Posted a job on craigslist for family

[Iheartfall]

And I get a bunch of hate mail saying I'm cheap and crazy! Of course, I also got actual people wanting the job. Please don't flame me this is an honest question. They want someone to come once a week to a home that my family is renting for the next month (two older adults, no pets, no kids). Its 1200 sq ft 3 beds, 1 baths and I was very clear that it has minimal furniture( plus two empty bedrooms) and that the kitchen would not be needing cleaning. Tell me if we're being cheap and crazy. Pay is $15 hour or $40 if it takes only two hours or less. First I looked up what companies paid which was minimum wage to $9-10 hour with multiple years experience. I didn't want to be off base with the pricing and the area has a medium/low cost of living.

So what is everyone on here paying per hour or job for a insured house cleaner? I'm curious is some of these quotes at $45-50 an hour are the norm. With minimum charges of 2 hours.

 

[3Gsandme]

In 2004 we paid 75 for a 1000 sq ft condo. The company was there between 90 minutes and two hours.

 

[Pooh Girl 71]

If I could get housecleaning for $40, I'd have someone here every week!

 

[ceemys]

I paid $70 for one week

Laundry
2 bathrooms
Vacuum
Mop
Kitchen

 

[crisi]

Fifteen years ago I was paying $25 an hour. Companies pay their staff $9-10 an hour, but you are looking for an independent, who will need to pay self employment taxes and run their own business.

 

[Colleen27]

What you're missing when you compare the hourly rate for similar help-wanted ads to what you're offering to pay is that when a company hires an employee, the company is covering the costs of insurance, licensing, transportation, equipment, supplies, etc. You can't expect a self-employed professional who is covering all of those costs for him/herself to do the work without building those costs into the price you pay.

ETA: Around here, $15/hr will get you an unlicensed/uninsured housewife/mom looking to make some extra money. If you want someone insured who is operating entirely on the books you can figure on $30+/hr with a 2 or 3 hour minimum to ensure the job covers the cost of fuel.

 

[Sammy0220]

I wish someone will clean my. House for that price. I have 3 bedroom two bath. 100 ever two weeks . If I had the money I would get get the cleaners too do it more the ones a year.

 

[RitaE]

See the thing is - even though the bedrooms are empty and you don't want the kitchen cleaned, there is still the problem of blocking off the time and then driving back and forth. So they schedule your house for $40 and then they can't take another job that would take them about the same amount of time but probably pay at least twice as much.

It's kind of like when two people come into a restaurant and insist on sitting at the 6 top table and then they share a burger plate and order water. It isn't just that they don't bring much in tip money themselves, they're also preventing the waitstaff from having a better paying customer in that place.

Around here $15/ hour will get you somebody who can't submit a Social Security number and wants cash under the table. I'm not trying to take the discussion political, just mentioning the difficulties.

 

[rhiansmom]

Middle of nowhere Minnesota and we pay $28 an hour with guaranteed 3 hours weekly.

 

[mikek]

my basic thought is sure a company might pay only 8-10 bucks an hour, but they're going to give the employee more than 3 hours a week.

Even if they are trying to avoid obamacare regs they probably give 16-24 hours or something.

that said- if you offered and someone took you up on it then obviously it's not "too cheap".

 

[kimnmiah]

I think it varies greatly in where you live and whether heavy housecleaning is involved.

I'm in healthcare and lots of folks hire
The "home instead" type of places and pay $18-$20 an hour and they will do personal care like bathing as well as cooking, cleaning (not sure how heavy but defiantly laundry bathrooms kitchens make beds etc) and errands so I don't think your price is so far off. We do live in a rather low income area.

 

[lauradis]

about 75-100 for two hours from company unless your house is over 1800 sq ft

Now if you get an under the table cleaner it is about 50-60 for two hours.

Word of advice a house cleaner has access to all you stuff, even if your there.

Even with the pros stuff has gone missing or gets broken.

If you want to go the under the table way offer 25 hour for two hour block.

good luck hope it works out

 

[mistysue]

The problem is that people looking on craigslist are looking for the person who offers the most and want to keep people offering less away so that nobody else gets they idea that they may work for less.

The people who will work for less aren't looking on craigslist, they are finding jobs by word of mouth.
I have a girl who will clean my house for $10/hour. For a while she came over once a week for 4 hours. Recently she's been wanting to come over for 2 hours/week so I give her $25 to cover the cost of her getting here too. She often brings her preschool aged daughter.
I used to have a service that charged me $90/week or $115 for every other week. They would send out 2 people who would be here for about 90 minutes. As a comparison, the girl I have now comes over and spends roughly 2 hours hanging laundry, doing dishes, putting toys away and then usually gets to floors for a bit and makes our beds. The services I have hired will not do any organizing or putting things away. They will not do laundry or dishes, they just basically come in and clean surfaces where you have already picked up. With a service we had to stop everything for a few hours before they came to be sure the floors were spotless and nothing was in their way. You have to clean for them to come clean. If you leave a dish in the sink they won't clean the dish or the sink. Toys on the shower floor? No shower clean today. Toys on the family room floor? They don't vacuum that area... so with the girl my house is not as shiny but it is the type of cleaning up we don't have time for. With the expensive service there were times when we didn't have time to clean for them so they only cleaned partial floors in every room and patches of the counter then carried on. I just wanted to point out that difference because it took me a while to figure out I was paying way more for a "professional" but that the "professionals" all have rules that basically let them not clean if you don't run around cleaning to prep for them.

 

[MAJPLO]

$80 every two weeks for three bedrooms two baths just under 1900 square feet. Not sure how long it takes them but I'm sure it's much less time when I'm gone than when I'm home watching. And last week they broke something on the expensive side.

 

[Iheartfall]

Thank You for the Info. They found someone at $22/hour for two hours for one day each week. They just really needed someone who could run the vacuum,mop, and do baseboards. (Things they have trouble doing/bending/lifting ) She does have current insurance which is great. The first visit will take 1.5 hours and about an hour after that for $44 visit.


I ended up with around 45 emails with about a third being angry responses. Honestly, I didn't expect such anger. Why not just respond with "my pricing is $$, let me know if this works" Instead of " You disgust me you insane pig. If you want your house cleaned clean it yourself I charge $150 for that... And other similar ones. I'm just happy it was me dealing with these emails!

Thank You guys for being honest and not flaming me for a question.

 

[sweetdana]

Thank You for the Info. They found someone at $22/hour for two hours for one day each week. They just really needed someone who could run the vacuum,mop, and do baseboards. (Things they have trouble doing/bending/lifting ) She does have current insurance which is great. The first visit will take 1.5 hours and about an hour after that for $44 visit. I ended up with around 45 emails with about a third being angry responses. Honestly, I didn't expect such anger. Why not just respond with "my pricing is $$, let me know if this works" Instead of " You disgust me you insane pig. If you want your house cleaned clean it yourself I charge $150 for that... And other similar ones. I'm just happy it was me dealing with these emails! Thank You guys for being honest and not flaming me for a question.

1/3 of people returning your posts, complained about what you offered? Wow !

I think it is okay, I certainly couldn't imagine sending a mad email over it. I pay 75$ for 3-4 hrs

 

[Heidict]

1/3 of people returning your posts, complained about what you offered? Wow !

I think it is okay, I certainly couldn't imagine sending a mad email over it. I pay 75$ for 3-4 hrs

See now, I would have been having some fun with that 1/3.

 

[sweetdana]

See now, I would have been having some fun with that 1/3.

Except you give out your email. .. which I would certianly not want.

 

[mrsklamc]

Except you give out your email. .. which I would certianly not want.

You can reply to Craigslist emails anonymously.

 

[lexysdad04]

You can reply to Craigslist emails anonymously.

Is that a new option cause when ever I reply I automatically uses my email

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