Question for people with weekly cleaning ladies

[megs193]

We currently have a cleaning lady that comes every other week. I find that I am really good at keeping the house cleaned up and clutter free for the first week but then stuff starts to accumulate. It usually takes me an hour to pick everything up so my cleaning lady can come the next day. I don't really feel like my house needs to be dusted, vacummed, etc. more often then every 2 weeks but I am wonderinig if it would be easier to stay on top of things if she came every week. Do you find that it helps keep you more accountable?

[annika]

Yes, I do. When we skip a week for whatever reason our house becomes a disaster.

[shell403b]

No. It's about at the 2 week mark that I feel I have to declutter. For us, if I (we?) was (were) *that* on top of it every week, all the time, then why the hell is the cleaning person coming in the first place? For me, the cleaning person comes to a) clean and b) remind me to pick my shit up once in a while, LOL.

[Deleted]

Yes but I'm pretty anal about clutter anyway. But the real reason I like it is because I think bathrooms need to be cleaned weekly and that's something I don't really want to do myself.

[boiler717]

I think once a week is the way to go. I still have to lightly dust and do the kitchen floors more often, but going two weeks would be way too long.

[hocus]

I don't "pre-clean" so I can't comment on that. We have a weekly lady and I don't do anything in between and yes the house looks nicer that way.