Weekly visits from a regular cleaner are £23 an hour and fortnightly visits £24 an hour. The minimum visit is 3 hours, which puts the smallest booking at £69.
Regular cleaning keeps a home at the level you agree on the first visit. Where possible the same cleaner comes on the same weekday, works down a list you have set and is paid for the hours booked at the hourly rate. Nothing is sold by the room or by the package.
Weekly and fortnightly rates
| How often | Rate |
|---|---|
| Every week | £23 an hour |
| Every other week | £24 an hour |
| Shortest visit | 3 hours, from £69 |
The weekly rate is a little lower because a home cleaned every seven days never gets far behind, and each hour covers more ground. How many hours you need comes down to the home’s size and what is on the list. A small flat may fit inside the minimum; a family house with two bathrooms and a busy kitchen will need longer. If the first few visits show the time is too tight, the hours can go up, or the list can be split so that some jobs alternate. If a month or more has passed since anyone cleaned thoroughly, book a one-off deep clean first; it brings the home to a level the regular cleaner can then hold.
Jobs on a regular cleaning visit
You and the cleaner write the list together at the first visit, and after that it is worked through in the same order each time. A typical one covers:
- Worktops, splashback, hob top, sink and taps, plus the fronts of cupboards and appliances
- Bath, shower, basin and toilet, with mirrors and chrome polished
- Dusting on shelves, furniture, skirting and window sills within reach
- Vacuuming carpets and rugs, mopping hard floors
- Beds changed when clean linen is left out, bins emptied and recycling taken outside
Slower jobs, such as the inside of the fridge or wiping down every kitchen cupboard door, work best on a rota: one of them each visit, so they all come round without stretching the hours. A heavily used oven is a job for a separate booking. The regular visit keeps the hob and the door glass wiped, and the inside gets a proper oven clean from £77 when it needs one.
Keeping the same cleaner
Where possible you keep one cleaner from visit to visit. After a few weeks that cleaner knows where the spare bin bags live, which worktop marks if it is left wet and which room you want done first when time is short. When your usual cleaner is away, the office can offer another vetted cleaner for that visit or a different day.
Every cleaner is vetted and trained, and works on a self-employed basis. Products and equipment come with the cleaner. You do not need to be home, provided the cleaner can get in and lock up again. Mention pets, alarm codes and anything that must not be touched when you first book, and it goes on the notes for every visit.
Carpets and upholstery once or twice a year
A weekly vacuum picks up loose grit from the top of the pile. Soil that is walked in sinks lower, to where the vacuum cannot pull it out, and the path from the front door and the strip in front of the sofa go grey first. A hot water extraction clean once or twice a year lifts much of what the vacuum leaves behind.
Carpets and sofas are the main trade here. A two-seat sofa is £57, and carpets run from £36 for a bedroom to £43 for a living room, cleaned in the home by a carpet cleaner with a portable machine. It is booked as its own visit, at whatever point in the year suits you; spring and the weeks before Christmas are popular. Every room price is on the carpet cleaning page, and the full price list has the rest.
Questions about domestic cleaning
Do I need to buy cleaning products for a regular cleaner?
No. A regular cleaner arrives with products and equipment for each visit. Prefer your own product on a wooden floor or a stone worktop? Leave it out and add a note to the list.
Can I switch my regular cleaning between weekly and fortnightly?
Yes. Ring the office and the rate follows the frequency, so moving to fortnightly takes it to £24 an hour and going back to weekly returns it to £23. The minimum of 3 hours a visit stays the same either way.
Does a regular cleaner clean the windows?
A regular cleaner wipes the inside of any glass within arm’s reach, along with the sills and frames. Outside glass and high windows are a separate window cleaning service, priced by the size of the house.