Domestic enterprise: the workers who keep our homes clean
Whether it’s for the mammy’s boys who wreck the house, the compulsive clutterers or time-pressed professionals, some professional cleaners reflect here on the reality of cleaning other people’s homes
After 25 years cleaning Ireland’s homes, Sue Ryder has seen it all. From removing 43 black bags of rubbish from a one-bedroom apartment, to newspapers stacked from floor to ceiling, to a client who stored their washing machine on top of their bed, Ryder is definite: “You get all sorts.”
I’m speaking to Ryder after watching the new Netflix series Maid, which follows single mum Alex as she turns to house cleaning to make ends ...
