Hiring a cleaner

[mickyc]

I love having a cleaner! I pay $20 an hour. Right now I have 2 ladies that come together for an hour on a bi-weekly basis so I pay $40 for that hour. They only clean my upstairs which is approx. 1200 sq ft. It has 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, kitchen and living room and back entrance. I clean the daycare area myself. I also get the ladies to come in the morning while I am working so I don't have to worry about leaving the house when they are here.

As for cleaning before the cleaner - yep I do that. I make sure all of my daughter's toys are put away, dishes done, everything off the counters, all clothes picked up and put away/taken to laundry room, in the morning I make all the beds and put all the cats toys up and away. I want them here to clean the floors, bathroom, dust etc not have to move a bunch of stuff or work around a mess.

The awesome part too is that it can be claimed as a daycare expense at income tax time!