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A woman has revealed how she earns £57 000 (R1,11 milion) a year by working just 16 hours a week – as a controversial nude cleaner.
The 28-year-old business graduate and single mom, from Australia’s Gold Coast, earns a living mopping, scouring and sponging homes completely in the buff.
The woman, who prefers to remain anonymous, previously worked as a regular cleaner but said she has doubled her income and halved her hours by doing the job completely starkers.
She works for Queensland company Bare All Cleaning Service, which claims to be satisfying a growing international appetite for their scantily-clad staff
But the business has found itself locked in a dirty dispute – with one local councillor deeming their services “disgraceful”.
The anonymous cleaner said: “I have a great body, so why not show it off?
“I like being nude and enjoy the skin I'm in, so I really like the job. Clients have all been respectful, and the ground rules are laid when they book.
“Most of them just want to have a chat and watch.”
The woman said she believes the business will become acceptable to mainstream society over time, but until then she’s enjoying the gap in the market.
When she started out at Bare All she was earning £28 000 (R546 000) a year for a 40-hour week.
“Most people will never earn that as an hourly rate. The only difference is I do is my job in the nude.”
Founder of Bare All Cleaning Service Brett Jones, who launched the booming business in May after moving from Byron Bay, said clients were strictly prohibited from making advances to staff.
“To be clear, it’s a look-but-don’t-touch policy. Our cleaners aren’t there to perform anything other than a cleaning.
“There’s no sexual activity other than entertainment. This is basically about making a mundane task cheeky and fun.
“Most people want to leave the house when a cleaner comes, but we’re trying to make it more welcoming to stay.”
Brett has 150 cleaners on his roster – 95 of them females – with prices starting at £50 (R975) an hour for lingerie, £76 (R1 482) for topless and £91 (R1 774) for fully nude.
Clients book through a website which identifies them via payment details, and cleaners check in with employers on arrival and departure from every address.
In addition, there’s a security system allowing them to be swiftly evacuated if trouble arises.
But these measures have done little to assure veteran Gold Coast City Councilor Dawn Crichlow, who had some strong words for Brett about how welcome he was in her neck of the woods.
“All I have to say is that the business is disgraceful and gives the Gold Coast a bad reputation.”
