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One thing that I always think about with these absurd HGTV house shows is who is going to clean all of these extra bathrooms? When you've got 3-4 bathrooms, and 2000+ square feet, you will have to spend a nontrivial amount of time cleaning every week. Or hire it out.

Oh, and I really, really, really, never want to hear the term "bonus room" used ever again.

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Oh yeah. "We need five bedrooms in retirement, because our family lives elsewhere and they come visit..."

(... for what, 2 weeks a year?).

Bigger houses tend to not get dirty as quickly. But it is more nooks and crannies that need attention on an infrequent basis. So many houses I step into have parts that have never been cleaned since they took ownership. Wow it gets nasty!

House cleaning makes my life much better and costs less than my cell phone bill.

What is your cell phone bill? The person I know who does house cleaning charges $25/hr, takes 5 hours on the average house, and goes to most of their houses at least twice a month.

I pay $150/month for a crew of two to clean my 2200sqft house every other week. It's so worth it, even just so I don't have to clean the shower anymore. But really, the better benefit is more time to spend with my kids and work on other things.

My cleaning is $25 per hour, two times per month for a total of $100 per month.

My cell phone is for two lines through tmo, with device payments end up a bit more.

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