DOMESTIC COUPLE
RURAL HAMPSHIRE
GARDENER – HANDYPERSON – HOUSEKEEPER - FAMILY COOK - DRIVERS
ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS: Flexible proactive couple with experience working for a busy family.
Genuine Animal and country lovers. Child friendly. Long term, family oriented, team players. BOTH must drive. Willing to work weekends.
Family of 6 are looking for an energetic, proactive, and dedicated couple who have a long term vision for their next role. Candidates must have a flexible and cheerful approach to work, be fond of children and animals and share a genuine love for countryside living.
This is a busy, but very well organised and structured household with four school-age children between 14 & 5 years old (eldest is at boarding school) A long term couple who will share the daily running of their home and gardens in the Meon Valley, Hampshire.
Domestic responsibilities:
- Cleaning to a high standard throughout the home
- Laundry, ironing and wardrobe management
- Care and cleaning of high-quality furnishings, fine art, and fabrics
- Provisioning and household organisation and management
- Overseeing 3rd parties including window cleaners, plumbers, electricians, dry cleaners, to ensure household is constantly in full working order
- Kitchen support and informal service when the family entertain
- Helping with planning family parties and entertaining
- Occasional food prep and cooking for the children/family
- Occasional help with the children and babysitting (there is a weekly nanny).
- Occasional school runs, must be a confident driver
- Help with caring for the family’s pets (1 large dog, 2 small dogs, 2 cats, and chickens/sheep/donkeys)
- Pet sit and house-sit when the family are away
Grounds/General Household responsibilities
- Household maintenance and general maintenance work throughout the house and grounds
- Confident grounds/gardening knowledge, duties include maintenance of flowerbeds, lawns, allotments and use of machinery (tractors/mowers etc). There is support from an outside gardener.
- Looking after cars
- Driving the family (school runs/airport runs)
- Liaising with security providers, service providers and monitoring systems.
- Overseeing 3rd parties including oil tanks, cess pit, car services/MOT
- Pool maintenance alongside contractor
- Machinery maintenance. alongside contractor
- Helping/serving when entertaining
- Help with caring for the family’s pets (1 large dog, 2 small dogs, 2 cats, and chickens/sheep/donkeys)
- Pet sit and house sit when the family are away
Working week: 5 days inc. weekends (Days off Tuesday & Wednesday with a weekend off every 4- 6 weeks by negotiation).
Accom 2 bed/2 bath cottage with own garden provided next door. All bills included (except Wi-Fi)
SALARY NEGOTIABLE DEPENDING ON PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE ASAP Start. (HU3938)