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  • Met with a highly recommended cleaning person. No laundry, but everything else (whatever that means). She quoted me $200 after taxes. Assuming she works 5-6 hours (I don't think she'd be there for more than that), that's $35-$40 per hour take-home, AFTER taxes. Is that the going rate???

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    07.28.08, 02:01 PM [ Flag ]
    • without laundry? No. That is insane in my opinion.

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      07.28.08, 02:02 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    • that's ridiculous. She should hand wash your laundry for that $$

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      07.28.08, 02:02 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    • my housekeeper is 180 for about 5-6 hours (two bedroom 1500 sq. foot apartment) but does all the laundry and cleans beautifully.

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      07.28.08, 02:03 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      • she said i have a lot of rooms (it's a small 3-br, 1500 sq. ft apt.) and a lot of clutter (which is true), but still!?!

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        07.28.08, 02:05 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        • She is on crack or thinks you are a sucker or something. Seriously, unless you are in a situation where you have a staff (ie) housekeeper, separate laundress, etc. etc. most people just have a housekeeper that does the laundry as well. I have never heard of anything like what this woman is saying. She is deluded.

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          07.28.08, 02:07 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      • is she looking to take on another person/residence on the UWS?

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        07.28.08, 02:06 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    • That's insane. A cleaning person should make no more than 25 per hour, and that's if she's amazing.

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      07.28.08, 02:03 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    • Find someone else. 200 is crazy. For a small 3 bedroom apt, I'd pay no more than 125. 80-125 seems going rate.

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      07.28.08, 02:06 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    • we pay ours 170 for 7 hrs work + laundry-she has been with us for 5 years now, so this also reflects us increasing her pay. to start off with your quoted rate is nuts. our place is a 2400 4 bdr

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      07.28.08, 02:29 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    • we pay $80 for a small 2 BR, no laundry. She does a B+ job and that's enough for us. She takes about 4 hours each time so $20/hour.

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      07.28.08, 02:38 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      • we pay $80 for 1 BR, with laundry. Also have pets so more to clean! takes about 4 hours--$20 an hour.

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        07.28.08, 03:28 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    • we have a 2 bedroom w/family room apt (1687 square feet). My cleaning lady charges $80 for 4 hours of work (she doesn't do laundry either). I think $200 is the craziest thing I ever heard!

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      07.28.08, 03:31 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    • completely insane!!!

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      07.28.08, 03:37 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
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