Position: Domestic Couple
Client(s): Private Client
Guaranteed annual gross salary: £55.000 per couple (~ £1700 net/month/person);
Requirements: 5 years’ experience, excellent English, both confident drivers, non-smokers
Available type(s): permanent, full-time, live-in, long term
Location: Stowmarket, Suffolk, UK ( IP14)
Reference: DC-8055
Are you a Couple looking for your next role?
The principals are an English semi-retired married couple in their 60s and they are looking for a Live-in Couple (Property Manager and Housekeeper), that must work with the other staff seamlessly. The small estate is south of Stowmarket in Suffolk (2h drive from London) and comprises an 8-bed Georgian ex-rectory with two detached cottages for guests, an outdoor pool, a tennis court, and a pool house and a detached 4-bed farmhouse with equestrian facilities set in 50 acres of paddocks, lawns, and formal gardens. It is located on the edge of a small village in a rural setting. All the accommodation has recently been redecorated/refurbished. This is the full time residence for the principals, and guests stay on average once a month (in normal times).
This professional role is for an honest, reliable, and hardworking couple who enjoys the great outdoors. No traveling will be required.
Working schedule: Mon-Fri, 40 hours/week + evenings or weekends on request (eg. when there are weekend guests); The starting date is immediately.
Main Duties Housekeeper
- Cleaning, laundry, ironing and shoe cleaning for principals and any house guests
- Display cut flower arrangements from the gardens
- Arrange dry cleaning
- Take deliveries, messages
- Oversee internal tradesmen
- Meal planning with principal, shopping (mainly online) for groceries for principals and their guests
- Occasional informal cooking for the principals and house guests
- Assist with larger dinner parties and other events occasionally
- Supervise ad-hoc cleaning
- Look after, walk and pick up after dogs
Main Duties Property Manager
- Supervision of all housekeeping and gardening staff
- Staff management
- Oversee security of the estate and act as the first responder to alarms
- General property maintenance
- Manage petty cash
- Arrange and oversee tradesmen (incl. window cleaning, pool)
- Occasionally drive principals to/from airport/station/restaurant/etc
- Clean and generally look after cars (currently 3 plus staff car) and motorbikes (currently 2), arrange repairs/servicing
- Maintain stock of logs for open fires, lay/light/clear when necessary
- Monitor supplies and re-order
- Supplement in the garden where necessary
The minimum requirements to apply are:
- Excellent English
- 5 years’ experience, with checkable references
- Both confident drivers with clean driving licences – a staff car will be provided
- Pet friendly
- Flexible for rotation, to cover evenings/weekends where needed
- While the duties are separated, they must be interchangeable as required by the principals
- You must be loyal, looking for a long-term commitment
- Only non-smokers will be considered
- DBS check required prior to start
Job Benefits
The salary is £55.000 yearly gross per couple (~ £1700 net/month/person). The couple will live in a separate furnished accommodation with heating, electricity, water, internet and council tax paid. A car will be provided for business use. No pets or dependents are allowed at the provided accommodation.
To apply, please submit your CV in .doc format at [email protected] or call Irene at +44 208 057 1333.
