The honest answer: we do not know exactly. ツamsterdam sees what people ask for, not what they pay afterwards. What we do know is the amount askers mention themselves. Most often that is €20 an hour. Since 1 September, 100 requests for a cleaner came in, and €20 appeared in those messages 11 times.
So this is not a price list. It is a look at what people in Amsterdam write in their own message.
Which amounts do people mention themselves?
We counted the amounts in the requests since 1 September.
| Amount in the message | How often |
|---|---|
| €20 | 11 times |
| €15 | 8 times |
| €60 | 5 times |
| €18 | 4 times |
| €17 | 3 times |
| €10 | 3 times |
A few things stand out. Most amounts sit between €15 and €20. Those are hourly rates, or at least what someone hopes to pay per hour. The €60 is probably a price for a whole job and not per hour. That is our guess, because the message does not always say. And €10 was mentioned three times. Hope is free.
Be clear about what this is and is not. These are the words of the people asking. It is not a rate set by ツamsterdam and it is not an average of what cleaners charge. Plenty of askers mention no amount at all.
What decides the price?
Four things keep coming back in the requests themselves.
Once or every week. Many requests are for a single clean of three hours. Others want someone every week or every other week. Say which one you mean, because it is a different conversation.
The language. A striking number of askers want someone who speaks English. If that is you, you are in good company. A few ask for Italian or Arabic on top.
The moment. A weekday during the day is a different request from "this week, please".
The kind of job. A home is not an Airbnb between two guests. That request came in as well, and so did a cat hotel on IJburg that wanted three hours of help every day.
What does it cost to ask ツamsterdam?
Nothing. You send one message and get one name back. You make the arrangement yourselves and you pay the cleaner directly. ツamsterdam adds nothing on top.
There is nothing to download and no account to make. It happens in the chat app you already have.
Who does ツamsterdam name?
Since 1 September ツamsterdam named a cleaner 142 times, twelve different people in total. These four came up most.
| Name | Named | Said yes |
|---|---|---|
| Jay | 40 times | 27 times |
| Patricia | 25 times | 14 times |
| Jessica | 25 times | 11 times |
| Leila | 22 times | 13 times |
"Said yes" means the asker accepted the name. It is not a grade and it is not a star. It is simply counted.
This order is not for sale. Sorry.
How do you ask so you get a name quickly?
Put four things in your message.
- The neighbourhood. Most requests mentioned IJburg, then Zuid and Oost.
- How often. Once, every week or every other week.
- When. A day or a part of the day is enough.
- Your budget, if you have one. Then the other person knows where they stand straight away.
A message that works looks like this: "Hi ツamsterdam, I'm looking for a cleaner in Oost, one time for three hours, on a weekday, ideally someone who speaks English."
You usually have a name within the hour.
What if the name is not right for me?
Then you say no. Another name follows. You are not tied to anything, and nobody is offended. Well, we are not.
The same goes for the price. If the cleaner names an hourly rate that does not fit your budget, you say so to the cleaner. That conversation is between the two of you. ツamsterdam is not in it and does not see how it ends, which is exactly why the first line of this article is "we do not know".
In short
Askers themselves most often mention €20 an hour. What you actually pay is something you agree together. Asking costs nothing.
Want to know how it works: Cleaner in Amsterdam. All the numbers for the city are in 709 requests since September: what Amsterdam asked for.