Comments on: Doing Laundry the Old-Fashioned Way

By: WrenC

WrenC — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:28:33 +0000

So what’s the going rate for a housecleaner in CR? Any clue whether I’d be able to find someone to clean AND cook? My boyfriend and I are moving there this fall. Totally psyched. Just need to find a rental now. Oh yeah, and the perfect Tico town. Recommendations, anyone?

By: Erin

Erin — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 03:21:46 +0000

@Lisa: So do you, chica! Now get yer ass back here.

@Richard: Good to see you’ve finally given in and written your name properly. And I think it’s cute that you have shelves in something with cupboard in its name. So British. Like you.

@Chris: Heh, well, I work from home. If I didn’t take breaks now and then, I’d literally go bonkers. So doing my laundry in stages is great! And with regards to your bride: you’d better mail-order her from the mid-twentieth century… what high expectations you have!

@Fabi: Tenés razón, pero con secadora, no olerán al sol!

By: Fabi

Fabi — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 02:00:10 +0000

Cuando tengas una secadora, todo serà mas facil… I can Bet it

By: Chris Morrell

Chris Morrell — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 12:12:23 +0000

I have enough trouble not taking up an entire day for a 3 hour task, if I included all of those steps then I’d be perpetually washing laundry. Love the smell of sun-dried sheets myself but once again my forgetfulness causes issues when I forget to get my sheets from outside before they somehow get ruined. Perhaps after I graduate I’ll either hire a maid or find a wife. That’s what wives are for, right? =D

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 23:08:26 +0000

I love my Mummy.

And FYI, there’s nothing virtuous about the presence of shelves in the airing cupboard. Its intended purpose is to dry newly-washed clothes. The shelves are (or should be, traditionally at least) part of the design.

By: elle.

elle. — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 19:13:37 +0000

Erin is the best.

By: Erin

Erin — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 12:55:33 +0000

I have a domestica that comes, as well (the above-mentioned Aleida). She only comes once a week for 3 hours, so she only has time to do the worst tasks, like dishes, mopping, and disinfecting. I’m thinking about asking her to come an additional day, though, so that she can do some other stuff and the house can be really clean.

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 03:20:18 +0000

I have a maid who comes on Fridays. She rocks my world! Cute little Nicaraguan, lovely girl, she used to work for my friends until she had a baby a few months back.

It’s very cheap to get someone (Nicaraguan) to clean… I pay my girl 10,000 colones for a few hours work and that’s several times the going rate, but I figure hipsters and tight little t-shirts are worth a small bonus heh.

Anyway, it makes life so much easier and they’re so ridiculously thorough. As a lazy bum my idea of cleaning involves washing up and wiping the bench. She cleans the windows, mirrors, floors, dusts, sweeps, does all my washing and stuff, I don’t even know how she finds that much to clean lol.

It might be worth checking out, some of your tica friends will know domesticos.

By: Erin

Erin — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 02:29:42 +0000

@Cas: That’s awesome, actually. Or should I say brilliant?

@Shrish: Aleida doesn’t change my sheets! But that’s ok, it’s because she doesn’t wash them.

By: Shrish

Shrish — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:46:25 +0000

Going to bed on tuesday night is the best, because Aleida changes the sheets and everything feels so clean. It’s like being reborn but at as painful hahaha