The question of whether to hire a house cleaner or a housekeeper isn’t a hard nut to crack. It’s all about understanding the difference in their service and determining which you’d go for depending on your area of need. Even though they sound similar, they are quite different in job details and duty differences. Housekeepers more frequently do light cleaning for you in your home, while house cleaners, on the other hand,  carry out  deep/thorough cleaning less often. Either way, they both do home care services.

Do you look forward to hiring someone to scrub the toilet, clean the kitchen, and shine your appliances? Or perhaps you only need someone to wash and put dishes away, change the sheets, and do some meal preparation? In this article, we’ll highlight the duties of both the housekeeper and the house cleaner. Knowing the differences in roles and responsibilities will help you make informed choices.

Duties Of Housekeeper(s)

For the most part, a housekeeper is a worker in the home remaining in the home for a prolonged period of time while being occupied with many little projects within the home to keep them busy. Some of the duties include:

1. All light cleaning including sweeping, dusting, mopping, dishes
2. Washing of clothes, as well as folding and ironing them.
3. Changing linens and making beds
4. Garbage separation and removal and recycling
5. Taking note of, and restocking personal care products (like toilet paper) when needed
6. General organizations of the house including picking up toys or clutter
7. Meal preparation
8. Running errands for the family
9. Timely replacement of light bulbs 
10. Scooping litter boxes
11. Other light duties as requested

Duties Of House Cleaner(s)

On the other hand, a house cleaner is a person or could be a team of people who go with their cleaning equipment, supplies, and product to houses on appointments. They go on a scheduled time and day to carry out proper cleaning.

They do not spend so much time in the house as the housekeeper, they’re usually in the home for a scheduled, specific amount of time, and once they’re done with that assignment, they take their supplies with them as they leave for their next cleaning appointment. House cleaners could get employed by the house cleaning company, or may be independent. Below are some of the duties of a house cleaner:

1. Deep and proper cleaning of most surfaces like floors, appliances, tubs, sinks, toilet, and countertops.
2. Carefully scrubbing and sanitizing kitchens both interior and exterior. This service covers all that has to do with the kitchen ranging from countertops, backsplashes, sinks and drains, knobs and handles, light switch plate covers, refrigerator, stoves, and other appliances, to the exterior of the cabinet and drawers.
3. Cleaning and dusting of tables, chairs, and shelves 
4. Carefully scrubbing and sanitizing bathrooms and toilets from top to bottom. This service covers sinks, showers, tubs, drain openings, and polishing chrome
5. The dusting of doors, baseboards, picture frames, light fixtures, and others
6. Vacuuming and mopping hard floors
7. Vacuuming carpet and upholstery
8. Interior window cleaning

Conclusion

Summarily, neither of them both is less important; however, if you need for well organized light-duty work, a housekeeper would be a great pick. But if you need a thorough top-to-bottom cleaning of your home, you would need the help of a house cleaner.