Cost of cleaners and gardeners

[k8bug79]

Hi,

I was going to try and say a comment about little time i have to clean and garden etc but tbh I just hate doing them :yes:. I a happy to clean the house but I do actually not have enough time as we both work full time and have 3 snail trail children so we end up chasing our tails all the time. And I HATE gardening. Plus the addition of the creepy crawlies means I either want a concrete yard with a few pots or a gardener. We can just about afford a cleaner once a week in the UK and we pay about £8 an hour. But I wondered f anyone can let me know the average cost for both of these roles out there.

Thanks

[Wellers and Whitehead]

Just googled it, would have no idea but it says a cleaner gets about $15 to $25 per hour.

[fleabo]

$100 to have your house cleaned head to toe once a week in the Upper North Shore, Sydney. Needless to say, I get the kids to do ours. $2.50 each.

[k8bug79]

$100 to have your house cleaned head to toe once a week in the Upper North Shore, Sydney. Needless to say, I get the kids to do ours. $2.50 each.

I wish I could persuade mine to do it, even with money on offer. It works once and then they get bored and would rather not have the money lol. Thanks for the answers Prob not going to be top of my list of spends but who knows after time lol

[Eera]

I agree with David Thorne on the cleaning issue: "I like being messy. It shows I have better things to do than cleaning". Cleaners advertise in the local pocket directory for around $20 per hour, or $25 with chemicals supplied, I think Jims Mowing charge about $60 to go over the lawn but they don't do anything more adventurous than that.

 

I find that if I want plants and garden edging without the hassel of weeding, put in your plants, surround with weed mat and chuck mulch over the top, looks great and no weeds.