I've hired cleaning help a few times when I got overwhelmed. It's not cheap. Someone coming in to maintain a home that is well organized and just needs a going over is very different from hiring someone to cope with accumulated disorder and mess.

I paid $50 just to have my stove and oven cleaned. I paid $100 just to get my bathroom cleaned. (I'ld been away for months, and it was a mess for a number of reasons.) I found that even immigrant workers - who were working under the table - did not come cheap at all. Of course, prices vary depending where you live. Where I live is not real expensive, yet help isn't cheap.