If you’ve ever wondered how people are getting it all done, the answer is help.
- The most popular services include monthly house cleaners and regular lawn maintenance, and several readers have or want to hire house managers to fill in the gaps, according to the latest Scoop poll.
Notable replies:
- “Lawn care, dry cleaning, gutter cleaning, pressure washing, etc. I should definitely not injure myself if I can spend time at my desk billing enough money to pay to outsource some of these larger tasks!”
- “I wouldn’t know what to do without our cleaner. She is the reason we can relax on the weekends and after work. We also use a landscaping company because who has the time to worry about grass and weeds.”
- “The savings outweigh the costs… my time and peace of mind are priceless! ”
- “We have cleaners who come every other week and a landscaper in the same cadence. I’m fascinated by the idea of a house manager but my husband and I are childfree by choice so I don’t really feel like I need one?? Lol. Several of my parent friends have them and love them. Our cleaning people do laundry and stuff for us though, so maybe that’s an overlap.”
- “We have a cleaner that comes every 5-6 weeks. I’d love to bring on a part-time house manager to help with organizing/tidying/laundry/meal prep 8-10 hours a week (now that we have a 4 month old baby) but my husband did not seem thrilled about it when I first pitched him the idea. I’m going to work on it though!”
Hiring help isn’t cheap, however. So here are some other tactical tips for creating more efficiency in your life.
