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What does TheMotte think about hiring a home cleaning service? There are a few wrinkles I consider when hiring a monthly or bimonthly cleaning service:
I am very cheap and hate spending any discretionary income on anything, let alone a cleaning service.
I have it in my head that I will buck up and actually clean the bathroom, but I've been living in my apartment a year and hardly ever do. (I've had cleaning services come by so it's not like my bathroom is completely disgusting).
Number 2 conflicts heavily with number 1 and causes me guilt. I feel like cleaning my house (really the bathroom) is something I should do without paying for a service, but I find it to be something I never get around to doing. So I'm pretty much at the point where I'm going to throw in the towel and schedule a monthly cleaning service. It's not cheap, $160 for a one bedroom apartment, but clearly I can't handle this chore myself.
I'm laughing as I write this post because it's so ridiculous, but here I am.
Ya in my neck of the woods you can get a non-corporate cleaner to come in for like $30 an hour -- 2-3 hours seems like it would be plenty for a pro to clean a one bedroom?
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