House Keeper management

[lab man]

Any of y'all sleeping with your housekeeper?

I am!

Occasionally.

I can usually help my chances if I help her with her cleaning duties.

[Carpe_diem]

I told my wife if I start sub-contracting her scope of work out that it might become a slippery slope.

That sounds like the kind of statement can make a frying pan fly.

[Arrowflinger84]

Some might see it as wasted money, but we consider it money well spent. My wife and I both work 60-80hrs a week and operate several businesses on top of that. Any free time I have is spent hanging out with my daughters or at the ranch.

Amen Brother!!!

[Cardinal]

Wasted money to myself and Dave Ramsey...

Good thing its their money and they can do what they please with it

[Cardinal]

We haven't gone with a maid in our house, but are about to go with a lawn guy for the same reasons listed above...limited time as it is to spend with kids and have any hobbies with 60-80 hour work weeks.

[JHT]

This wasn't directed at me but since ours comes twice a week I will answer. Since our maid does laundry and other tasks as well she basically does a quick clean of the whole house each time and then focuses on detail cleaning with the house split into two separate trips the remaining time. Such as washing our bed sheets on Monday and then the girls' bed sheets on Thursday. She is usually there about four hours each time.

Cool.

[Ætheling]

We haven't gone with a maid in our house, but are about to go with a lawn guy for the same reasons listed above...limited time as it is to spend with kids and have any hobbies with 60-80 hour work weeks.

Are you referring to a grounds keeper?

[JHT]

We haven't gone with a maid in our house, but are about to go with a lawn guy for the same reasons listed above...limited time as it is to spend with kids and have any hobbies with 60-80 hour work weeks.

My lawn guy charges less than I charged people when I was mowing lawns as a kid. When the bushes/trees need trimming he is all over it too and hardly charges anything. I have to give him extra because I feel like I am ripping him off.

Don't hesitate, go for it. You won't regret it.

[Cardinal]

Are you referring to a grounds keeper?

Yes

My lawn guy charges less than I charged people when I was mowing lawns as a kid. When the bushes/trees need trimming he is all over it too and hardly charges anything. I have to give him extra because I feel like I am ripping him off.

Don't hesitate, go for it. You won't regret it.

Yes, I know. I guess its still a pride thing. Pretty much the whole street is done by lawn guys minus myself and a retired family friend a few houses down, I will catch grief from him if I "cave".

I did cave on the leaves this year. We have two 36" red oaks in the front and two 36" water oaks in the back. I could have bagged acorns and sold them this year as a side business, they were worse than the leaves.

[txwhitetail]

Rich people problems

[DJM]

Curious on those that have a housekeeper/maid.How do you find them?Do you use a service or find them on your own.

DJ

[WyoBull]

When my wife went back to work teaching one thing we agreed on was getting a housekeeper to come in twice a month so neither one of us have to spend have the weekend doing these things.
The funny thing though is that I am the only one in the neighborhood that still mows my own lawn, everybody else hires it done. My neighbor is a stay at home dad and he doesn't even mow his own lawn and they have a housekeeper. I even see the pizza delivery man a couple times a week at their house. Not sure what he does all day! LOL

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[Pineywoods]

It's a constant battle at my house to get my wife and kids to clean up after themselves. I sound like a broken record telling them the same stuff every day. I am a very (OCD) clean and organized guy and it bothers me really bad for the house to be messy. When I was single my house stayed immaculate. I think I am about ready to cave and let a house keeper come once a week because griping and trying to lead by example hasn't worked over the last 12 years!

[jmac24]

Ok, here is my story... We had a housekeeper for 12 years, she came and cleaned 2 a month. Was wonderful. My wife would spend the day before she came over going through the whole house picking it up. About 4 years ago, the housekeeper moved and now my wife doesn't want another one because picking up before the housekeeper comes is too stressful!
Wanna know what is stressful? Try driving an hour and a half each way to work and coming home to a mess every day because my wife cannot finish anything.

[S-3 Ranch]

Ok, here is my story... We had a housekeeper for 12 years, she came and cleaned 2 a month. Was wonderful. My wife would spend the day before she came over going through the whole house picking it up. About 4 years ago, the housekeeper moved and now my wife doesn't want another one because picking up before the housekeeper comes is too stressful!
Wanna know what is stressful? Try driving an hour and a half each way to work and coming home to a mess every day because my wife cannot finish anything.

Brother from another mother, did we marry twins ? I'm not a neat freak, but my wife does the same stuff, " maid is just to stressful "