I like spiders, they eat flies & other bugs. Tho their bites can be nasty. I watched for over 30 minutes a bunch of babies be born & fly off just recently.
But, when we were in Oz, those things were quickly removed from our flat. We had some larger than my hand living outside in the deck corners b/f I swept them away.
Ask Mish about funnel webs. Spiders are to be respected in some parts of the world.
Second thoughts can generally be amended with judicious action; injudicious actions can seldom be recovered with second thoughts.
--Cyteen by C.J.Cherryh