Forums General chat How to choose best house cleaner? Reply To: How to choose best house cleaner? January 10, 2018 at 6:31 pm #261 fi 7 Posts I’d say if you don’t have kids as long as you don’t have fur shedding pets 2 hours once a fortnight would probably be about right. 2 hours once a week if leaving the hoovering for 2 weeks would bother you. Could you try asking your cleaner at work if they want an extra little job? You need to decide if you are happy for someone to have a key or not.