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I’ve found that one of the best investments you can make is a housekeeper and gardener. I have a big house with a big yard and definately could not do it withou
by mruts 8y ago
I’ve found that one of the best investments you can make is a housekeeper and gardener. I have a big house with a big yard and definately could not do it without them. I live in a part of the world in which labor is very cheap so having a fulltime maid isn’t a financial issue. I understand that things might bw different in the US, but I don’t think it’s unaffordable to have someone clean up and do laundry a couple times a week and someone come to cut the grass every month or so. Maybe like $100/day for each? Only a couple hours of work if you are making a standard developer salary.
But it’s just the feeling of freedom that I like about it. My wife can cook things without us worrying about the mess. I can spend my free time as actual free time, instead of worrying about household chores.
- lotsofpulp 8y agoLandscaping needs to be done at least every week, and I doubt you will find a house cleaner that does laundry for $100/day. You can assume half of wages go to taxes for independent contractors, plus a premium for it being contract work, so optimistically, $100/day is $50, and even at only 4 hours of work, that’s only $12/hour. That’s nothing in any higher cost of living city, which is where most high income people want to be. That kind of labor will probably easily run you $200/day or more.