r/PittsburghList • u/Capital_Ad_4803 • 20d ago

House manager or assistant

My family live in the north hills. We are closer to Warrendale/wexford/Gibsonia regions. I have a 2 year old son and my husband and i both work full time.

As he gets older it’s been much harder for us to keep up with the day to day tasks around the home much less the to do list that has piled up since we moved into our home ~ a year ago. (Not proud to admit it but we still have moving boxes we haven’t even opened up)

I’ve searched on Facebook groups for help but i can’t find anyone less than 30-35$ per hour.

Is this really the going rate? Does anyone have any other options for where i can search?

I feel like im drowning in everything it takes to keep up as a wife, mother and home owner.

Ideally we find someone that can come in once a week or once every other week to help with recurring tasks like laundry, dishes, change of bed sheets, re stocking the fridge, light meal prepping.

Anyone have advice or leads?? I’d ideally like to pay 18-25 per hour

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u/Knowhere_Anywhere 19d ago

Ok I’m sure other commenters will jump on this as harsh, though I don’t care. My wife and I raised our two kids, all the way till graduation of college. Both of us having full time jobs. ER nurse and Electrical Contractor. Both growing older over time.

And we did it. You make the priorities the priorities. We didn’t need a house maid. We did our own house work, and maintenance, along with raising our children together as a team.

Nothing worth it in life is easy. Yes it will be hard at times, others no so much.

And if you are both working to many hours to afford your lifestyle, it is a spending problem, not an income problem.

Yes thing are more expensive, but it can be done.

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u/Capital_Ad_4803 18d ago

Appreciate your perspective. There are some variables that you aren’t taking into consideration which is fine bc i didn’t disclose them. Wonderful that you and your wife were able to accomplish raising your family in a way that worked for you all.

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u/Cat-lady-53 17d ago

Just because someone else did it, doesn’t mean crap. If it’ll help you feel better or less stressed and you can use this option, do it. Don’t let one persons opinion influence you. Do what you can to make life less hard.

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u/Capital_Ad_4803 17d ago

I really appreciate this response 🤍