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 Re: Anyone have a maid?
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03/02/21 06:54 AM
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We pay $100 a week. I’m trying to get her to come twice a week for $100 a trip but she has too many clients. Not bad for a 3300 square foot house. She’s been cleaning my house since the early 2000’s.
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Re: Anyone have a maid?
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03/02/21 07:18 AM
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Merry Maids costs twice as much as the highest cost cleaning lady I have ever used. Not worth it unless it is a corporate commercial property.
You need a cleaning lady. Doc is the only one on here who had a maid (or with him also a nanny). Maids come every day, or at least several times a week. Maid can also do meal prep. Do not pull a Jerry Seinfeld episode called The Maid..... and your wife will kill you.
Cleaning ladies come once a week or every other week. Their duties vary. Pay is dependent on how much you want done and legal status. Not kidding. In Ohio, illegals were not Hispanic, but Polish.
Our cleaning lady cleans our entire house (4000') at a base line, does the laundry, cleans the punch list I leave her, and bitches about the commies taking over our government. She just got her citizenship last year. She is from Argentina.
It costs $160 a week and she arrives at 8AM and leaves when she is done. 12:30-1:30. We overpay her, but she said my wife set the price. She does not steal and I have tested her. Maids are fine, but a house manager is where it’s at. I met a “house manager” that worked for an oil tycoon that lived in Saudi Arabia but owned a house in Preston Hollow. He also owned 7 very high end cars that the HM had to drive and maintain. The HM took care of the house, lived in the house, did the personal shopping for the family, and was getting paid $60,000 a year. All that for the owner to visit 2 weeks a year. I’m trying to find a “House Manager” job for retirement.
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Re: Anyone have a maid?
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03/02/21 08:11 AM
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Re: Anyone have a maid?
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03/02/21 11:18 AM
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My house is my sanctuary. I wouldn’t feel comfortable having a stranger in it all the time like that. Maybe I am weird. Same.....
I believe in science and I’m an insufferable [censored] Actually, BBC is pretty damn good "You Cannot Simultaneously Be Politically Correct And Intellectually Honest!"
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Re: Anyone have a maid?
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03/02/21 12:40 PM
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My house is my sanctuary. I wouldn’t feel comfortable having a stranger in it all the time like that. Maybe I am weird. Same..... X3 I am manic about keeping my living area clean. I use the one time handling method. I put it where it belongs if it is in my hand. It is no sorting laundry for me. I do have my carpets professionally cleaned.
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/usergals/2017/07/full-3669-105539-full_16668_105507_image.jpg)
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Re: Anyone have a maid?
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03/02/21 01:42 PM
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My house is my sanctuary. I wouldn’t feel comfortable having a stranger in it all the time like that. Maybe I am weird. I’m the same way but that’s why I found one I can trust and I pay her well so she will stick around. She’s been with us 6-7 years and our kids play together occasionally. Like I mentioned earlier she has a key to our house and also babysits.
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Re: Anyone have a maid?
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03/02/21 01:58 PM
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My house is my sanctuary. I wouldn’t feel comfortable having a stranger in it all the time like that. Maybe I am weird. Same..... X3 I am manic about keeping my living area clean. I use the one time handling method. I put it where it belongs if it is in my hand. It is no sorting laundry for me. I do have my carpets professionally cleaned. I don't always practice what I preach.
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: Anyone have a maid?
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03/02/21 01:59 PM
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We did until COVID. With my wife's suppressed immune system, we cancelled the service.
coffee spelled backwards is eeffoc. I don't give eeffoc until I have my morning coffee.
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Re: Anyone have a maid?
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03/02/21 02:02 PM
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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? Yeah man, it is on the business owner to pay taxes on the money they receive, not the customer. I am a customer, not an employer. Even if it is a sole proprietorship, the owner is responsible for paying taxes.
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Re: Anyone have a maid?
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03/02/21 02:11 PM
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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? Yeah man, it is on the business owner to pay taxes on the money they receive, not the customer. I am a customer, not an employer. Even if it is a sole proprietorship, the owner is responsible for paying taxes. I'll get right on that. I should do the same if I let someone do my yard work one day?
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Re: Anyone have a maid?
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03/02/21 02:14 PM
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Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: Anyone have a maid?
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03/02/21 02:20 PM
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Get a roomba.... ![[Linked Image]](https://media.giphy.com/media/fkJO2IcWJhiht7jjJo/giphy.gif) I have one, and it is wonderful..... I have two dogs and two cats, and it does a great job of getting rid of the fur.
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Re: Anyone have a maid?
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03/02/21 02:23 PM
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Twice a month, $70, small house... it's well worth every penny and much cheaper than a divorce!
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Re: Anyone have a maid?
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03/02/21 02:27 PM
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Twice a month, $70, small house... it's well worth every penny and much cheaper than a divorce! Slave driver.
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: Anyone have a maid?
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03/02/21 02:35 PM
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No maids here, wife and I do it all !
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Re: Anyone have a maid?
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03/02/21 03:08 PM
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Just yesterday, had a client who claimed the big piggy bank he had silver in has recently discappeared. thinks he had in excess of 10K in it. He can only think of the new maid.
Shame
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Re: Anyone have a maid?
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03/02/21 03:14 PM
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My house is my sanctuary. I wouldn’t feel comfortable having a stranger in it all the time like that. Maybe I am weird. Same..... This is how my wife feels so she continues to fight the good fight.
Don't let your ears hear what your eyes didn't see, and don't let your mouth say what your heart doesn't feel
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Re: Anyone have a maid?
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03/02/21 03:27 PM
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Just yesterday, had a client who claimed the big piggy bank he had silver in has recently discappeared. thinks he had in excess of 10K in it. He can only think of the new maid.
Shame The only thing I worry about is my art. Those can't be replaced, the only good thing is there aren't many people who like art.....
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Re: Anyone have a maid?
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03/02/21 03:54 PM
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In this house I wear the pants . . . the maid pants !
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Re: Anyone have a maid?
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03/02/21 05:36 PM
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Just yesterday, had a client who claimed the big piggy bank he had silver in has recently discappeared. thinks he had in excess of 10K in it. He can only think of the new maid.
Shame The only thing I worry about is my art. Those can't be replaced, the only good thing is there aren't many people who like art..... I like it... just don’t have much of it. My neighbor growing up is an incredible artist who paints DFW landmarks and I have one of his paintings. But that’s about it. https://erichansonartwork.com/What type of art do you collect?
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Re: Anyone have a maid?
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03/02/21 06:47 PM
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Years ago, many years ago, when I lived in El Paso I had a maid that would not only clean the apartment, but do the laundry, ironing and dishes. She came twice a week for $40 total. Precious lady would always leave a dozen homemade tamales. Yes she was Mexican National and had 5-6 clients in El Paso. Probably made 20X what she could in Juarez.
Freedom is a fragile thing ...Those who have known freedom, and then lost it, have never known it again.
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Re: Anyone have a maid?
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03/02/21 08:35 PM
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This is a picture of the maid that the wife and I hired...........and then I woke up. ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2021/03/full-65064-283794-maid.jpg)
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Re: Anyone have a maid?
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03/02/21 09:03 PM
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Just yesterday, had a client who claimed the big piggy bank he had silver in has recently discappeared. thinks he had in excess of 10K in it. He can only think of the new maid.
Shame The only thing I worry about is my art. Those can't be replaced, the only good thing is there aren't many people who like art..... I like it... just don’t have much of it. My neighbor growing up is an incredible artist who paints DFW landmarks and I have one of his paintings. But that’s about it. https://erichansonartwork.com/What type of art do you collect? Texas art, landscapes, culture, mainly from Texas artist. Texas art crosses over a little with western art, so I have a little bit of western art. I like your buddy's art, water color?
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Re: Anyone have a maid?
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03/02/21 09:24 PM
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Greg
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That’s cool. Not sure if water color or not. I know he only uses the same colors on all his paintings though.
Edit: they are acrylics
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Re: Anyone have a maid?
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03/02/21 09:26 PM
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That’s cool. Not sure if water color or not. I know he only uses the same colors on all his paintings though. Must be pretty small painting to walk away with un noticed.
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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