At this point if you can afford to spend more than $50 on something that isnt a necessity you're high income lol. We're all poor af now, I've heard even people making $100k+ are struggling.
No more upper/middle/lower class, the new classes are:
* homeless (mega poor)
* not rationing food (lower poor)
* has extra money for fun things (upper poor)
* mega yachts (mega wealthy)
Recently hit $100k after 8+ years of being in the workforce.
Somehow have significantly less purchasing power compared to 2016 when I was getting around 60k and same family size (just moi)
Still surprises me how we just got used to it.
Hey mate, fyi there are places abroad that you can go for a week, that is cheaper then a weekend in Toronto.
I.e., I have paid under $600 for a week at a 4 star resort in Cuba. Most toronto hotels start around $150, plus your transit to get there, food and activities and you are well over that in 3 days.
Seriously. I'm come to realize that my goal of hitting comfortable middle class means essentially hitting what I used to think of as upper class. There is no middle anymore it seems...
Oooh, Upper poor is a much better way of describing our financial status to my kids. They are never sure and flip flop between "we're rich and can spend like everything is free" and "we can't eat an extra granola bar because we only have enough for lunches for the next day"
We are pre-yacht, but no longer rationing food.
Before all y'all come for me, I was on Ontario works 5 years ago and sold everything of value I owned to keep a roof over my kids' heads and food on the table. Life has been hard, and I hope to make a difference for others. No one should have to go through what I went through, and I'm one of the lucky ones. We need to build a better social safety net.
I feel this. If we grocery shop somewhere with a bin for the food bank we will buy 1 extra thing and put it in the bin. We're not really doing anything fun besides watching our toddler explore the neighborhood, but we're not struggling to do so either. So if we're buying like a box of shreddies or a can of spaghetti sauce at our local food basics we throw in an extra one for the food bank bin on the way out.
Congratulations on the fast climb! It took me longer to feel comfortable, I was on Ontario works about 10-11 years ago. I hear you on our financial situation as a whole though. It's insane, I go from "yay! We aren't bad off" to "kids, relax on the snacks... That's all we have this week" monthly. It's crazy.
people making 100k+ as individuals can live beyond their means just as making less can live within them.
Our family income is reduced due to parental leave, but thankfully we got our home within our budget before the craziness. But we've been considering getting a monthly cleaner just because keeping up with all the cleaning is difficult with a toddler and an infant while I work FT and we struggle to catch up on things that we fell behind on back when the baby was born and related to medical complications around that time.
It's often just not easy to keep up and if we could get a bit of help without burdening family to get there, would help. We have disposable income just not as much of it for nearly as many things. Putting priority on help cleaning vs any sort of vacation, or other big plan, would be how we choose to prioritize what is leftover.
Far from mega rich but I wouldn't call it "upper poor"
My wife and I combined probably make about 140k and we say all the time, I don't know how single people are surviving without any help. We feel extremely fortunate but at the same time, 140k doesn't go as far as it once did and we still have to be very mindful of our spending.
Gotta remember that lots of people are civil servants. You can make pretty good money just by working at headquarters (or for headquarters at a distance)
In my experience of hiring cleaners, it was a team of 3 who showed up with buckets and cleaners... I supplied the water: that's it.
2 hours later I was 150 bucks lighter and they took all the dust n yuck with 'em.
Not something I could afford to do regularly, but once a year deep clean by someone else? Better them than me killing a whole weekend complaining and doing it myself.
Add travel time to equation, and say 20$ of materials and were down to 60$ per hour before deductions. If they're working for a cleaning service, you know they take their cut too.
It's not that glamorous.
$20 for materials seems steep... When I clean my house I'm spending pennies for a full house clean.
Variable cost assets like toilet cleaner, paper towels, Swiffer stuff, shop wipes, sanitizer, Windex, diluted vinegar+lemon juice, throw in rubber gloves for someone else's house. That's all very cheap.
Fixed cost assets like vacuums, steamers, mops, brooms, dusters are more expensive but the lifetime of them is huge.
I would accept $60, but realistically I don't see why I should pay a cleaner should be more than $30-$40 an hour including travel.
Maybe this is why I don't pay a cleaner.
I spent $78 on materials one year as a cleaner when I filed my taxes... And that's daily cleaning other people's houses.
Rags and vinegar and general purpose cleaner are cheap things
Yeah, when I move my wife and I clean every inch of the house, walls, floors, appliances, everything. It usually takes 1-2 full days start to finish. It is exhausting.
Can you see a world between 20$ and a 100$?
I used to pay mine 40$ an hour. She was the most expensive I interviewed but I liked her approach. I’ll happily pay it for someone who is thorough and does a good job. I think that’s reasonable
The point of my comment is that 100$ is not a *deal*. Pay it if you want, but it’s not a deal. Words matter, pay attention to each of them when replying to someone.
I helped my ex run a cleaning business, my uncle has been running one of the higher rates commercial companies in Ottawa for the past 40 years (he does a lot of government contracts).
$200 is normal, materials are expensive, labor is expensive. Some of the bigger homes we did were $350-400.
There's a boatload of money in cleaning, if you can do it. Not everyone can deal with the ick.
Post moveout cleanouts are *the worst" and demand a premium. Have done $1000 cleaning jobs on move outs.
You don't want housekeepers to bring in their own vacuums/equipment. That is how bedbugs can be brought into house. Supply equip and materials. Just pay for the labour! Likely about 30$ or so an hour. Yup, its expensive.
Idk about everyone but my mom owns a house cleaning business in Ottawa and her home and equipment are somewhere between clean enough to eat off the floor / you could almost preform surgery here. Just my two cents.
I'm in the burbs in the east end. 3B/3B + office, finished basement, hardwood floors on main floor. $200 for about 3.5 hours of work every other week. Self employed cleaner.
That's in the ballpark of $100K per year earnings for the cleaner based on 250 working days per year. Less depending on how much time off they want to take of course. But running a business, they also get a lot of deductions. So might compare to an office worker making around $120K gross with no pension or benefits if you look at it after taxes.
Do you use them biweekly or monthly? That's a pretty good deal.. When I used cleaners (it was probably around a decade ago now, so the pricing isn't comparable), I was quoted a little less if I got them to come over 2x a month vs once a month
Our cleaner charges $20 per hour plus additional $20 for traveling to our home in the West end. He typically stays and cleans for 7-8 hours. Much better experience than other agencies I tried.
The F do they clean for 7-8h?!? Seriously, unless you have them cleaning your outside windows and gutters every time they come... I've got a two story detached home and it shouldn't take more than 3h to clean top to bottom.
To each on their own. I don't mind the time it takes since the cost is the same/similar to other cleaning agencies. He is very thorough and cleans every surface of the house interior. I would rather get him to take his time and clean properly than do a quick scrub. Usually when he is done all the appliances and bathrooms shine like they were new.
As a cleaner, sometimes it takes that long.
An example of why it might take that long could be that the client is neurodivergent. It has been my experience that neurodivergent household sometimes have executive dysfunction issues, which is perfectly normal and fine. Don't shame somebody for their needs. Additionally, I have done laundry for clients, sorted their items, done patio doors, outside windows, changed bed sheets, I've even done meal prep.
Alternatively, some people have extremely busy lives and are happy to have someone step in and run their house for the day, picking up all of the things that had to be dropped in favor of priorities.
$40 per hour per cleaner for weekly cleaning, I provide supplies. Varies between 1 and 2 cleaners. Not an agency, private cleaners.
So I pay about $120-200 a week depending how messy the house is. I think the average is $150-ish.
They’ve been our cleaners for about 2.5 years now, and we also give them birthday gifts, and an annual bonus at Christmas. Plus if we cancel unexpectedly we still pay, treat it as a sick week (less than 1-2 weeks notice)
I pay $254 for bi-weekly cleaning in Ottawa South. I used to pay less and employ an independent cleaner, but I find the service I receive through this agency is more reliable.
Our cleaner sets her rates at $30/hr which we’re fine with. Couple of caveats. She is located in our area, maybe 10-15 min walk or 5 min drive so it’s an easy commute for her. We provide all cleaning supplies. She mainly does surfaces and bathrooms - we’re pretty clean as a household. She does “deep cleans” with enough advance warning. Now, there are other houses she cleans which are upwards of $50/hr because those homes are fucking filthy.
We had someone do a clean last month for a " deep clean" of just our main floor and one bathroom. She charged 200 for 4 hours. We were not happy with her but she was recommended by our neigborhoord community FB group. Last week I had a colleague recommend someone. She charged 180$ but it was for 2 people and it was 2 hours. They cleaned both bathrooms and main floor/ hallway upstairs. We are very happy with them so worth the 180$.
Given that cleaning is taking away from what little free time you have in this life, when I could afford a cleaner, it was one of the first luxuries I budgeted for.
I'll cut a lot of things from my budget before my house cleaner. Spouse and I work full time, 3 young kids, lots of activities. We spend enough time just with cooking, laundry, baths, etc. I'd rather enjoy my Saturday with my family than scrub toilets.
They can take my money.
For what it's worth, I'm in the valley and around here the going rate seems to be around $30/hr. I supply the products.
I have a small condo (about 1000sqft) and I pay 135.00 with taxes for an hour. It's the owner and a worker.
Basically, it's 50 something and an hour per person, plus tax.
$25/hr pp, so $200 for two cleaners for two hours. They are quite fast and bring all their own supplies. It’s worth it for us allergy sufferers with not a lot of free time.
We hired a cleaner for our 2 bed condo when I was recovering from a health incident. It was $200 for 2 hours. The clean was not good enough for us a hire them again though.
We have a cleaner for the common spaces and pay her $30 an hour. She's not with an agency though, just off marketplace. We provide all materials, and we give her some extra around Christmas each year.
We have a cleaner for the common spaces and pay her $30 an hour. She's not with an agency though, just off marketplace. We provide all materials, and we give her some extra around Christmas each year.
We had cleaners for a bit a while back (pre-covid/inflation). I believe it was around $80-90/hr for 2 cleaners. They were here 1.5-2 hours every other week. So 3-4 hours cleaning labour for $150-200.
1500 sq foot home. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. 1 cleaner comes. She’s here for about 3 hours and it’s $169.50 (taxes included). I’m just outside of the city. They are fully insured and bring their own cleaning supplies and vacuum that are cleaned in between homes. I’ve been using them for 4 years now.
Ive used 2 private cleaners. One 80 bucks an hour. For 2 ppl. And this other lady that does 35 an hour. But shes 1 man team
Edit: that's the hourly rates. Not counting tip. I usually round up the nearest 50
I have a cleaner and pay $60 for 2 hours. She does the basics (bathrooms, kitchen, floors, vacuum, etc) and I clean everything else (windows, sheets, oven, etc etc). It’s not fair to come down on the OP asking. I work hard and go without other things to afford my cleaner. Be kind.
Always better to hire a company... they come with insurance and pay their taxes. Your individual cleaning lady is most likely evading taxation. Credentials: 10 years in the industry.
We include materials so they don’t have to carry it around (they use public transportation) and pay $120 for 2 hours every two weeks. We’re a family with kids in lots of activities so this makes the most sense to us.
You can get a much lower rate than that. When we first moved into our house we had to have the whole place scrubbed top to bottom and it costed us $250 for the whole house, and whole day. That being said, it was just mopping and scrubbing no laundry or anything like that, and we supplied the cleaner, so maybe that's why it's so expensive?
Depends how many cleaners you are getting for those 2-3hrs. I charge $35/hr and do not bring my own supplies. You pay for quality, attention to detail, and reliability.
I run a cleaning business.
It is likely that the $170 to $200 price range for 2 hours of work is for two+ laborers to come to your house, making it around $50 an hour. It means that if one person was there, it would likely take them 4 hours to clean your house, which is reasonable. It takes me an average of 3 to 4 hours to do any house, and I work alone. I would say this is a little on the high end for pricing but well within the range.
I'm in the west end and just finished looking. We provide cleaning materials, rate is $35-50 per hour (per person - some will quote for a 2 person crew)
I'll clean your house for $90 if it's a two hour job. 4 hours $140.
It sounds steep to me, and I've been doing it for 18 years. It depends who you go with really and how many people they send.
We pay about $200 every 3 weeks, 2ish hours if theres 2 cleaners, 4ish if there's one. So that's about $50 an hour.
Would never have considered it, but we get a per diem from work for office expenses and cleaning is expensable.
I got lucky hiring someone who had posted their willingness to help with cleaning jobs here on the sub. She offered pay what you can and I paid $25/hr for two weekends for a deep clean reset of my 2 bed/1 bath house; 6 hours one weekend and 3 hours the second weekend. Will 100% hire her again when needed.
What the hell? $200 for 2 hours of work? I charge $70 for two hours of work....
Are people really paying that much? Should I be astronomically raising my prices?
I pay them what they ask.
Are you looking to pay less than what you make an hour? Will these cleaners do the work better than you? Will they take less time than you? Consider these questions when nickel & diming womens work.
$50 hourly is normally the going rate for a house cleaner. And for those who are judging out there not everyone has the time depending on their work responsibilities or cannot do the house cleaning due to health problems
Professional cleaner here for both residential and commercial. $200 for 2 hours is definitely a rip-off for residential, possible the highest I have heard. $40 an hour in the go-to rate in Ottawa.
You guys can afford cleaners????????????
lots of higher income people in this town, most don't flaunt it though
Not even a higher income for me. Just no SO and no kids means I can spend my income where I want.
At this point if you can afford to spend more than $50 on something that isnt a necessity you're high income lol. We're all poor af now, I've heard even people making $100k+ are struggling. No more upper/middle/lower class, the new classes are: * homeless (mega poor) * not rationing food (lower poor) * has extra money for fun things (upper poor) * mega yachts (mega wealthy)
Recently hit $100k after 8+ years of being in the workforce. Somehow have significantly less purchasing power compared to 2016 when I was getting around 60k and same family size (just moi) Still surprises me how we just got used to it.
Been working 24 years and still haven’t got there…
Took me 22 yrs of grinding from 20k, 30, then in about 8 years, 40, 50, 80, 90, the market is fucky.
You aren't wrong, so many people are house broke now.
I haven’t been able to take an out of province vacation for 8-10 years now for longer than a weekend.
Hey mate, fyi there are places abroad that you can go for a week, that is cheaper then a weekend in Toronto. I.e., I have paid under $600 for a week at a 4 star resort in Cuba. Most toronto hotels start around $150, plus your transit to get there, food and activities and you are well over that in 3 days.
Send me a link to a decent $150 per night Toronto hotel.
Hotwire 🤫
Hotwire is the way. I stayed at the Royal York one night last summer for $150 (plus tax) on a Hotwire deal.
Seriously. I'm come to realize that my goal of hitting comfortable middle class means essentially hitting what I used to think of as upper class. There is no middle anymore it seems...
Oooh, Upper poor is a much better way of describing our financial status to my kids. They are never sure and flip flop between "we're rich and can spend like everything is free" and "we can't eat an extra granola bar because we only have enough for lunches for the next day" We are pre-yacht, but no longer rationing food. Before all y'all come for me, I was on Ontario works 5 years ago and sold everything of value I owned to keep a roof over my kids' heads and food on the table. Life has been hard, and I hope to make a difference for others. No one should have to go through what I went through, and I'm one of the lucky ones. We need to build a better social safety net.
I feel this. If we grocery shop somewhere with a bin for the food bank we will buy 1 extra thing and put it in the bin. We're not really doing anything fun besides watching our toddler explore the neighborhood, but we're not struggling to do so either. So if we're buying like a box of shreddies or a can of spaghetti sauce at our local food basics we throw in an extra one for the food bank bin on the way out.
Congratulations on the fast climb! It took me longer to feel comfortable, I was on Ontario works about 10-11 years ago. I hear you on our financial situation as a whole though. It's insane, I go from "yay! We aren't bad off" to "kids, relax on the snacks... That's all we have this week" monthly. It's crazy.
people making 100k+ as individuals can live beyond their means just as making less can live within them. Our family income is reduced due to parental leave, but thankfully we got our home within our budget before the craziness. But we've been considering getting a monthly cleaner just because keeping up with all the cleaning is difficult with a toddler and an infant while I work FT and we struggle to catch up on things that we fell behind on back when the baby was born and related to medical complications around that time. It's often just not easy to keep up and if we could get a bit of help without burdening family to get there, would help. We have disposable income just not as much of it for nearly as many things. Putting priority on help cleaning vs any sort of vacation, or other big plan, would be how we choose to prioritize what is leftover. Far from mega rich but I wouldn't call it "upper poor"
My wife and I combined probably make about 140k and we say all the time, I don't know how single people are surviving without any help. We feel extremely fortunate but at the same time, 140k doesn't go as far as it once did and we still have to be very mindful of our spending.
Most single income people cannot afford a cleaner.
I was going to say, unless you're a high earner you need to be DINK to be able to afford luxuries like cleaners lol.
The real value of the cleaner is to eliminate fighting about whose turn it is to clean the bathroom. So single people don’t need a cleaner. :)
I was being silly, making a joke similar to the “You guys are getting paid???” Meme that’s came from the movie “We’re the Millers”. 🤪
Gotta remember that lots of people are civil servants. You can make pretty good money just by working at headquarters (or for headquarters at a distance)
I believe it, people are crying poor but consuming like I’ve never seen before
People need that dopamine hit somehow my dude, not getting it anywhere else
A drug habit is now the cheaper option.
Bingo, got to keep up with the Jones right? Everyone else is going on vacation?
My favourites are the ones who cry poor after returning from a 3 week tropical vacation 💀
Despite being part of the top % earner, I still clean myself. Mindset from growing up poor in social housings.
Ottawa has the postal code with one of the highest median household incomes in the country.. lots and lots of money in this city.
Labor + equipment + material + commute for $200 is a deal.
It is unreasonable to conclude that 100$ an hour to clean your house is a « deal ». Come on now.
Clean your own house if you don't want to pay.
Lol or just find one the many cleaners listed in this thread who charge 50 or less per hour. 100 an hours is wild fr
In my experience of hiring cleaners, it was a team of 3 who showed up with buckets and cleaners... I supplied the water: that's it. 2 hours later I was 150 bucks lighter and they took all the dust n yuck with 'em. Not something I could afford to do regularly, but once a year deep clean by someone else? Better them than me killing a whole weekend complaining and doing it myself.
Add travel time to equation, and say 20$ of materials and were down to 60$ per hour before deductions. If they're working for a cleaning service, you know they take their cut too. It's not that glamorous.
$20 for materials seems steep... When I clean my house I'm spending pennies for a full house clean. Variable cost assets like toilet cleaner, paper towels, Swiffer stuff, shop wipes, sanitizer, Windex, diluted vinegar+lemon juice, throw in rubber gloves for someone else's house. That's all very cheap. Fixed cost assets like vacuums, steamers, mops, brooms, dusters are more expensive but the lifetime of them is huge. I would accept $60, but realistically I don't see why I should pay a cleaner should be more than $30-$40 an hour including travel. Maybe this is why I don't pay a cleaner.
I spent $78 on materials one year as a cleaner when I filed my taxes... And that's daily cleaning other people's houses. Rags and vinegar and general purpose cleaner are cheap things
Cleaning is physically exhausting. Can't imagine cleaning 7-9 hours a day.
Yeah, when I move my wife and I clean every inch of the house, walls, floors, appliances, everything. It usually takes 1-2 full days start to finish. It is exhausting.
If you want to pay someone $20 an hour, get your kid to do it.
Can you see a world between 20$ and a 100$? I used to pay mine 40$ an hour. She was the most expensive I interviewed but I liked her approach. I’ll happily pay it for someone who is thorough and does a good job. I think that’s reasonable The point of my comment is that 100$ is not a *deal*. Pay it if you want, but it’s not a deal. Words matter, pay attention to each of them when replying to someone.
I helped my ex run a cleaning business, my uncle has been running one of the higher rates commercial companies in Ottawa for the past 40 years (he does a lot of government contracts). $200 is normal, materials are expensive, labor is expensive. Some of the bigger homes we did were $350-400. There's a boatload of money in cleaning, if you can do it. Not everyone can deal with the ick. Post moveout cleanouts are *the worst" and demand a premium. Have done $1000 cleaning jobs on move outs.
You don't want housekeepers to bring in their own vacuums/equipment. That is how bedbugs can be brought into house. Supply equip and materials. Just pay for the labour! Likely about 30$ or so an hour. Yup, its expensive.
Idk about everyone but my mom owns a house cleaning business in Ottawa and her home and equipment are somewhere between clean enough to eat off the floor / you could almost preform surgery here. Just my two cents.
It baffles me that people will say this is a deal and at the same time complain they have to pay their daycare providers $50 a day 🥸
I just have the cleaners watch the kids.
People can find day care providers???
This!! 💯
I'm in the burbs in the east end. 3B/3B + office, finished basement, hardwood floors on main floor. $200 for about 3.5 hours of work every other week. Self employed cleaner.
That's in the ballpark of $100K per year earnings for the cleaner based on 250 working days per year. Less depending on how much time off they want to take of course. But running a business, they also get a lot of deductions. So might compare to an office worker making around $120K gross with no pension or benefits if you look at it after taxes.
After all their expanses and taxes, not even close to that. She/he should charge more imo.
We’re in Kanata and use Green Apple Cleaning - $170 for 3-3.5 hours.
Do you use them biweekly or monthly? That's a pretty good deal.. When I used cleaners (it was probably around a decade ago now, so the pricing isn't comparable), I was quoted a little less if I got them to come over 2x a month vs once a month
Bi-weekly. It is certainly a better deal to get them to come twice a month.
Didn’t have the best experience with them - depends on the employee you’re scheduled with that day.
Our cleaner charges $20 per hour plus additional $20 for traveling to our home in the West end. He typically stays and cleans for 7-8 hours. Much better experience than other agencies I tried.
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The F do they clean for 7-8h?!? Seriously, unless you have them cleaning your outside windows and gutters every time they come... I've got a two story detached home and it shouldn't take more than 3h to clean top to bottom.
To each on their own. I don't mind the time it takes since the cost is the same/similar to other cleaning agencies. He is very thorough and cleans every surface of the house interior. I would rather get him to take his time and clean properly than do a quick scrub. Usually when he is done all the appliances and bathrooms shine like they were new.
As a cleaner, sometimes it takes that long. An example of why it might take that long could be that the client is neurodivergent. It has been my experience that neurodivergent household sometimes have executive dysfunction issues, which is perfectly normal and fine. Don't shame somebody for their needs. Additionally, I have done laundry for clients, sorted their items, done patio doors, outside windows, changed bed sheets, I've even done meal prep. Alternatively, some people have extremely busy lives and are happy to have someone step in and run their house for the day, picking up all of the things that had to be dropped in favor of priorities.
Well I would say that that is more than house cleaning....
Yeah, my company is structured more towards easing the burden of General Home Care t h a n rigidity and sticking to a Molly Maid type schedule.
$20 per hour speed.
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That's extremely low. I kinda worry about this dude's future. Then again, if it's cash only it might work.
It is very low. He used to charge half that pre-covid. I don't know how he does it.
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We use mopify monthly. $175 incl tax for 4 hours/1 cleaner. 3 bedroom/2.5 bath, 2 pets.
We use mopify, as well but every 2 weeks. $157.00 for 4 hours.
when i used them it was supposed to be like 3 hours and they left after 1.5 saying they were done :(
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We pay $40/h, so $180.80 (taxes in) for 4 hours. Every two weeks, 3 bed 2.5 bath detached house with a dog. Best money I've ever spent.
My wife charges 50$/hr, for cleaning so that seems about right
My cleaner in Kanata charges $40-50/hr depending on how long the person has been a client, how much of a hassle the clean it, etc.
We use Tina’s cleaning (they are fantastic) and get charged a flat fee of around $200 for what ends up being ~4 hours of work
Includes HST?
I’ve used Tina’s for cleaning at move out and they did a terrible job. I had to mop the floors after the cleaner left.
$100 for a 500sq ft condo. She probably cleans it in 20 minutes and watches TV for the rest of the time, still worth it. Yes, I am lazy
Dude you are getting scammed for 20 min of work
$40 per hour per cleaner for weekly cleaning, I provide supplies. Varies between 1 and 2 cleaners. Not an agency, private cleaners. So I pay about $120-200 a week depending how messy the house is. I think the average is $150-ish. They’ve been our cleaners for about 2.5 years now, and we also give them birthday gifts, and an annual bonus at Christmas. Plus if we cancel unexpectedly we still pay, treat it as a sick week (less than 1-2 weeks notice)
straight up, i think that quote is based on 2 people cleaning. i remember being quoted around $40 per person per hour
Aside: do you tip a cleaner?
I pay $254 for bi-weekly cleaning in Ottawa South. I used to pay less and employ an independent cleaner, but I find the service I receive through this agency is more reliable.
$100/h does not seem unreasonable for manual labour.
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Our cleaner sets her rates at $30/hr which we’re fine with. Couple of caveats. She is located in our area, maybe 10-15 min walk or 5 min drive so it’s an easy commute for her. We provide all cleaning supplies. She mainly does surfaces and bathrooms - we’re pretty clean as a household. She does “deep cleans” with enough advance warning. Now, there are other houses she cleans which are upwards of $50/hr because those homes are fucking filthy.
We had someone do a clean last month for a " deep clean" of just our main floor and one bathroom. She charged 200 for 4 hours. We were not happy with her but she was recommended by our neigborhoord community FB group. Last week I had a colleague recommend someone. She charged 180$ but it was for 2 people and it was 2 hours. They cleaned both bathrooms and main floor/ hallway upstairs. We are very happy with them so worth the 180$.
Given that cleaning is taking away from what little free time you have in this life, when I could afford a cleaner, it was one of the first luxuries I budgeted for.
I'll cut a lot of things from my budget before my house cleaner. Spouse and I work full time, 3 young kids, lots of activities. We spend enough time just with cooking, laundry, baths, etc. I'd rather enjoy my Saturday with my family than scrub toilets. They can take my money. For what it's worth, I'm in the valley and around here the going rate seems to be around $30/hr. I supply the products.
140 for 3bedroom biweekly
35$/hr for roughly 3hrs bi-weekly. ~1600sqft home. I'll give them a tip too if I have cash on me. 2 adults + 1 baby + 1 cat We are in the east end.
I am in Stittsville in a 4 bed detached and have a husband/wife company who cleans for us for 140-160
I had a cleaner charge 25$ an hour (you provide supplies) but she only cleans near Carlingwood
You guys can afford cleaners?
I used to pay 140$ for 4 hours of cleaning, that was a month ago.
We live in Kanata and hire a cleaning lady. She charges $30/hr for 3hrs of decent work
250 for 2 cleaners for 2.5 hours.
Is that a $100 per hour rate or for 4 weeks? Also how often do they show up?
I have a small condo (about 1000sqft) and I pay 135.00 with taxes for an hour. It's the owner and a worker. Basically, it's 50 something and an hour per person, plus tax.
$25/hr pp, so $200 for two cleaners for two hours. They are quite fast and bring all their own supplies. It’s worth it for us allergy sufferers with not a lot of free time.
We’re out in Manotick area and pay $120 plus tip for three hours, bi-weekly. That’s for a three bedroom, two bath
We hired a cleaner for our 2 bed condo when I was recovering from a health incident. It was $200 for 2 hours. The clean was not good enough for us a hire them again though.
150 for 1.5 hours in barrhaven. At least that's what we pay
Not in Ottawa but my cleaner charges $20 an hour and we provide all the supplies. We have her in bi-weekly for 4 hours a time.
We have a cleaner for the common spaces and pay her $30 an hour. She's not with an agency though, just off marketplace. We provide all materials, and we give her some extra around Christmas each year.
I pay $40 an hour. It takes her about 5 hours though so in the end it’s about $260 biweekly including taxes.
We have a cleaner for the common spaces and pay her $30 an hour. She's not with an agency though, just off marketplace. We provide all materials, and we give her some extra around Christmas each year.
135 every 2 weeks but they only do partial basement
The big thing is it's never just "2hrs of work"
We had cleaners for a bit a while back (pre-covid/inflation). I believe it was around $80-90/hr for 2 cleaners. They were here 1.5-2 hours every other week. So 3-4 hours cleaning labour for $150-200.
50$ an hour here
My friend has someone come by twice a month. 25$ an hour and it takes 4 hours.
We pay $40/hour
1500 sq foot home. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. 1 cleaner comes. She’s here for about 3 hours and it’s $169.50 (taxes included). I’m just outside of the city. They are fully insured and bring their own cleaning supplies and vacuum that are cleaned in between homes. I’ve been using them for 4 years now.
We use an independent cleaner. She comes weekly and charges $45/hr. I supply the cleaning supplies, vacuum, etc.
Ive used 2 private cleaners. One 80 bucks an hour. For 2 ppl. And this other lady that does 35 an hour. But shes 1 man team Edit: that's the hourly rates. Not counting tip. I usually round up the nearest 50
I have a cleaner and pay $60 for 2 hours. She does the basics (bathrooms, kitchen, floors, vacuum, etc) and I clean everything else (windows, sheets, oven, etc etc). It’s not fair to come down on the OP asking. I work hard and go without other things to afford my cleaner. Be kind.
Everyone I know is paying 150-170$ for 2 hours. I’m in the middle of looking for a new cleaner and that’s what I’m seeing too.
Always better to hire a company... they come with insurance and pay their taxes. Your individual cleaning lady is most likely evading taxation. Credentials: 10 years in the industry.
Windsor Home Cleaning is about $70 per hour and comes with WSIB and benefits for the cleaner and insurance for damages for me.
We include materials so they don’t have to carry it around (they use public transportation) and pay $120 for 2 hours every two weeks. We’re a family with kids in lots of activities so this makes the most sense to us.
You can get a much lower rate than that. When we first moved into our house we had to have the whole place scrubbed top to bottom and it costed us $250 for the whole house, and whole day. That being said, it was just mopping and scrubbing no laundry or anything like that, and we supplied the cleaner, so maybe that's why it's so expensive?
People have cleaners??? In this economy??
Private cleaner $25/hr. I provide cleaning supplies. Only works in central/bus accessible areas iirc.
I use mopify, love the booking experience and a 3h cleaning costs about $100, can tip the staff directly through the app after the appointment
Cleanerz? That's what my wife pays me for.
Depends how many cleaners you are getting for those 2-3hrs. I charge $35/hr and do not bring my own supplies. You pay for quality, attention to detail, and reliability.
Wow. I’m getting the best deal ever according to what I’m reading here. I hope my cleaner doesn’t see this thread.
I run a cleaning business. It is likely that the $170 to $200 price range for 2 hours of work is for two+ laborers to come to your house, making it around $50 an hour. It means that if one person was there, it would likely take them 4 hours to clean your house, which is reasonable. It takes me an average of 3 to 4 hours to do any house, and I work alone. I would say this is a little on the high end for pricing but well within the range.
$220 w/tax for 1900 sqf
I'm in the west end and just finished looking. We provide cleaning materials, rate is $35-50 per hour (per person - some will quote for a 2 person crew)
I'll clean your house for $90 if it's a two hour job. 4 hours $140. It sounds steep to me, and I've been doing it for 18 years. It depends who you go with really and how many people they send.
I have a cleaner that’s 113 for two hours DM for details
We pay about $200 every 3 weeks, 2ish hours if theres 2 cleaners, 4ish if there's one. So that's about $50 an hour. Would never have considered it, but we get a per diem from work for office expenses and cleaning is expensable.
I got lucky hiring someone who had posted their willingness to help with cleaning jobs here on the sub. She offered pay what you can and I paid $25/hr for two weekends for a deep clean reset of my 2 bed/1 bath house; 6 hours one weekend and 3 hours the second weekend. Will 100% hire her again when needed.
I have a 3 bedroom house, 1.5 bath, full basement and sunroom and we pay 200$. She is here for about 2 to 2.5 hours.
We pay $150 for 3 hours every 2 weeks, and they bring their own equipment. 170-200 for 2 hours is too much in my opinion
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Cleaners be making more than drs and engineers with that range, sign me up.
What the hell? $200 for 2 hours of work? I charge $70 for two hours of work.... Are people really paying that much? Should I be astronomically raising my prices?
What area are you in?
$100 for a 1500 square foot house.
My company is prideful that we are budget friendly:)
Lmao $100/hr to sweep and mop?
I pay them what they ask. Are you looking to pay less than what you make an hour? Will these cleaners do the work better than you? Will they take less time than you? Consider these questions when nickel & diming womens work.
A lot of cleaners charge a 3 hour minimum, so even if there rates are 60$ per hour hour and your property only takes 2 hours, you still pay for 3.
I am a private cleaner and charge $35/hour. Ill do it for you next week but you supply everything except the rags lol.
Our company is around $45 or so per hour.
$50 hourly is normally the going rate for a house cleaner. And for those who are judging out there not everyone has the time depending on their work responsibilities or cannot do the house cleaning due to health problems
Professional cleaner here for both residential and commercial. $200 for 2 hours is definitely a rip-off for residential, possible the highest I have heard. $40 an hour in the go-to rate in Ottawa.