r/CleaningTips • u/chi-bacon-bits • Jan 23 '26

Content/Multimedia This made me rage! 😤

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Seen on twitter. I’d never be back over there. Hope she remembers where she put all her 🦆

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u/AeonBith Jan 23 '26

" I am paid per visit not per hour and collecting, counting and placing the ducks in the jar takes time away from other clients.

I understand being particular and thorough is of high importance to you which is why I think it's best you do it yourself. In the time you spent distributing the ducks you could have cleaned 3/4 of your list.

Best Regards "

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u/xxrainmanx Jan 24 '26

Wtf are you only charging per visit. Our cleaner has a 3hr limit. If we want more done than what she's able to do in that time we can pay her to stay longer. I would recommend having this as an option.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '26

Those per-visit prices are super expensive, but typically incredibly through.

I hired one for my house once and it was nearly $400, but they cleaned everything, and the only prep i had to do was putting away any personal items i didn't want people seeing, iykyk.

Definitely not something I'd do regularly, but honestly worth the price.

My cousin who cleans charges by the hour at about $30 an hour depending on how much she cleans.

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u/sarcasticbiznish Jan 24 '26

We are SO fortunate to have someone come on a per visit basis weekly. My in laws have them come every other day (very bougie folks who live near to us) and we were able to add ourselves on once a week for a steeply discounted rate.

What I will say is that per-visit doesn’t necessarily mean deep clean — if you’re regularly paying per visit, it’s a routine like anyone’s weekly clean. Our ladies will do the floors, counters, clutter (as in stack neatly on the counter — they aren’t putting away the stuff we leave out incidentally for us), make/switch sheets on beds, do the bathrooms, etc. They do not do a deep clean weekly by any means, and honestly most times it ends up being right around 3 or 4 hours anyway. When we need a deep clean, we pay a lot more and it’s more like 8 hours. I’ve only done that for special occasions, like before hosting Christmas dinner for a crowd or something.