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 Anyone have a maid?
#8188209
03/01/21 08:22 PM
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If so, what to they run? I am totally opposed to it, but the wife keeps hounding me. I think I bought myself some time, but I think it may be inevitable. How much is it gonna hurt?
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Re: Anyone have a maid?
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03/01/21 08:22 PM
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Herbie Hancock
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We have one that comes twice a month, they charge $80 for our 2300 sq ft house, totally worth it.
Cash only.
Last edited by Herbie Hancock; 03/01/21 08:23 PM.
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Re: Anyone have a maid?
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03/01/21 08:30 PM
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Gumbeaux
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$150 per visit for 4100 sq. ft. Wife keeps giving them raises. Think we could get it done for about $120.
Definitely agree it's worth it. They are pretty thorough.
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03/01/21 08:52 PM
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NORML as can be
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Do any of them cook for you ?
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Re: Anyone have a maid?
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03/01/21 08:57 PM
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SherpaPhil
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We have a gal that comes in and cleans twice a month. We pay $150 per visit and it is absolutely worth it. I don't want to spend what little free time I have scrubbing the floors.
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03/01/21 09:08 PM
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Mr. T.
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$80 twice a month. She does not mess around, in at 8 out at 12. Uses her own supplies. Makes the wife happy.
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#8188290
03/01/21 09:09 PM
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pertnear
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Are any of those ladies featured on hump day available to do house cleaning? 
"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” - George Orwell
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#8188291
03/01/21 09:10 PM
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Dub32
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Same boat. Wife has brought up the maid thing a few times. To her credit, we are crazy busy with a 12 year old & 14 year old with flute lessons, swim team practice, theater practice, baseball and 7 on 7. We both work full time. We just team up on it when we can now but it would be nice to have someone come in a couple times a month.
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Re: Anyone have a maid?
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03/01/21 09:16 PM
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titan2232
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$150 twice a month
They'll take out the trash, do dishes, and even laundry if they see my kids stuff piled up
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03/01/21 09:19 PM
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topwater13
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Ours shows up once per month for $100...with her own Fabuloso.
2500' house.
She only does the following;
dust baseboards, plantation blinds, sills.
scrub showers, tub, and toilets.
Then she will pick out something we need done, like clean the oven, or microwave, or swiffer the floor.
Basically anything my wife didn't get to that week.
Trusting someone is worth over paying if you have the opportunity.
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03/01/21 09:20 PM
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reeltexan
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$100, every other week.
3500 sq ft.
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03/01/21 09:23 PM
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jdk1985
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We have someone that helps us clean the house. $100, every other week. She shows up around 10am and leaves around 4:30pm. She does a great job.
(edit - 2100 sq/ft)
Last edited by jdk1985; 03/01/21 09:23 PM.
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03/01/21 09:25 PM
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RayB
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Have you checked out Merry Maids?
There is time, and you must take it, to lay your hand on your dog's head as you walk past him lying on the floor or on his settle, time to talk with him, to remember with him, time to please him, time you can't buy back once he's gone" GBE
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03/01/21 09:28 PM
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dogcatcher
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Just be aware that you might be responsible for withholding social security taxes. Even if you pay cash and not deduct it. There is a racket of people wanting cash for decades, then when it comes time for SS they go back and say they worked at various places for cash, and it was not reported. At that poingt in time it goes to teh IRS, there is NO STATUTE of LIMITATIONS if no return was filed. You land up paying both halves of the SS and a butt load of penalties and interest.
To be safe, use a service, where the owner of the maid service does the withholding etc., You pay more, but the service most likely will have insurance and workman's comp insurance, Do you?
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03/01/21 09:29 PM
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krmitchell
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150$ every two weeks for ours. Wouldn’t have it any other way. She does a deep clean that includes everything besides dishes/laundry but does change out bedsheets. Brings her own supplies and I gave her a raise after three years of 50$. Has a key to our house and babysits the kids. Can’t pay enough for that kind of trust.
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03/01/21 09:30 PM
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majekman
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Once a week...she charges 50 but I give her 60. I could do it but simply don’t want to. My house is 1200sf...I live mostly alone. But I’m also pretty neat. Not much to clean up after me.
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#8188331
03/01/21 09:35 PM
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gtrich94
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seems like the prices are pretty consistent
Ours is $100 every two weeks and for that price we get
* mop the downstairs (all tile)
* vacuum the upstairs
* clean all the bathrooms/showers/toilets (3.5 bathrooms)
* change the sheets in 4 bedrooms
* clean the oven/microwave/fridge
* straighten up everything.
For the sheets, I pull them off the beds and wash them before they get there (unless the room has a second set of sheets and then I just wash them as part of the normal laundry). We supply probably 90% of the cleaning products. It normally takes our lady and her sister about 3 hours to do everything.
Thanks,
Rich
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#8188356
03/01/21 09:48 PM
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S.A. hunter
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My wife works her a$$ off, something like 90+ hrs a week. You guys have changed my point of view on this.... appreciate it. It will take some of the load off her back.....
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#8188357
03/01/21 09:50 PM
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snake oil
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$80 twice a month. She does not mess around, in at 8 out at 12. Uses her own supplies. Makes the wife happy. Same for us.
"You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas".
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03/01/21 10:06 PM
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Erathkid
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Just be aware that you might be responsible for withholding social security taxes. Even if you pay cash and not deduct it. There is a racket of people wanting cash for decades, then when it comes time for SS they go back and say they worked at various places for cash, and it was not reported. At that poingt in time it goes to teh IRS, there is NO STATUTE of LIMITATIONS if no return was filed. You land up paying both halves of the SS and a butt load of penalties and interest.
To be safe, use a service, where the owner of the maid service does the withholding etc., You pay more, but the service most likely will have insurance and workman's comp insurance, Do you? ^^^^This right here. Anything less is a crapshoot. What if they fell and broke a hip? What if they go through your Wife's jewelry and decide to steal Grandma's wedding ring? You need to have a crew that's bonded and insured.
Life is too short, as is. Don't chance it.
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03/01/21 10:20 PM
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S.A. hunter
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Have you checked out Merry Maids? Have you used them?
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03/01/21 10:31 PM
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DocHorton
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When kids were smaller we had a full time nanny/housekeeper 4-5 days a week...she cooked, cleaned, did laundry, etc, we paid her I think $10 an hour for about 30 hours a week. Now, kids are older so we just have a housekeeper come once a week for about 4 hours, it's $75 a week.
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03/01/21 10:32 PM
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DocHorton
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My wife works her a$$ off, something like 90+ hrs a week. You guys have changed my point of view on this.... appreciate it. It will take some of the load off her back..... I'm surprised she let you go this long. Get her one ASAP, especially if she works that much. My wife stays at home and we still got one, Lol.
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03/01/21 10:40 PM
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NORML as can be
^^Cut the Cord^^
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03/01/21 10:40 PM
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$100 every 2 weeks. 2200 square ft single story home. Very worth it.
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