinkfibro.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615960162747995029.post-86648461771431274642011-09-06T21:56:15.162+10:002011-09-06T21:56:15.162+10:00I have a cleaner weekly and love it. I work three...I have a cleaner weekly and love it. I work three days a week and get a bit stressed if my house gets too out of control. <br /><br />I get my cleaner to do the bathrooms, floors and stuff. Then I just do the general day to day stuff. <br /><br />I find if I get to a certain standard then I can relatively easily maintain it but if I get behind it is a different story. I feel the cleaner helps me stay on top of stuff. I don't clean for her but do make the kids pick up toys etc so she can spend all her time cleaning and not tidying.<br /><br />The best bit is coming home from work to a clean house. It is like the fairies have been!A Farmer's Wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17094401205258678969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615960162747995029.post-49080180630718643122011-09-06T21:11:03.064+10:002011-09-06T21:11:03.064+10:00I'm a bit like that - end up cleaning for the ...I'm a bit like that - end up cleaning for the cleaner which really defeats the purpose.<br />I think I may like one perhaps when the kids are at school, but then I really should be saving the money and doing it myself. Oh the dilemma!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09651116248452404269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615960162747995029.post-23854012593495293482011-09-06T20:58:30.291+10:002011-09-06T20:58:30.291+10:00I would love a cleaner - and I actually looked int...I would love a cleaner - and I actually looked into some local ones but then my husband said NO! He'd rather do it himself than waste the money.... well hmmmmmm I'm yet to see him do anything!<br />xxNewmummahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08891153010194464677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615960162747995029.post-31249286978762320912011-09-06T20:17:22.182+10:002011-09-06T20:17:22.182+10:00Great post, and a big quandry!
So, this is where ...Great post, and a big quandry!<br /><br />So, this is where I sound like a right tosser and expatriate, but I really miss my housekeeper when I lived in PNG.<br /><br />She did the dishes, swept the floors, MOPPED the floors, cleaned the windows, did all of our washing and ironing (and put it all away), and then cooed over my baby all at the same time.<br /><br />When I moved back to Australia I was going to do my MBA, but then realised there wasn't time because I had to clean.<br /><br />I don't have a cleaner now, but if I could pay someone as cheap to do as much as my housekeeper did in PNG, I WOULD.<br /><br />Yes, I sound like a right snob now, don't I?<br /><br />xxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09345662692259541964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615960162747995029.post-28763176477217022442011-09-06T19:25:26.794+10:002011-09-06T19:25:26.794+10:00I have a once-a-fortnight cleaner and she is my he...I have a once-a-fortnight cleaner and she is my hero. She is cheap ($25/hr for 2 hours) and while she's here (she comes on my little boy's one day care day) I get enough work done to pay for her several times over AND my house is cleaner than I'd get it. So highly recommended!!Amanda Kendlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05178108297108834609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615960162747995029.post-60667657576234487102011-09-06T19:15:21.878+10:002011-09-06T19:15:21.878+10:00I love the idea in theory - especially for the yuc...I love the idea in theory - especially for the yucky jobs like bathrooms and windows. But when I've had one in the past I've never been happy. Just to fussy I'm guessing :O) Enjoy the pedi I say!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615960162747995029.post-25692880465723193752011-09-06T19:00:57.890+10:002011-09-06T19:00:57.890+10:00I'd love a cleaner in theory but really just w...I'd love a cleaner in theory but really just want those jobs you mentioned done. At this stage in the pregnancy though I'd love someone else to mop the manky floors for me. I swear I clean those floors a few times a day with the Bebito & Mr around. It's a luxury we just can't afford either & i don't mind scheduling out the jobs across the week when I'm more energetic than I am at the moment!Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11556843852780239036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615960162747995029.post-74008698797501003492011-09-06T18:34:26.631+10:002011-09-06T18:34:26.631+10:00I chop and change on this one. Right now I work fu...I chop and change on this one. Right now I work full time and have a cleaner come once a week for 2 hours (it's $60) and I think I will shift it to fortnightly as like you said, I can't last a full week on many items and end up cleaning lots myself anyway. But I do love the piece of mind that if I am snowed under with work, I can spend time I have with my family and know that the house will be sorted out each wednesday morning by someone else. Ask me again in a few months and I may feel differently. Guess whatever works...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10538066058731315658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615960162747995029.post-113155631972434932011-09-06T18:24:28.265+10:002011-09-06T18:24:28.265+10:00I have a love hate relationship with cleaning. I ...I have a love hate relationship with cleaning. I adore when its done and can stand back and inspect a sparkling job well done but loathe the lead up. And the inevitable disenchantment that comes with all my hard work being undone a mere half hr later bu tornado child.<br /><br />I've been in both camps - paid for a cleaner and loved the free time with my family it bought me on weekends as well as now not having one. We couldnt afford one anyway and I figure if I had the extra funds I'd prefer a massage instead!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06911678503912496884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615960162747995029.post-25577057048943519222011-09-06T17:48:52.280+10:002011-09-06T17:48:52.280+10:00Oh yes, would much rather clean myself & rewar...Oh yes, would much rather clean myself & reward the effort with a new dress, love Posieposie blogs Jennie McClellandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07422068499429667636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615960162747995029.post-1297500641548311582011-09-06T17:34:51.529+10:002011-09-06T17:34:51.529+10:00Before we moved to Melbourne I had a full time nan...Before we moved to Melbourne I had a full time nanny/housekeeper who looked after the boys at home while I worked.....it was AWESOME.<br /><br />This lovely angel was one of those people who cannot sit down for a minute. She was a cleaning freak. She vacuumed every day, washed all our clothes, one day I came home and she had MOWED THE LAWN!<br /><br />It was expensive - but then again full time childcare IS expensive. On the other hand, the only cleaning I had to do was on the weekends and that was just keeping things tidy (and I didnt' even do that very well lol).<br /><br />I work 30 hours a week now but I have a cleaner that comes in twice a week at the moment to do bathrooms, kitchen, floors, etc. but I know what you mean, 2 hours after she has gone its gone back to 'tornado-ville' again. She is a single mum though with a little one of her own so I don't mind paying for it - and at least I don't have to scrub the bath!Eloisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13750919034120118112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615960162747995029.post-30971962467719318682011-09-06T16:37:34.813+10:002011-09-06T16:37:34.813+10:00Oops sorry about the other comments blogger had a ...Oops sorry about the other comments blogger had a freak out on me and posted multiple times lol xTara @ Mum-mentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00088709327379392965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615960162747995029.post-81924960305372370072011-09-06T16:35:49.151+10:002011-09-06T16:35:49.151+10:00I don't like cleaning itself but I love a clea...I don't like cleaning itself but I love a clean house (that I have cleaned myself). Sadly enough I find it therapeutic and it makes me feel like less of a domestic failure, plus I'd feel for a cleaner who tries to deal with my OCD tendencies lol. <br /><br />I would rather spend the cash on a monthly massage - I would die without that, but can manage w/o a cleaner. (although I do sometimes daydream about having one)susanhttp://mummydaze.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615960162747995029.post-14958008390786683892011-09-06T16:35:15.950+10:002011-09-06T16:35:15.950+10:00I think i would want my nails done! At least id ha...I think i would want my nails done! At least id have hot nails whilst i cleaned lol<br />xTara @ Mum-mentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00088709327379392965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615960162747995029.post-7875051013928595352011-09-06T16:32:52.105+10:002011-09-06T16:32:52.105+10:00I would love someone to clean for me but:
a) too e...I would love someone to clean for me but:<br />a) too embarrassed to have someone see how much of a shambles family we really are<br />b) too expensive<br />c) wouldn't last more than 10 mins<br />so I agree, spend the money on a little luxury pampering for yourself!Jess WhoaMammahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12137190564912696355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615960162747995029.post-83074838848952069682011-09-06T16:32:26.843+10:002011-09-06T16:32:26.843+10:00This comment has been removed by the author.Tara @ Mum-mentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00088709327379392965noreply@blogger.com