Making the step towards hiring a housekeeper can be motivated by a number of things. Some clients find themselves lacking the time to keep on top of household chores themselves, while others require some extra hands-on support as they grow their family or invite older relatives to stay with them.
Others still use a professional housekeeper agency in London to find hard working individuals who can combine housekeeper duties with other roles including cooking and some childcare.
To cut a long story short, regardless of your reasoning behind hiring a housekeeper, the roles, responsibilities, and benefits change depending on the client and circumstance – with an increasing number of clients looking for a housekeeper who can live on site.
But is hiring a live-in housekeeper worth the requirements around providing accommodation and other facilities that come as part of the deal? Here are three benefits to hiring a live-in housekeeper – and how to find your ideal match.
1. You can tailor working hours to suit your lifestyle and to minimise disruption
Perhaps the best thing about a live-in housekeeper is that their working hours can be tailored according to your specific needs, to your lifestyle, and to periods of time when you need quiet around the house. By alleviating the need for your housekeeper to commute to and from your property, instead inviting them to become an extension of your family unit, you create an arrangement which is far more flexible for both parties.
This means that core working hours can be agreed between you, rather than sticking with standard working hours, and that overtime or out of hours work can be easily integrated into a schedule or routine.
2. You build lasting connections with trusted members of your household staff
This is a benefit which bridges all the different live-in roles that are available in London and beyond and is grounded in the reliability and trust that’s grown by inviting someone to live with you.
When you hire a live-in housekeeper rather than one who works their hours and then leaves, you inevitably build and develop more of a connection. This is particularly common among older clients and those who live alone or have a limited social life, as it enables them to spend time socialising as well as benefitting from the direct housekeeping support of their hire.
3. They can support with other tasks and roles around the house
And then we have the fact that when a housekeeper lives onsite, they can take on other responsibilities beyond the standard jobs linked with housekeeping. For example, some of our clients ask their housekeepers to help with the school run and pick-up from after school clubs, while others specifically request housekeepers who can also clean and do food shops and other tasks.
Whatever your specific needs, hiring a live-in housekeeper is a great way of benefitting from a professional whose role can be tailored to your preferences and requirements. Get in touch with your local agency to find out more.