How much per hour for a cleaner

JuzaMum

I am looking for a cleaner to clean my home and wondered what the going rate is. An internet search found the average cleaner's wage is £8.74. Two people who replied to my cleaner wanted advert want £15. What is a fair payment? (I am in Bournemouth) £8.74 seems low but I though £15 a little high.
Thanks

comeandgo

The cleaners in my area are £15 per hour.  The £8.74 is for employees a self employed person has costs to cover too.

TELLIT01

Minimum wage for a person 23 and over is now £8.91.  I don't think £15 per hour is excessive as they have to cover their own tax and NI plus holiday and sickness.

Doozergirl

I pay £12 but he hasn't raised the price on me in over 5 years. 

I think £8.74 would be more of an employed wage, not one for someone who the overheads of being self employed.  

scottishblondie

£15 an hour in my area, which I think is perfectly reasonable. They have travel time between jobs, and also bring their own cleaning supplies. 

Soot2006

Here it seems to be £15/hours for the first hour + £10/hour for addition, so I paid £25/two hours, which seems to be the norm both for self-employed and when going via a company.

downshifted

£13 per hour here, £26 for 2 hours. East Kent. 

thegentleway

I pay £15ph (based in Midlands)

cattie

It's around £15 per hour where I live too, but personally think it's too high as most independent people live local & are not declaring earnings, so tax free. Some are young mothers, earning extra money whilst their children are at school. Considering a supermarket worker is only getting around £9 per hour for all they have to put up with I think  £12 per hour more than adequate for a bit of housework. If it's via an agency, fair enough there are costs to be covered so charges will be higher.

You could try advertising stating the amount you are offering to pay, I did this a few years ago when needing help in the house & had a good few replies & found someone who only lived down the road & cleaned for a couple of other people in the area too.

FaceHead

London prices here. £15 is the going rate for an agency, where the agency is taking 10-20%, and all taxes are then paid, which leaves the cleaner the minimum wage (£8.91)

When paying cash in hand, I would expect to pay less as there is no agency and the person is obviously evading tax/defrauding benefits. If party to that I wouldn't expect to pay more then £10, and they end up with a lot more than the person who declares earnings of £8.91 an hour. 

TELLIT01

cattie said:

It's around £15 per hour where I live too, but personally think it's too high as most independent people live local & are not declaring earnings, so tax free.

Do you know that for a fact or simply making assumptions?