Does anyone else run around like a scalded cat before the cleaner comes?

I am getting to the point where I will probably need a cleaner and I am sure I would go into scalded cat mode prior to their visit. My mother used to help me out when I started back to work when my boys were 8 and 10. I remember clearly rushing around to make things presentable and often doing a huge pile of ironing despite my mother saying ‘Leave all the ironing, I’ll do it.’

If only I had a cleaner !
I would guess it's easier to do some of it, then let the cleaner do the jobs you hate or can no longer cope with!

I don’t have a cleaner, but I think I’d also be tidying up a bit before she came the night before, as I suppose there would be an element of me thinking oh I don’t want her to think I’m messy ??

The cleaners where I live charge 10 pound an hour SE

Germanshepherdsmum

I don’t have a cleaner but I’m sure I would clean before she came. Otherwise she might gossip about me to her other clients.?

I used to be a cleaner. None of my clients knew of the existence of the others! I appreciated the tidy houses because then I could just get on with cleaning, but I preferred to clean dirty houses so that I (and the client) could see a difference.

I tidy up so she can concentrate on cleaning. She can whizz through the jobs and get more done in the time if a bit of tidying up is done beforehand.

Only a little otherwise what's the point of paying her

Does not affect me as I do it myself.

Whilst I’m happy to tidy up before my cleaner comes I would not keep one who didn’t do the job properly - I would find that far too frustrating. I have to say too, that with the amount mine is charging I do expect her to clean non-stop. My last cleaner (long, long ago) was hugely efficient so I paid her slightly above the going rate to reflect that and always encouraged her to have a cuppa ‘on the go’, but the rate charged by this one is so high that my expectations are equally high.

Sorry , I know this isn’t the thread to post this but can any one help ? I’ve suddenly stopped receiving emails from gransnet. Any ideas ?

If you are paying someone that much to clean leave it to them to do....don't lift a finger before they come.

Don't have a cleaner now but when I did I used to make sure floors were clear and nothing other than the basic stuff on surfaces. Much easier for a cleaner to actually clean if no clutter to sort out.

What is a cleaner??

I’ve never had a cleaner but have recently moved in with my daughters and they’ve always had cleaners ( they both have the same one so she’s just doing the same hours in one house) She’s great and we do tidy up the days before she comes and I still do my own ironing . It’s fab not to have to clean the bathroom which I’ve always hated

Possibly your wife Rameses?

No!

I’m having the house deep cleaned next week, lovely girl who I’ve known for years, it’ll beat my token gestures. She’ll do all the bits I dislike doing, what used to be known as a Spring clean. Very little tidying needed, if any, we hate clutter.
If MrJ is not working he helps, during lockdowns it was shared, but he does all the ironing, working or not

Please can you send her and Mr J here when convenient?