How much per hour for a cleaner

yksi

Minimum wage + minimum £1 extra for being self-employed + minimum £1 extra if it's a short shift ie less than 3 hours at a time + £1 for them needing to supply their own cleaning equipment or consumables + extra for premium places that cost a lot to live in, or if you are remote.

Then consider what you're asking for. Scrubbing the kitchen and bathroom and giving the floor a sweep is one thing, but if you expect them to wash up and pick up your 2yo's toys, then you won't get a happy & reliable cleaner on the bare minimum.

All up £12 and up is fair and reasonable. If you were to pay a professional company you're looking at over £15 (office) or £12+ (domestic) and they will pay the cleaner minimum wage.

NQManchester

Anywhere from £12.50-15 where I live but mostly £15 

Rosa_Damascena

My brother pays £25/hr in an expensive part of London. For that money I would rather mop my own floor.

Apodemus

yksi said:

Then consider what you're asking for. Scrubbing the kitchen and bathroom and giving the floor a sweep is one thing, but if you expect them to wash up and pick up your 2yo's toys, then you won't get a happy & reliable cleaner on the bare minimum.

Really?  Why would picking up toys be a worse job than scrubbing a toilet?

cattie

TELLIT01 said:

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?

No assumptions, I have a couple of friends who do cleaning to supplement their income, one on benefits & also by the cleaner I used to have who was honest about not declaring income from her little cleaning jobs. Plus a couple of my elderly neighbours have cleaners who are paid cash in hand.

[Deleted User]

My local authority council offer a cleaning service from domestic cleaning, window cleaning to one off carpet and sofa cleaning and offer reasonable prices. For a domestic clean its £12 per hour. This service is for anyone who lives in the local area. 
The NMW you have researched online is for someone who would be employed as a cleaner through a company, obviously companies or self employed individuals are going to charge more as they have overheads to cover too. 

twopenny

I've had friends who've been cleaners and I think a lot depends on what you want done.

I know one lady wanted everything bleached. The smell and working with it was dreadful.

Someone else would want a hover and polishing, occasional washing up and kitchen bathroom cleaned.

So the price used to vary.

Martin_the_Unjust

JuzaMum said:

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

Interesting, how much would you need to be paid an hour if you were doing domestic house cleaning?

jon81uk

Apodemus said:

yksi said:

Then consider what you're asking for. Scrubbing the kitchen and bathroom and giving the floor a sweep is one thing, but if you expect them to wash up and pick up your 2yo's toys, then you won't get a happy & reliable cleaner on the bare minimum.

Really?  Why would picking up toys be a worse job than scrubbing a toilet?

It just adds time and complications. Scrubbing the floor and toilet are predictable, its the same job at every house. But if you pick up toys to be able to scrub the floor you need to know which box to put the toys in and take time and care with them, it just makes the task more complcated I expect so its probably worth paying more for someone to take more care.

JuzaMum

Thanks for all the replies - it seems £15 is not unreasonable