A Woman's Touch Domestic Agency receives calls, each day, from people asking questions such as "I have a 4 bedroom house with 2 bathrooms, how long will that take to clean?"  We explain that it's generally not so much about the size of your home, but about how much is on your chore list and how detailed you wish each room to be

Look at these two homes, for example:-

Smith Household

Number 2 Main Street, Melbourne

4 bedroom, 2 bathroom, 1 lounge/dining room

This home requires:

Johnston Household

Number 4 Main Street, Melbourne

4 bedroom, 2 bathroom, 1 lounge/dining room

This home requires:

• vacuum all rooms

• sweep and wash all wet floor areas

• dust all rooms

• clean both bathrooms

• clean kitchen, laundry, toilet

• wet dust skirting boards in all rooms (dust allergies in this household)

• wet dust window ledges in all rooms (example)

• change 4 beds

• half hour of ironing

• sweep and mop wet floor areas (polished floorboards, no carpets to vacuum)

• dust all rooms, except 2 guest bedrooms (hardly ever used)

• clean both bathrooms

• clean kitchen, laundry, toilet

• NO skirting boards to be wet dusted (this client sess this as a monthly chore)

• NO window ledges wet dusted (this client sees this as a monthly chore)

• NO beds to change (family does this)

• NO ironing (non ironing household)

As you can see, two homes, side by side, same size, but very different chore list (for very good reasons!). If cleaners were to insist on a set chore list being carried out, probably neither home would be happy as they would not get exactly what they need

We find every householder we speak with has either had a previous cleaner/housekeeper in to clean their home, or has cleaned the home themselves, and therefore has a fairly good idea of how long their chore list takes to complete 

In our many years of experience, we find, time and time again, the cleaning/housekeeping in each home needs to be tailored to suit that family if it's to be of maximum benefit