Spring clean

[Ole]

Months ago I threw my cleaning routine out of the window and our 2 bed flat is pretty awful at the moment. As I have not got the momentum to tackle this I am after a company which does a spring clean to start me off again.

I have not posted this in the services section because I am after a recommendation. I have already contacted a local agency which has quoted me ?250 which sounds pretty steep to me? (our flat consists of one living room, 2 bedrooms, a kitchen, one bathroom and one hallway) They did say that I would get 5 cleaners and that it would take about an hour. This works out at ?50/hour per cleaner, which makes me think that I am being taken for a bit of a ride. For this amount I could get my old cleaner back for ?25 hours (and I am not calling her back because she was pretty rubbish). Even if I paid her double ?20/hour this would still entitle me to 12 hours, so I am pretty annoyed at the ?250 for 1 hour I have been quoted (even for a team of 5 cleaners). Or am I missing something?

Thanks!

[Pickle]

I looked into similar a few years ago, and like you was pretty shocked by the prices (?400+ was the quote I got for our 5 bed house, needless to say I didn't go ahead!).

I think the problem is that agencies charge a hefty fee, especially if you don't already use them to provide you with a weekly cleaner. Much cheaper to hire someone directly, but then you run the risk of them being rubbish!

Sorry, no solution, but I will watch with interest. We have a cleaner but I would like a "deep clean" done to tackle all the little things that get missed and start to add up. If there were 12 more hours in a day I'd do it myself, but I never seem to get time.

[crescent]

Ditto - have looked into one-off deep clean services and think 'ouch, will live in squalor for bit longer'... So also watching with interest.

[Dorothy]

Hi Ole, my cleaner is looking for extra work and is absolutely excellent. I pay her ?10 per hour. I am sure she could get your flat sorted out in a couple of 3 hour sessions - she really works hard and has very high standards. Would you like me to ask her if she'd be interested? She does our large 3 bed house in 3 hours, including bed changing, and it was pretty dirty when she first started with us as we had had building works going on for months.

[arworld]

Hi there,

we used Sonia when we had a building work done - I cannot remeber how much she charged excatly but it was very reasonable and professional. She also offers a regular cleaning service which we have beeen using since the post building works cleaning.

Her number is +447743385805

good luck!