Housework

The reality of working from home

Written by Gerard on Friday 9 April 2010

Frazzled. That's how I feel today. It's been a crushing week in Daddyville.

It's been tough going for a couple of reasons. First: the kids have been off school for Easter, meaning they're constantly around the house looking for food and entertainment. Second: our second car broke down, leaving me stranded in the house whenever Lisa's in Belfast attending to her mother.

So, we've got the cleaners in...

Written by Gerard on Monday 23 June 2008

Those of you who've spent time in any of our homes over the years will already know this - neither Lisa or I are remotely houseproud. Life's too short for housework, so we generally do the bare minimum and occasionally freak out at just how untidy the place gets.

How many times we dreamed of having someone else come in and clean the house down to save us having to do it? At least once a week. Sometimes daily.

So Lisa went away and found a cleaning company (given the title of the piece, you were expecting that news, no?). She arranged for them to come out to the house today and give us an estimate for a one-off spring clean.

They visited the house this morning and showed Lisa all the services they carry out. So impressed was she that she signed them up for a monthly visit at £100.00 a time. And to be honest, that's not bad. It means that once a month, these people will come in and clean the house to a certain standard, leaving us to maintain that level of cleanliness between visits.

Worth every penny as far as I'm concerned. It'll be nice to have someone take care of the dirty work, and it'll also save Lisa a fair bit of time and worry about keeping the house up to standard.

But I'm wondering - how many of you have used (or are using) a cleaning service to help out with the housework?