MM Confession

[audette]

We're paying over $500 (estimated) tomorrow to have people come in and clean our rental home before we hand over the keys.

About half of that is for carpet cleaning, which is required done by a professional per our lease agreement, but the other half is just cleaners to come in and do exactly what DH and I could do on our own, if we felt like it and wanted to spend all day doing it.

The cleaners do guarantee that their cleaning will satisfy our landlords.

[UnderProtest]

Why is this a confession? Many people here have cleaning ladies and the last thing I would want to do around the holidays is deep clean my old house. Enjoy knitting knowing they are taking care of it.

[Deleted]

I think most of us regularly pay for one service or another out of convenience. Not a confession!

[countthestars]

I think that sounds awesome! I might hire out cleaning people when we move out of this apartment because I don't like to do it. Enjoy!

[winnied]

That's not bad at all! Your time is worth money.

[audette]

Huh. Our regular cleaning service is $90. Over $500 for a move-out cleaning felt pricey, but we just don't want to do it ourselves. (our cleaning stuff is all packed up, too - the vaccuum, mops, rags, etc)

[Bob Loblaw]

Think of it as a Christmas gift to the future tenants.

[aspentosh]

Totally not a confession. When I asked MM if I should do it myself or hire out, 90% of people said hire out. Some of the best money spent!

[dcn]

We did the same the last time we moved and I will NEVER do a move out clean again. Best money I ever spent. We only paid $125, but we didn't have any carpet.

[Susie]

The last time we moved I was amazed at how much of a PITA it was to clean the old place. I thought, "oh, it'll be empty, so easy!"

Wrong.

We DIY'ed (with my MIL's and a friend of hers' help) and it was a bitch. It'd be worth it to me now to pay $500 not to.

[hbomdiggity]

We did this for our last move and it was so worth it.