Top Part-Time Maid Agencies in Singapore

Hiring a part-time maid to come to your home is a great way to clean, wash homes. Maids can be hired on a weekly, monthly, or daily basis, and they normally list services with an agency.

Working with an agency helps maids secure ready on-demand employment and it ensures that they are protected by contracts, insurance. One thing that distinguishes part-time maids from full-time maids is their employment period.

Most part-time maids are hired for heavy-duty chores, housework occasionally. Part-time maids will come into the home and handle these strenuous cleaning tasks that are only required to be done from time to time.

Tasks such as rinsing, drying carpets, or scrubbing behind the stove or other home machines, appliances, furniture, corners, are just instances of chores for part-time maids.

On the other hand, full-time maids often live within households, cleaning daily. Maids do all sorts of chores, housekeeping, such as:

• Vacuuming carpets, scrubbing, washing the carpet, mopping floors, and vacuuming floors
• Heavy scrubbing, washing of the kitchen including but not limited to countertops, stoves, ovens, microwaves, sinks, walls, and floors
• Heavy scrubbing, washing of toilets including tubs, toilet sinks, toilets, walls, and floors.
• Scrubbing of doors, cabinets, furniture, lights, lamps, glass fixtures, and floors
• Scrubbing glass windows, windowsills, and glass doors
• Polishing metal, steel, including mirrors, lamps, ornaments
• Cleaning behind heavy furniture such as cupboards, wardrobes, sofas, and beds
• Cleaning behind appliances such as dryers, washers, stoves, dishwashers, and refrigerators.

When you employ a full-time maid, you are often looking for someone to work daily in your home.

Full-time maids often become part of the family and live within households. Full-time maids oversee the household and do more than just house cleaning.

Busy families who work long hours will hire full-time maids to clean, perform chores, attend to young and old family members while they focus on their careers.

Here are just a few things that full-time maids do daily. Full-time maids take on a wide range of roles to keep the house clean, functioning well.

• Dusting, mopping, and sweeping floors.
• Vacuuming carpets.
• Washing dishes and stowing utensils away
• Making beds and changing the sheets
• Washing clothes, ironing, folding, and putting them away.
• Running errands for the household including grocery shopping, picking up dry cleaning, laundry
• Preparing meals including breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
• Walking the dog and taking care of other pets that live in the household
• General housekeeping and tidying
• Babysitting and seeing the kids off to school
• Caring for elderly family members
• Taking trash to trash centers
• Restocking essentials, groceries.

About part-time maid agencies in Singapore:

You might view the rise in the demand for maids as the result of the industrialization of society and strides forward in the feminist movement in putting women in office jobs.

The utilitarian philosopher J.S Mill has argued that the purpose of women’s life and its very culmination and end was marriage.

With significant progress made in the women’s movement, females are not mere objects relegated to a domestic sphere as was the case in the past. This is not the case today.

Increasingly women are seeing beyond the trap of domesticity and marriage and even those who do make the choice of marriage are not confined to domesticity with the advent of domestic helpers.

Women are increasingly as active in their careers and financially independent as men. Indeed, there are cases in which women are the breadwinners for their family rather than the men.

While it is true that there is some subordination in marriage as men and the traditional heads of the household, it is also the case women are becoming more financially independent and autonomous.

In the past with limited opportunities for finding work it was the case that marriage was the purpose in life for women to find themselves financial supporters and breadwinners.

Today, however, this is not the case. Progress in the women’s rights movement have seen the increasing visibility of women in workplaces and indeed the dominance of women in certain industries such as education and fashion.

As women rise in the corporate world, they require assistance to balance domestic housekeeping tasks.

Hence, the need arises to hire part-time maids from agencies.

Here are some part-time maid agencies in Singapore: 

Part-Time Maid Agency	Helpling
Specialty	Helpling is an on-demand lifestyle app that offers home cleaning and other services such as air-con servicing, laundry, and disinfection. You can make a booking for a one-off clean or schedule a regular cleaning via their mobile app/website. They are a digital-first organization and service-oriented. Their hourly rates are transparent. Services: Vacuuming, mopping, surface disinfection, ironing, dusting
Pricing	$20 weekly/fortnightly, $28 once off
Website	https://www.helpling.com.sg/
Address	120 Robinson Rd, Singapore 068913
Telephone	3158 3871
Operating Hours	24/7
Client	Chien Wen Lau, julien tardivat, lee shiau hui, Jieying Char, Jodie Yeo
Review 1	julien tardivat 1 review 4 days ago Helpling has been great! The admin team really goes the extra mile to find the right person for your household and all the cleaners we have had until we found the right one were of really good standard. I appreciated the calls from the team when changes occured and the constant feedback on the situation. Cleaning is really good. They Cleaners are experienced and don’t need you to be on their back to perform a full house clean. They are also really fast. I really recommend.

 

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Part-Time Maid Agency	DomesticOne
Specialty	DomesticONE is a leading domestic service provider specialising in the provision of part-time maids as well as cleaning and babysitting services for families and homeowners in Singapore. They are registered, licensed with NEA, MOM. Creating clean, tidy houses for homeowners, all their professional local maids are certified for service standards. Services: Vacuuming, mopping, cleaning, polishing, dusting
Pricing	$16-$17 per hour
Website	https://www.domestic1.com.sg/
Address	50 Tagore Lane, #05-04 Singapore, 787494.
Telephone	(+65) 6388 1329
Operating Hours	9 am–9 pm
Client	Sheela Pillai, Rita Joseph, Mandy Zhao, Joline Chen, Samuel Y
Review 1	Sheela Pillai 2 reviews 5 days ago Very professional and responsive right from the beginning when making queries and booking the service. Prices are reasonable and the assigned cleaner did an excellent job, is very polite and responsible. Highly recommended service.

 

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Part-Time Maid Agency	BlueRabbit(Rooma)
Specialty	BlueRabbit offers customized cleaning plans by understanding your cleaning needs over the phone, customizing your preferences. Their maids are guaranteed to be experienced, reliable, honest, trained for service standards. Cleaners are inhouse and employed within the agency rather than independent / outsourced. The agency is service oriented, heeding client preferences. Services: Ironing, window cleaning, laundry, mopping, vacuuming
Pricing	Request a quotation: contactus@bluerabbit.sg
Website	https://bluerabbit.sg/
Address	170 Upper Bukit Timah Rd, #17-04, Singapore 588179
Telephone	8589 6893
Operating Hours	24/7
Client	Esther Goh, pat, Betsy Lau, Lee Tuan Tang, Chris Leow
Review 1	Esther Goh 2 reviews a week ago Had arrange a helper through the company to assist my parents. From the onset, the staff Mary is super helpful and provided all assistance to my request. Tha helper Noorasma has gotten a good review from my parents, hardworking and clean. Will continue to enage their service. Thumbs up.

 

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Part-Time Maid Agency	HomeFresh
Specialty	HomeFresh employs professional cleaners, experienced and trained. They clean all home furnishing, surfaces. Service is easy with no conditions, maids easily accessed, dispatched. They guarantee excellent service. Cleaners are cleared with ICA for work permit status. Fees are transparent, no hidden costs. Maids are independently contracted while keeping company standards. Services: Mopping, cleaning, ironing, vacuuming, dusting
Pricing	Request a quotation: https://www.homefresh.sg/#wf-form-Email-Form
Website	https://www.homefresh.sg/
Address	75, #02-02 Killiney Rd, 239529
Telephone	6734 4973
Operating Hours	8 am to 6pm
Client	Tommy Ng, Kelly Fan, Joel Parsons, Vin Nie Ong,Sung Park
Review 1	Tommy Ng 3 reviews a week ago Fantastic job did by your colleague yu yu.. thumb up for her in doing a great job in cleaning my house.. although I’m not in at that time when she was here, my wife said she was very efficient in her works.. everywhere was clean and tidy.. hopes that the following jobs will be done by her as possible.. many thanks for the intro.. 👍👍👍

 

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Part-Time Maid Agency	A-Team Amahs and Cleaners
Specialty	A-Team understands how difficult it is to juggle full time work with housekeeping and keeping homes clean. At A-Team, they ensure clean, tidy homes. Their part-time maids are carefully screened to ensure that they have the relevant experience and right attitude to clean homes. Their maids clean toilets, windows, floors. Services: Dusting, Vacuuming, toilet cleaning, ironing, kitchen cleaning
Pricing	$17 to $19 an hour
Website	https://www.a-team.com.sg/
Address	38 Genting Ln, Singapore 349553
Telephone	6100 6122
Operating Hours	24/7
Client	Bloom Marie, Bryan Chia, Fook Jong Tan, Eva Tan, jing
Review 1	Bloom Marie rated 5 stars

 

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Part-Time Maid Agency	HelperGo
Specialty	HelperGo are a group of technologists who seek to improve domestic cleaning accessibility. They understand the struggle to balance full time work and housekeeping. They developed the “HelperGo App” in early 2015, providing domestic help by matching them with their database of part time helpers, babysitters, and caregivers, cleaning, housekeeping. Services: Mopping, ironing, sweeping, cooking, caregiving
Pricing	Request a quotation: 9426 8219
Website	https://sg.helpergo.co/
Address	Wework, 8 Cross St, 048424
Telephone	9426 8219
Operating Hours	9.30am to 6.30pm
Client	Ng Sam, Athenea Theresa, pushpa bhallamudi
Review 1	Ng Sam rated 5 stars

 

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Part-Time Maid Agency	Axgee Cleaning
Specialty	Axgee offers one of the best homes and office cleaning services in Singapore. At Axgee Cleaning Pte Ltd, they have a system in place that ensures that all their customers are happy and return for more service. They offer a range of services and packages and customize to client needs. Services: Reliable cleaners, insured cleaners, transparent fees, no contract, home cleaning
Pricing	Request a quotation: 9662 2361
Website	https://www.axgeecleaning.com/
Address	10 Anson Rd, #33-03 International Plaza, Singapore 079903
Telephone	9662 2361
Operating Hours	8 am to 8pm
Client	Priscilla Lim, Joseph Tan, Maren Roeding, Jay Thompson, Maureen Mok
Review 1	Priscilla Lim 2 reviews a month ago Thumbs up and strongly recommend Axgee for cleaning services. * Helpful and understanding staff – James who managed to attend to my last minute order providing me 2cleaners for a reasonable rate though he is aware of my urgency to get have my unit cleaned up. He could have increased his quote knowing my urgency. Honest and professional company. *Very good, silent and cheerful worker, Joseph who is efficient in doing a fast and clean job. He is careful, confident and focused in doing his work not lazing around. No complaining spirit, observant ensuring that he clean up whichever area he sees a need. Thanks Joseph for your help in cleaning the kitchen, yard and master bedroom and not forgetting helping me to clean all the fans in the hall and 3bedrooms. Really appreciate.

 

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Part-Time Maid Agency	OCD
Specialty	Obsessive Cleaning Disorder provides the full spectrum of cleaning services: disinfecting, post renovation cleaning, end of tenancy cleaning, general housekeeping, commercial cleaning, upholstery cleaning, even painting services. Their clients note their thorough, efficient cleaning. Their cleaners are certified, they are environment friendly, their cleaners are always available, customers usually satisfied. Services: Professional cleaning, curtain cleaning, aircon service, painting service, handyman works
Pricing	Request a quotation: info@ocd.com.sg
Website	https://www.ocd.com.sg/
Address	5 Soon Lee Street #02-31 Singapore 627607
Telephone	8181 3086
Operating Hours	9am to 6pm
Review 1	Siaw Fui Chiu 1 review 5 months ago I hired them for a painting job and the job done was flawless. Very service oriented and they even went extra mile and did a clean up of my place without any additional charges. Highly recommended!

 

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Part-Time Maid Agency	Homage
Specialty	Homage is an agency providing licensed, trained caregivers on call. Caregivers are locals, PRs, dispatched within 3-4 working days. Speaking many local languages, dialects, they can be engaged for any period and all have certifications in caregiving, CPR, BCLS. The fees are from $19 an hour. They provide esteemed service. Services: 24/7 service, caregiver, medically trained, light housekeeping, home nursing, home care
Pricing	$19 an hour
Website	https://www.homage.sg/
Address	157B Rochor Rd Singapore 188432
Telephone	(65) 6100 0055
Operating Hours	24/7
Review 1	Yingster C 8 reviews a week ago Homage was very responsive, polite and prompt in finding us a care giver. The customer care team was very helpful. They were very understanding, even after few rounds of enquiries, when we told them the elderly person was not ready for outsider to help him. When he was finally ready, Homage sent us Anson, and he was so good ! Anson was very very thorough, very professional and attentive to details. Not only the elderly liked him but everyone including the helpers. What a God-sent! Thank you for the very essential service you provide!

 

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Part-Time Maid Agency	KMAC
Specialty	KMAC International Pte Ltd was founded in 2010. They are a NEA licensed company that provides one-stop cleaning service solution for both Residential & Commercial sector. Through their professional training programs for cleaners, they ensure the quality of cleaning services provided. They continuously improve skills of their cleaners, honing skills, talent. Services: Office cleaning, home cleaning, steam cleaning, kitchen cleaning, insured cleaners
Pricing	$180 a month
Website	https://kmac.com.sg/
Address	Vision Exchange 2 Venture Drive #07-29 Singapore 608526
Telephone	+65 6909 3822
Operating Hours	8.30 am to 8.30pm
Review 1	Kenny Koh 1 review 3 weeks ago Quality assurance! Booked moving out cleaning for 3rooms condo and paid $380. They sent a team of workers who were very fast n efficient. They brought everything – ladder, vacuum with many types of cleaning chemicals. They even removed some rust stains on my floors upon my request. Will definitely use them again. Nice and Friendly Customer Service Officer, responding swiftly to all my queries! Well Recommended!!

 

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Part-Time Maid Agency	Clean Lab
Specialty	Clean Lab provides a range of comprehensive professional cleaning services and disinfection treatment to a wide range of industries from commercial, offices, gyms, laboratories, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, preschools, hospitality, food industries, retail to residential clients. To provide quality cleaning services in Singapore, they innovate cleaning solutions, customize packages, conserve environment resources.  Services: Carpet cleaning, Disinfection, house cleaning, office cleaning, steam cleaning
Pricing	Request a quotation:  hello@cleanlab.com.sg
Website	https://cleanlab.com.sg/
Address	25 Kaki Bukit Place, Singapore 416203
Telephone	67411522 / 86991522
Operating Hours	8.30 am to 6pm
Review 1	Clients: Idah,WEI FENG NG,Noor Azhar,Annie Yap, Idah 5 reviews a year ago Prompt watsapp responses from Kelvin and Richard from the start. Richard & colleague were on time and did an excellent job cleaning the store room and 2 mattresses within 2 hours! They were very thorough during the whole cleaning process too. My sister is very happy and satisfied that she can sleep on a dust mite free mattress after it is completely dry. Recommend cleaning company! 👍😊

 

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Part-Time Maid Agency	Sendhelper
Specialty	Sendhelper provides comprehensive home maintenance services, including cleaning, deep cleaning, doctor booking, laundry, aircon servicing, handyman service, elderly care, cooking, pest control. All services can be requested with the booking app. Payments via the app are accessible, cleaning insured. Clients testify to good, thorough cleaning, efficient, timely, reliable housekeeping. Services: Laundry, cleaning, cooking, elderly care, pest control
Pricing	$20 to $22 an hour
Website	https://www.sendhelper.com/
Address	68 Circular Road, #02-01, Singapore 049442
Telephone	+65-9387-5891
Operating Hours	24/7
Client	osman ahmed, Gabriela Rosa, Lina Lu, Christine Sheehan, Amy Lee
Review 1	osman ahmed 9 reviews 2 weeks ago Simple application to use. Cleaners are consistently good. The handyman booking process could be a bit more transparent, but SendHelper have always refunded the booking when I explained how the estimates vary from the price. Definitely a reliable and trustworthy service

 

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Part-Time Maid Agency	Housekeeping Butler
Specialty	Housekeeping.sg is a one-stop property services company for home and businesses – Procurement of cleaning and maintenance services made easier. With over 1 million jobs completed with a 99.999% on-time performance. They have made it their mission to deliver customer satisfaction. They provide transparent overview of processes, timeline, services, pricing. Services: Carpet cleaning, curtain cleaning, deep cleaning, home cleaning, office cleaning
Pricing	$25 an hour
Website	https://housekeeping.sg/
Address	808 French Road #07-167, S200808
Telephone	+65 89226806
Operating Hours	9 am to 6pm
Client	MD BELAL HOSSAIN
Review 1	MD BELAL HOSSAIN 1 review 3 months ago Excellent Work !

 

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Part-Time Maid Agency	Urban Shine Cleaning Services
Specialty	Urban Shine Cleaning Services Pte Ltd started its operation in 2010.They provide professional, reliable cleaning services for both residential and commercial properties. Their team comprises well trained and experienced cleaners who display trustworthiness, professional attitudes, enthusiasm, communication skills.  Affordable service, client satisfaction is assured, constantly strived for. They are NEA-certified. Services: Kitchen cleaning, toilet washing, vacuuming, ironing, mopping
Pricing	Request a quotation: http://www.urbanshinecleaningservices.com.sg/contact-us
Website	http://www.urbanshinecleaningservices.com.sg/
Address	Heng Loong Building, 61 Bukit Batok Crescent, Singapore 658078
Telephone	+6568611165
Operating Hours	24/7
Clients	alice krishnan, Shilpa Sanoop, Kohila M
Review 1	alice krishnan rated 5 stars

 

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Part-Time Maid Agency	AFM Cleaning Services
Specialty	AFM provides on demand cleaning service locally. You can request for their professional and dedicated helpers to arrive quickly at your doorstep with the online booking app. Their cleaning services are on demand. Book your desired part time cleaning through their website and their account manager will follow up on selected services and timing. Services: Vacuuming, mopping, cleaning, ironing, dusting
Pricing	Refer to price list: https://www.afmsg.net/pricelist
Website	https://www.afmsg.net/part-time-maid
Address	20 Shaw Rd, #06-02C Ching Shine Industrial Building, Singapore 367956
Telephone	8660 9297
Operating Hours	24/7

 

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Part-Time Maid Agency	Lazy
Specialty	Lazy mobilizes technology to meet lifestyle needs. As a company, the company delves in technology augmented sunset labour. Labour that moves the world, which is essential, like housekeeping. The platform ensures premier service through its unique cleaner selection, employment. Each cleaner has over 2 years of experience in housekeeping capacity. Services: Vacuuming, dusting, cleaning, mopping, sanitizing
Pricing	$20/hr to $30/hr
Website	https://www.lazy.com.sg/part-time-maid
Address	8 Eu Tong Sen St, #23-84, Singapore 059818
Telephone	8779 1839
Operating Hours	9 am to 7pm
Client	Sin Yun Lim, po lai, pei yu, Ravi Gopal, lam ko
Review 1	Sin Yun Lim 1 review 10 months ago Jess is friendly and really willing to put the best foot forward. A little bit of supervision needed but other than that shes ok. Update: Its improved quite a bit too, what i think makes up for cleaning which isn’t the best is the customer support

 

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Part-Time Maid Agency	Singapore House Cleaning
Specialty	Part time maids from their cleaning company are reliable, honest, truthful, obedient, hardworking, and experienced. Their house cleaning service rates are reasonably cheap and competitive relative to other cleaning providers, but not cheaper than the freelance part time cleaners, who are not necessarily  trained, certified. Their part-time helpers are professional, experienced. Services: Spring cleaning, domestic cleaning, Ironing, laundry, housekeeping
Pricing	Request a quotation: enquiry@singaporehousecleaning.com
Website	https://singaporehousecleaning.com/part-time-maid-helper/
Address	190 Woodlands Industrial Park E5 #03-15, Singapore 757516
Telephone	+6591624117
Operating Hours	8am to 9pm

 

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Part-Time Maid Agency	House Cleaning Services Singapore
Specialty	Getting a part time maid is one of the best solutions if you require a full time foreign domestic worker but cannot hire due to financial constraints. Part time maids benefit those who desire privacy at home, have a smaller home space, with financial constraints, and only require occasional housekeeping. Services: Kitchen cleaning, toilet cleaning, vacuuming, mopping, laundry, ironing
Pricing	From $100, housekeeping for 3~4 hours.
Website	https://www.sghousecleaning.com/part-time-maid-singapore.php
Address	10 Anson Road, International Plaza, Singapore 079903
Telephone	90614030/ 96253079
Operating Hours	8 am to 10pm
Client	Sofia A,Cheryl Teo, Jessy Amra,Manu Lambai
Review 1	Sofia A Local Guide ・36 reviews 5 months ago Very thorough cleaning, very meticulous and you definitely get the quality you pay for.

 

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Part-Time Maid Agency	CWCS
Specialty	CWCS has your housekeeping needs covered in Singapore. From regular cleaning to specialty cleaning, all services are covered. People are now going for the most cost-effective regular house cleaning services and they cater to cost reduction. They regularly innovate cleaning methods to save time, costs. They guarantee professionalism, attentive service, client-oriented service. Services: Toilet cleaning, Vacuuming, Mopping, Ironing, Laundry
Pricing	Request a quotation: sales@cwcleaningsg.com
Website	https://cwcleaningsg.com/
Address	21 BUKIT BATOK CRESCENT #10-71 WCEGA TOWER SINGAPORE 658065
Telephone	+65 66941007/+65 88360655
Operating Hours	9 am to 6 pm
Clients	Jaimie Lee,Carolyn Lau,Her 2 His,Amanda Wong,James Tan
Review 1	Jaimie Lee 17 reviews a year ago Excellent and prompt customer service. They manage to find me a weekly cleaner at short notice. They recommended me my current cleaner Vic who does a very good job of cleaning the house, much better than my previous cleaner. It is better to go through them as they have a big pool of cleaners, and I trust them that the cleaners are of a certain standard. What’s more, their charges are very reasonable and there is no 1 time agency fees like other agencies. Thumbs up 👍

 

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Part-Time Maid Agency	Clean on Demand
Specialty	Clean on Demand operates its operation/ booking via online App and it is trackable once they have confirmed your cleaner. The hourly rates are transparently presented on their mobile app, immediately, with no hidden costs. Their cleaners are 100% in-house which means they had undergone stringent, rigorous screening before hiring. Services: Vacuum, mopping, toilet cleaning, deep cleaning, home cleaning
Pricing	Request a quotation: info@clean.sg
Website	https://www.clean.sg/house-cleaning/
Address	415 River Valley Road, Singapore 248314
Telephone	+65 6717 5555
Operating Hours	10 am to 7 pm
Client	Omar Ahmed, GH Ben X,Fatin Hanani,Mary Liu Tan, Harry Tom
Review 1	Omar Ahmed 2 reviews 3 weeks ago I hired them to clean my condo in Yishun and they surprise me with the service they provided. Professional and systematic

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Hiring a Part Time Maid: Is it cost-cutting?

Anxious about budgets? Engaging a part-time cleaner or maid over 4-hours usually amounts to $272 a month, relative to $500 to $800 a month to hire full-time maids.

Searching for less costly options? Part-time maids usually charge lower fees but are potentially less safe.

Fretting over privacy? The part-time maids immediately depart upon completion of assigned tasks.

Frustrated with hired freelancer? Just engage another maid, or seek for a substitute if you have called an agency.

Finally? A part-time maid or cleaner is more pragmatic for starting families. For bigger families, one might seek to ponder engage full-time cleaning.

 

Why Engage a Part-Time Maid?

 

Thoroughly Tidied House

A random sharing with close neighbours revealed that engaging part-time maid cleaning is rapidly emerging as convention with Singaporean households. Particularly junior, young families. The reason:

Full charges for engaging each part-time made is cost-cutting in contrast to engaging a full-time helper (excludes necessity for footing the $300 monthly levy on foreign maids)

The part-time helper could be engaged for tidying as regularly or just upon occasional need

The part-time cleaner will leave once the job is done so you may enjoy your privacy

The part-time helper could be substituted upon need, without incurring additional costs, if you are not happy with your engaged maid

Just to conclude, it fully makes economic sense eventually. Considering, who does not desire dispensing with the tedium/ boredom of household chores to spend time on more fun activity?

 

Does Engaging A Part-Time Maid Cost Less?

If one engages a part-time helper to perform a 4-hour tidying of my 4-room flat each week, one could end up  footing about $272 each month – without a compulsory registration or agent fee.

This is in contrast to engaging a full-time helper, that might amount to around $500 to $800 a month. Yet, leaving out maid insurance, compulsory levies, medical exams etc.

 

How Does a Part-Time Cleaner Assist with House-Keeping And What Charges are Usually Incurred?

Finally generalizing, part-time maid cleaning could be engaged upon ad hoc occasions or more often, on a fixed rotating interval (e.g. weekly or biweekly). Every cleaning lasts around 3 to 4 hours to let the maid fulfil the assigned tidying work. This regularly covers vacuuming, mopping or dusting, scrubbing clean of kitchen tables, scrubbing of toilets, and tidying of bedrooms. Laundry or ironing are usually billed distinctly and surplus billings could register for individual assignments like washing of ceiling fans or scrubbing of window-sills.

Usually, cleaning rates are about $20 per hour in intervals of 3 or 4 hours; $60 to $80 a week or $240 to $320 a month for weekly housekeeping.

 

Should One Engage A Professional Cleaning/ Housekeeping Service, Part-Time Maid Agency Or Freelance Helper?

There are three regular avenues to seek part-time cleaning for your family cleaning necessities: 1. A professional maid or cleaning agency, 2. A part-time maid agency or 3. A freelance helper.

Specialized housekeeping or maid services function on a business operation and contain a reserve of professionally trained cleaners at hand to engage for ad-hoc cleaning. The helpers are paid workers and are professionally trained or certified. This implies that one could foresee that one’s cleaning timetable will not experience hiccups even if your usual helper gets sick. They could even offer deep cleaning services for a more extended season, which covers occasional rental inspections or upon one’s shifting in or out. In sum, professional cleaning services cost marginally more but tend towards greater professionalism, standards.

 

Certain professional cleaning service providers include:

HomeFresh ($320 per month for 1x per week, 4 hour session, $20 per hr)

NTUC Domestic Cleaning Service, ($330 per month for 1x per week, 4 hour weekend session)

HomeCleanz ($350 per month for 1x per week, 3 bedroom condo or 4-room/ 5-room HDB)

AuntieClean ($427 per month for 1x per week, 4 hour session)

Rooma ($428 per month for 1x per week, 4 hour session)

A part-time helper agency functions on a platform mode and connects potential clients with freelance helpers. The agency screens the maids and could offer training coverage. Certain agencies bill an extra agency charge in addition to the cleaner’s hourly fee. Varying with varied agencies, this could exclude provisions for substitute helpers on call in the event of a no show case. Yet, resembling dating agencies,  a part-time maid agency affords you more selection choices on your desired part-time maid/ cleaner and more flexibility in scheduling a cleaning.

 

Some part-time maid agencies include:

• Helpling
• Sendhelper
• HelperGo
• A-team Amahs & Cleaners
• DomesticOne

Freelance maids are more difficult to engage; you usually locate them by chance. They could include the neighbourhood granny looking for pocket money or the random housewife/ bored mother who has time available for odd jobs. As such cases are not confined under agency/ company regulations, they could be happy to pile on extra jobs inclusive of cooking or babysitting. Yet, you might also be burdened with the odds of them not turning up due to random clashes. Further, foreign freelance helpers could  be not hired within legal bounds, as they work on social visit passes, not traditional work permits.

One could attempt seeking for freelance helpers via platforms including Carousell or Gumtree or request via your casual granny circle.

 

Part-Time Cleaners Enable You To Randomly Re-Assign The Housekeeping Tasks

According to your cleaning demands, it could be cost-cutting to ponder engaging a part-time cleaner if it is within your budget and you desire to free up time for hobbies instead of tidying personally.

Also, if you are confined by house-size,  you could be not entitled to engaging a full-time, live-in maid. In contrast to a full-time maid, engaging a part-time maid could cut costs while letting you to maintain your space within home.

 

Fees for engaging a full-time, live-in maid: $906 per month or $1,146 per month, with no surplus levy

Fees for engaging a part-time cleaner to tidy once a week for 4 hours each time: $320 to $430 per month

 

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Trends for part-time maid agencies in Singapore:

If you hire a part-time cleaner to do a 4-hour clean-up of your home every week, you will likely pay about $260 monthly. That is significantly lower than the salary of a full-time maid, which is around $500 to $750 monthly.

However, a full-time maid will be able to be a caregiver to kids and elderly, cook meals and basically be around the home constantly to aid, give support 24/7, every day. For households that need that kind of help, it makes sense to hire a maid full time.

However, for those who just need occasional help cleaning, a part-time cleaner is prudent.

You might however have the occasional emergency that requires aid, attention and it is provision for such contingencies, emergencies that makes a full-time maid hire necessary.

In addition, if you are sharing your apartment/ house with several people (e.g. you are renting out a room in your flat to a tenant, or you live with some house mates) you can divide the bills for cleaning service.

If you take an overseas break or decide to clean up after yourself, you can always save money by missing the cleaning service for a week or two.

Sample costs of hiring a part-time maid in Singapore:

Rates for part time maid range from $20 an hour weekly/ fortnightly, to $28 an hour for a one-off cleaning.

The market rate for part-time cleaners is about $80 to $90 for blocks of 4-hours, or $16 to $25 per hour.

Cleaners charging an hourly charge will usually impose a minimum number of hours (usually 2-4 hours) per visit.

Usually, you should expect to pay at least $32 to $64 per visit.

Benefits of part-time maid agencies in Singapore:

While maid agency rates might be slightly higher than those charged by independent cleaners, agency hires also tend to be significantly more reliable in the sense that they will guarantee a booking for a maid.

If the cleaner is unable to make it, the agency will arrange a replacement cleaner to do the job.

You can also opt to choose a different cleaner to suit your needs, temperament.

Agencies also screen, vet maids and guarantee a certain standard of service in contrast to those hired independently or though random advertising on billboards, ecommerce sites.

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