Anonymous
Post 11/07/2023 12:13     Subject: Would anyone want this job (live in nanny/house keeper)?
Anonymous wrote:OP here. The last time I commented was 6/6:30 am this morning.
Thank you everyone for your helpful comments. I understand what I had in mind might not something anyone would want. I may just rent our basement and hire a nanny for a higher rate. I could potentially ad an hour or two more per day, but I really don’t want 2 employees. My priority is to find someone that will both clean and drive the kids around. And I will hopefully be able to find someone willing to do that.


Why are you refusing to answer whether or not you will provide a car for the nanny to drive your kids?
Anonymous
Post 11/07/2023 11:54     Subject: Would anyone want this job (live in nanny/house keeper)?
Anonymous wrote:I posted this in the nanny forum, but did not get much reply so I am trying here.

We live in NW DC in a townhome. I would like to find a live in nanny/housekeeper. She would have our whole basements to herself/her family. It’s a separate 2 bedroom apartment with own bathroom and kitchen. I would like her to clean our house once a week and take care of my 3 kids from 3-6. She would have to drive to pick up the kids at school and take them to activities. I would also like for her to make dinner for the kids. I would not charge rent or utilities and pay her $20/hr. 15 hours of baby sitting per week and 4-5 hours of cleaning per week so 20 hours total.

Would someone be interested in this deal?


OP. Teenage babysitters are getting $20/hr! Living in is a convenience for you and just by your post it is apparent that job creep would be immediate and untenable.
Anonymous
Post 11/07/2023 11:54     Subject: Re:Would anyone want this job (live in nanny/house keeper)?
If it is two bedrooms, it could work for a newly separated/divorced mother and child where the mom needs to go back to school to be able to get into the workforce.
Anonymous
Post 11/07/2023 11:50     Subject: Would anyone want this job (live in nanny/house keeper)?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I posted this in the nanny forum, but did not get much reply so I am trying here.

We live in NW DC in a townhome. I would like to find a live in nanny/housekeeper. She would have our whole basements to herself/her family. It’s a separate 2 bedroom apartment with own bathroom and kitchen. I would like her to clean our house once a week and take care of my 3 kids from 3-6. She would have to drive to pick up the kids at school and take them to activities. I would also like for her to make dinner for the kids. I would not charge rent or utilities and pay her $20/hr. 15 hours of baby sitting per week and 4-5 hours of cleaning per week so 20 hours total.

Would someone be interested in this deal?


Good lord, No. Who wants to live in a basement no matter how nice with that three kids overhead running around making noise. First of all you cannot charge rent, utilities for a live-,in because living in is a requirement of the job. maybe $800 a week and you'll get some responses.


Or, you need an amazing space with soundproofing. It needs to have egress windows and be permitted as a rental.
Anonymous
Post 11/07/2023 11:48     Subject: Would anyone want this job (live in nanny/house keeper)?
Anonymous wrote:OP here. The last time I commented was 6/6:30 am this morning.
Thank you everyone for your helpful comments. I understand what I had in mind might not something anyone would want. I may just rent our basement and hire a nanny for a higher rate. I could potentially ad an hour or two more per day, but I really don’t want 2 employees. My priority is to find someone that will both clean and drive the kids around. And I will hopefully be able to find someone willing to do that.


Nannies are not maids or housekeepers and housekeeping are not nannies. If you want indentured servitude then get an au pair.
Anonymous
Post 11/07/2023 11:46     Subject: Would anyone want this job (live in nanny/house keeper)?
Anonymous wrote:I posted this in the nanny forum, but did not get much reply so I am trying here.

We live in NW DC in a townhome. I would like to find a live in nanny/housekeeper. She would have our whole basements to herself/her family. It’s a separate 2 bedroom apartment with own bathroom and kitchen. I would like her to clean our house once a week and take care of my 3 kids from 3-6. She would have to drive to pick up the kids at school and take them to activities. I would also like for her to make dinner for the kids. I would not charge rent or utilities and pay her $20/hr. 15 hours of baby sitting per week and 4-5 hours of cleaning per week so 20 hours total.

Would someone be interested in this deal?


Good lord, No. Who wants to live in a basement no matter how nice with that three kids overhead running around making noise. First of all you cannot charge rent, utilities for a live-,in because living in is a requirement of the job. maybe $800 a week and you'll get some responses.

Anonymous
Post 11/07/2023 11:43     Subject: Would anyone want this job (live in nanny/house keeper)?
OP here. The last time I commented was 6/6:30 am this morning.
Thank you everyone for your helpful comments. I understand what I had in mind might not something anyone would want. I may just rent our basement and hire a nanny for a higher rate. I could potentially ad an hour or two more per day, but I really don’t want 2 employees. My priority is to find someone that will both clean and drive the kids around. And I will hopefully be able to find someone willing to do that.
Anonymous
Post 11/07/2023 11:21     Subject: Would anyone want this job (live in nanny/house keeper)?
I think what’s messing you up is the cleaning part and the low wage. When I was in my mid to late 20s, I was married and laid off from my regular office job. I didn’t need a full time job because spouse made enough and I was planning to have kids in a year or two, so I decided to be a part-time babysitter in my neighborhood since I loved kids. I would not have wanted to live in since I was married. And I definitely would not have wanted to or been qualified to be a cleaning lady (I had my own cleaning lady my whole life). I would’ve been fine with the after school hours, and I think preschool teachers or fitness instructors or baristas or musicians all might as well. But the cleaning would be the deal breaker. If I were only coming 3 hrs a day, $60 would not be worth it to me in 2023 (it would have been fine 15-20 years ago).
Anonymous
Post 11/07/2023 10:37     Subject: Would anyone want this job (live in nanny/house keeper)?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP - my sister did this in college. She and her BF lived at a family's house (upstairs apartment) and then did household chores and took care of the 1 kid after school. It worked for them in that specific situation for a couple of years. I don't know if they were even paid, or just did the work in exchange for living there. I would think you might find someone more like a college student rather than an adult professional, or someone who also has another source of income.


I would have done this as a college student, but I agree that you need to offer more hours. For this job, I'd ask for an extra 1.5 hours each day for dinner prep and cleanup. So from 1:30 to 3:00 I'd prep dinner and clean up breakfast dishes, any dishes from making school lunches, and the pots/pans I used to make dinner. Then, by 3:00 I'd pick up kids, deliver to activities, and supervise homework + instrumental music or whatever.

Then off at 6 pm, and the parents would need to clean up the dishes from actually eating dinner. That would leave me with the evening free to study, or earn extra money in other ways.


But there's no guarantee that this student would be able to get all of their classes to end by 1 pm (approx-would depend on how far it is from the college to OP's house) on just Mon-Thurs.
I know I wouldn't have been able to do that in college (30 years ago.) I have two kids in college right now and they wouldn't be able to do that. Some classes, especially the higher level ones, are only offered during one time slot per semester.


+1.

Anonymous
Post 11/07/2023 10:13     Subject: Would anyone want this job (live in nanny/house keeper)?
I have yet to meet a nanny who would also be a housekeeper. The most some of them might do is the kids' laundry and sorting through clothes.
Anonymous
Post 11/07/2023 10:05     Subject: Would anyone want this job (live in nanny/house keeper)?
You don’t need the nanny in the mornings at all? Add in a few morning hours and it could work.
Anonymous
Post 11/07/2023 10:00     Subject: Would anyone want this job (live in nanny/house keeper)?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:You need to pay way more for three kids and a live in that isn't full time hours.


Free rent gets rid of a HUGE bill for the nanny!


Living in adds HUGE stress and pressure. Awkward avoidance or unpaid overtime care with kids, always on good behavior, no friends/lovers over, always tidying up after self, etc.


Right. And if you hang out with the kids and husband, you will be accused of playing “happy family”.
Anonymous
Post 11/07/2023 09:54     Subject: Would anyone want this job (live in nanny/house keeper)?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP - my sister did this in college. She and her BF lived at a family's house (upstairs apartment) and then did household chores and took care of the 1 kid after school. It worked for them in that specific situation for a couple of years. I don't know if they were even paid, or just did the work in exchange for living there. I would think you might find someone more like a college student rather than an adult professional, or someone who also has another source of income.


I would have done this as a college student, but I agree that you need to offer more hours. For this job, I'd ask for an extra 1.5 hours each day for dinner prep and cleanup. So from 1:30 to 3:00 I'd prep dinner and clean up breakfast dishes, any dishes from making school lunches, and the pots/pans I used to make dinner. Then, by 3:00 I'd pick up kids, deliver to activities, and supervise homework + instrumental music or whatever.

Then off at 6 pm, and the parents would need to clean up the dishes from actually eating dinner. That would leave me with the evening free to study, or earn extra money in other ways.


But there's no guarantee that this student would be able to get all of their classes to end by 1 pm (approx-would depend on how far it is from the college to OP's house) on just Mon-Thurs.
I know I wouldn't have been able to do that in college (30 years ago.) I have two kids in college right now and they wouldn't be able to do that. Some classes, especially the higher level ones, are only offered during one time slot per semester.
Anonymous
Post 11/07/2023 09:49     Subject: Would anyone want this job (live in nanny/house keeper)?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:You need to pay way more for three kids and a live in that isn't full time hours.


Free rent gets rid of a HUGE bill for the nanny!


Could you live on $20,000 a year?


Yes, if I did not have rent - certainly.


To add, I lived on that amount with rent, sadly.


Yes but what year was that? My first job paid $17k a year. In 1993.
Anonymous
Post 11/07/2023 09:49     Subject: Would anyone want this job (live in nanny/house keeper)?
Anonymous wrote:Lol


+1
OP you are delusional.