On Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at 7:22:59 PM UTC-5, Janet wrote:
> In article >, gravesend10
> @verizon.net says...
> >
> > On Wed, 30 Dec 2015 12:18:13 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> > > wrote:
> >
> > >On Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at 2:25:17 PM UTC-5, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> > >> On Tue, 29 Dec 2015 19:32:39 -0700, la llorona > wrote:
> > >>
> > >> >jmcquown wrote:
> > >> >> On 12/24/2015 1:14 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> > >> >>> On Thu, 24 Dec 2015 03:42:08 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> > >> >>> > wrote:
> > >> >>>
> > >> >>>> On Wednesday, December 23, 2015 at 10:43:26 PM UTC-5, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> > >> >>>>
> > >> >>>>> $10/hr for minimum wage entry level jobs for a person with minimal
> > >> >>>>> education and no skills is darn good money... how much would you pay
> > >> >>>>> for someone to sweep your floors, dust your shelves, and retrieve
> > >> >>>>> shopping carts...
> > >> >>>>
> > >> >>>> I pay my housecleaner about $40 per hour.
> > >>
> > >> If I were paid $40/hr to clean a house I'd bust my butt to make it
> > >> spotless, I'd even work overtime for straight pay; I'd launder
> > >> clothes, detail your car, scrub bathrooms, I'd even clean your cat's
> > >> litter pans and cook for you too, same as everything I do at home, for
> > >> $40/hr I'd mow your lawn and trim m'lady's bush! LOL
> > >> Around here people get paid between $10-$15 an hour to clean house.
> > >
> > >Prices for everything are much higher here, including housecleaning.
> > >The average price per square foot of single-family housing in Ann Arbor
> > >is $180. How does that compare with your area?
> >
> > That's ludicrous, the price of real estate has absolutely nothing to
> > do with the pay rate for house cleaning.
>
> In my experience, it does. Cleaners can't afford to live in areas
> where property or rent is very expensive. Where demand is high and
> supply is limited, (or has to be bribed to travel from a distance)
> affluent employers will pay well over the odds for domestic help.
>
> The affluent who are often away from home, will also pay high rates to
> attract and retain reliable help they trust with the upkeep of their
> very valuable property when its vacant.

You've hit the nail squarely on the head. I'm willing to pay top dollar
to get someone who won't clean me out while she's cleaning my house.

Not that I have much that's valuable. The cash and guns are locked
in a safe; I don't have anything but costume jewelry. If we were
burgled, they'd be sadly disappointed at the haul.

Cindy Hamilton