Housework/Cleaner

Please, just go for it. I have had a cleaner since I was ill, and it is just marvellous. It helps perhaps that I knew her before I asked for her help.
You will not regret it, but research first or ask for recommendations.

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Having contributed earlier and read the thread again, I can endorse all the advice given. A slight warning would be to check on insurance - eg. if your cleaner slipped off a stool - could you be help liable? A professional company should have their own insurance, but I’d check just to be certain.

I often see people recommending cleaners on our local facebook pages. Might be worth a look. Or do any friends have one?

We all have to do what is best for us and how you spend your money is up to you. If you're paying a cleaner you're not expected to 'help'. But I would say to make the most of what you are paying for make a list of the jobs you find most difficult and then make sure she understands what you want her to do each visit.

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Defo go for it Denil....Move into another room when person is cleaning that way you won't feel the need to offer to help.....I would go for someone who is recommended by a friend/family and don't use a company as sometimes they send out different cleaners....Good luck Denil

Good idea.
Lots of people grateful for extra cash just now so hope you don't have any difficulty finding someone who suits you.
Please don't feel guilty at all about not 'helping', just feel that you have done your stint over the last 70 years.

Why do you need to justify having a cleaner? If you want one and can afford it, have one. The reason you get one is irrelevant.

I had a fall a few years ago and damaged my right wrist which has never come back to full mobility. I have a cleaner once a week for 2 hours and she does all the stuff I can't manage - it's money well spent and I usually utilise the time she's here to go and do my supermarket shop.

No need to justify it, just enjoy!

I've got a cleaner now. Once a week for 2 hours. Worth every penny. I found them via word of mouth. They tidy as well as clean which is wonderful and I wasn't expecting.

I take the attitude that as long as your money is honestly come by and you are not doing harm with it, then you should do what you like.
If you want, do an 'audit' of how you want to spend your time, energy and money and decide what works best for you.

If you do decide to get a cleaner, then see previous threads about agencies, payment etc. If it suits, you can, after a few weeks, use the cleaner's time to go out.

Seems like 2 threads for this

I can’t see any problem. I’m in the same boat - lost my mojo. Had a cleaner when the family was young but had good reasons. A friend has just used a national company for a one-off and is very disappointed with her £120 investment. I’d try a word of mouth recommendation first.

My daughter has a cleaner once a week for a couple of hours, saying that she does up stairs & down stairs , she was recommended to her, she wouldn't do without one ... go for it if you want to, although I would personally ask for recommendations to be on the safe side ... no disrespect to anyone ... you also have to feel comfortable with the person you are employing ... if possible check out 2 or 3 then go with who you want to, even have a friend with you to help decide, yours is the final decision though

If you can afford it and don’t want to do your own cleaning, go for it.

It will give someone a job if that makes you feel better about it.