I used a housekeeping service for a few months (Handy). The time saved definitely felt worth the money in general. On the other hand, and this is maybe partly

I used a housekeeping service for a few months (Handy). The time saved definitely felt worth the money in general. On the other hand, and this is maybe partly my building's arrangement, it also felt like it complicated/constrained life sometimes. I would find myself saying "sorry, I'll skip drinks, I have to get home and let the maid in at 7pm". I also found it a little hard to be fully relaxed while the person was there in the next room. And, one day while on vacation, although I canceled the cleaning for that week, a maid showed up at my apartment, and they made the trip for nothing - I felt bad. Turned out the site had quickly auto-moved the first canceled appointment to a few days later in a pretty misleading way. I got charged and decided to work it out with their customer service. I just pulled up the chain, and it was a 15 email inquiry that took 35 days to resolve. IIRC, a negative Yelp review got things moving again. So, that's probably not everyone's situation or experience, but it just reiterated that having control and simplicity is nice. Simplicity for some might be not having to clean, but for others it might mean not having to depend on someone else. I can't be my own Verizon or Uber of course, but some things I'm in a good position to provide for myself...