Rajah
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Neither DH nor I can/do take the time to clean the house as often as DH would like. We're talking basic routine stuff like vacuum or mop, etc. Neither of us really *have* time between work and school, and when we *do* make the time, it's not a comfortable time because we both feel there are other more important things to do with that time (again, work and school).
Well, I'm fine with living in a house that doesn't get vacuum'd every week. Every *month*, *yes*, or more if really needed. But if the worst thing on the floor is cat hair, I'd much rather spend my time on work/school/ and/or mental breaks (especially now).
DH is *not* happy with it, and doesn't have the time to clean as often as he wants it clean. Especially now (since he's handling a *lot* of the stuff for my mom at the moment). If he had the time and the say, we'd have things cleaned once a week at minimum.
Well, DH wants to hire a maid service. I'm really not comfortable with maid services. We've had 4 maids/services in my lifetime. While 2 different ones were cleaning, small things just disappeared. We never had any proof that the maids stole them, but we're pretty sure. The last group my mom had come in to her house now and again broke things almost every time they were in the house, even when she'd leave signs up saying not to dust in this cabinet, told the supervisor not to dust there, etc. They still dusted and broke collectibles. Then the 4th one my mom used was almost never on time. She gave them 3 tries, I think, then told them to hit the road. And I don't mean they were just 10 or 15 minutes late, we're talking 2 or 3 hours if they even showed up at all.
They also recently (well, past 6-8 months) had a segment on the news where they observed maids with hidden cameras and caught a bunch of them doing things they shouldn't be doing. This just in our area.
So, I'm not all that keen on having strangers, most of whom probably don't speak English and can't read (yes, I'm stereotyping, but that's based on observation and our experiences) so wouldn't understand your instructions of "leave this alone", coming into our house even just to run the vacuum, mop the floors, and clean the bathrooms. Even with DH staying here while they were here -- I know him, he'd lock himself in his office while they worked, so it would be as though he *weren't* here.
What are y'all's oinions on maid services? Have we just had a bad run of luck with them, or are our experiences fairly typical?
Well, I'm fine with living in a house that doesn't get vacuum'd every week. Every *month*, *yes*, or more if really needed. But if the worst thing on the floor is cat hair, I'd much rather spend my time on work/school/ and/or mental breaks (especially now).
DH is *not* happy with it, and doesn't have the time to clean as often as he wants it clean. Especially now (since he's handling a *lot* of the stuff for my mom at the moment). If he had the time and the say, we'd have things cleaned once a week at minimum.
Well, DH wants to hire a maid service. I'm really not comfortable with maid services. We've had 4 maids/services in my lifetime. While 2 different ones were cleaning, small things just disappeared. We never had any proof that the maids stole them, but we're pretty sure. The last group my mom had come in to her house now and again broke things almost every time they were in the house, even when she'd leave signs up saying not to dust in this cabinet, told the supervisor not to dust there, etc. They still dusted and broke collectibles. Then the 4th one my mom used was almost never on time. She gave them 3 tries, I think, then told them to hit the road. And I don't mean they were just 10 or 15 minutes late, we're talking 2 or 3 hours if they even showed up at all.
They also recently (well, past 6-8 months) had a segment on the news where they observed maids with hidden cameras and caught a bunch of them doing things they shouldn't be doing. This just in our area.
So, I'm not all that keen on having strangers, most of whom probably don't speak English and can't read (yes, I'm stereotyping, but that's based on observation and our experiences) so wouldn't understand your instructions of "leave this alone", coming into our house even just to run the vacuum, mop the floors, and clean the bathrooms. Even with DH staying here while they were here -- I know him, he'd lock himself in his office while they worked, so it would be as though he *weren't* here.
What are y'all's oinions on maid services? Have we just had a bad run of luck with them, or are our experiences fairly typical?