House cleaning...

HannahPastoor
HannahPastoor Posts: 303
edited November 2024 in Chit-Chat
I was going to drive 30 minutes to clean someones house for $25. My aunt just told me that was waaaay to little and I should charge like $75. What do you think? How much would you charge? I clean at a hotel, and am now just branching out into cleaning other peoples houses. Thanks!

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  • cdngirl71
    cdngirl71 Posts: 2,641 Member
    I say $25 an hour to clean someone's house.
  • txwomyn
    txwomyn Posts: 36
    depend on how much cleaning. First clean 75.00 after that weekly 25.. or something like that.
    Some house are dirter than others.
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    Our housecleaner charges $25 an hour. Takes three hours every other week.
  • hbrittingham
    hbrittingham Posts: 2,518 Member
    I pay someone $65 to come clean once a month. She is very affordable, though. I have paid $65 per week to have my house cleaned in the past. Basically, the more often you clean for them, the less you should charge per cleaning, but $25 is waaaayyyyy too cheap unless you are in a very low cost area.

    I would google housecleaning in your area and see what other house cleaners are charging.

    You also need to figure in the amount you have to pay for gas. And do you provide the cleaning products or do you use the homeowner's stuff?
  • HannahPastoor
    HannahPastoor Posts: 303
    Thanks! I knew $25 was way to little. But my Grandmother set up the job. They ended up paying me $50 for three hours of basic cleaning/dusting.

    I used their products today. But I bought some one the way home, because I have a few jobs like this.
  • llamalland
    llamalland Posts: 246 Member
    $25/hr minimum. Add more if your drive is beyond 10 or 12 miles each way. I used to have a job that I bid by the job rather than the hour, I got $75 for what averaged about 1 hour and 45 minutes, every week. And she gave me a raise w/o me asking!
  • muwchck
    muwchck Posts: 261 Member
    I used to clean an older couple's house for them when I lived in MS. They paid me $10 an hour for 3-4 hours a week of cleaning. I was between jobs, so it really helped to pay for the gas money I needed to look for a new job.
  • christine24t
    christine24t Posts: 6,063 Member
    That does seem like too little, especially considering that you had to drive that far!
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