Price guide
How much does a cleaner cost in Dorset?
Short answer: our rate is £35 an hour on a 2-hour Clean and £30 an hour if you book four hours. A typical weekly clean in Weymouth or Dorchester works out at £70 a visit, and a longer visit with the bigger jobs on the list at £120.
Below is what that buys, what pushes the price up, and how to work out what your own house needs before you book anything.
Typical cost by house size
These are the bookings people actually make, not a sales table. If your list won't fit the slot, we'll say so before you book.
| Home | Usual booking | Cost per visit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-bed flat | 2-hour Clean | £70 | Weekly or fortnightly upkeep |
| 2-bed house | 2-hour Clean | £70 | Weekly; fortnightly lists usually want longer |
| 3-bed house | 4-hour Clean | £120 | Room for bedrooms and floors on the list |
| 4-bed house | 4-hour Clean | £120 | Weekly. Longer lists often want two cleaners |
| Deep or first clean | 2 cleaners, 4 hours | £240 | Twice the progress down a long list |
| End of tenancy | 2 cleaners, 4 hours | £240 | Empty property, inventory standard |
Work out your own price
Answer three questions for an indicative price. Nothing is booked until we've spoken.
A guide, not a quote. Your slot is confirmed the moment you pay — we call afterwards to talk through your Clean List and what's realistic in the time.
What actually affects the price
- House size and, more importantly, how many bathrooms there are
- How often we come — a weekly house never gets a chance to build up
- Pets, especially anything that sheds onto carpets and sofas
- Whether laundry, ironing or the oven are on the list
- How clear the surfaces are when we arrive
- One cleaner or two — the rate is the same, the time halves
Hourly rate vs a fixed price
Plenty of companies quote a fixed price for a "standard clean". The catch is that the standard is theirs, not yours — and when the time runs out, the job stops wherever it happens to be.
We charge for time because you control what that time is spent on. You write the list, we work down it in order, and the most important jobs are done first. If four hours isn't enough for what you want, you'll know from us before you pay for it.
Is a cheaper cleaner a bargain?
You can find someone cheaper than us in Dorset. What's usually missing at that price is a DBS check, public liability insurance, cover when they're ill, and anyone to call when something goes wrong. That's fine right up until it isn't.
Our rate covers a vetted, insured cleaner, a written standard they work to, and a 24-hour promise to come back and put anything right.