How much does it cost to get a maid?

[Argo]

Moving to a new place and wanted to hire a maid (or cleaning services) to clean up the bathrooms and the kitchen. Basically, I want it to be sparking clean when I move in. Any idea of how much something like this would cost? A ballpark figure should be enough.

 

[Borracho]

where are you from? In chicago they are pretty cheap, but in other cities(less Polish and Hispanic populations) they are more and do less....

 

[Argo]

Western CT. We do have a sizeable hispanic population here. I don't really mind paying unless it's less than a $100. Shouldn't it take less than and hour?

 

[DrNoobie]

My parents' maid is $80 a week. This is in Nashville, TN.

 

[ndee]

How much does it cost to get a maid?

you mean... to get laid?

 

[bolido2000]

Here in LA a mexican maid (not a company. She is illegal and does jobs by word of mouth) and she charges around 8 bucks an hour. "Real" maid companies are more expensive

 

[Ausm]

I have a cleaning lady she only charges me 50 bucks every other week.


Sysadmin

 

[Nitemare]

Se habla espanol?

Depends on whether you get someone word of mouth or through an agency

 

[Argo]

Originally posted by: Sysadmin
I have a cleaning lady she only charges me 50 bucks every other week.


Sysadmin

How many hours does she work though? I'm more interested in per hour rate.

 

[bmacd]

check out dirty latina maids dot com

-=bmacd=-

 

[JulesMaximus]

I'm about to hire a cleaning lady for our house. My wife and I just don't have the time to do housework on a regular basis. We spend a few hours cleaning and 2 days later it looks like we haven't cleaned in a month. It's tough having a child sometimes...Wouldn't trade him for the world though.

 

[Kelemvor]

About $100 - $200 /hr or so last time I checked...

Oh, you said Maid... Nevermind.

 

[datdamkid]

25 Cents/hr.

 

[RossMAN]

How many bathrooms, how big are they?

Since you're moving in I would assume they are mostly clean ... I would want them cleaned again, sanitized, bleach everywhere, soap scum, mildew removed, etc.

I'd say $150 for a good cleaning job which should take about 2 hours or 1 hour with 2 people.

 

[DaVortex]

my mother pays $50 for the cleaning lady to clean her 2 BR apt. Takes her about 4hrs.

Id say $10 per hour is fair

 

[DealMonkey]

Most maid services are gonna charge you more for the first-time or a one-off cleaning. IF you continue to use them weekly or bi-weekly, your per-visit charge will go down. Expect to pay $120-$200 for the initial "spring cleaning" depending on the size of the place and how dirty it is initially. Then expect to pay $50-$100/visit again based on the same parameters.

 

[bmacd]

personally, i'd never trust any maid service after hearing tons of horror stories. props to you guys for having faith

-=bmacd=-

 

[thawolfman]

:beer: to a fellow CTian

 

[xboxist]

How much for one in a French maid's outfit?

 

[JulesMaximus]

I have a 4 bedroom 3 bath home, 2200 sq ft.

Any guesses what that will cost me?

 

[Queasy]

Do any cities still do topless maids? When I lived in Corpus Christi, TX back in '91 they had a topless maid company there. They ended up getting busted and shut down for, what else, prostitution.

 

[Raj]

depends on what you have her do

he he he.

 

[Thegonagle]

Originally posted by: bolido2000
Here in LA a mexican maid (not a company. She is illegal and does jobs by word of mouth) and she charges around 8 bucks an hour. "Real" maid companies are more expensive

And unfortunately, the "maids" at a maid service often get less than $8 per hour.

An independent contractor should be more trustworthy and might also do a better job since they must rely on word of mouth. (Not that I condone the illegal worker aspect, but obviously not all cleaning people are illegal, and some others are just doing what they gotta do--at least bolido's maid is doing honest work and isn't out whoring or scamming/robbing people.)