Question about AP housing: 2BR basement apartment in our rowhouse

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand the answers.
The OP asked if she could still rent out the apartment, and the answer is yes.

Let’s not diverge into a nanny vs au pair for an infant debate.

Actually the answer is no, it is against the program rules! She can’t put the AP in a different apartment with a stranger.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand the answers.
The OP asked if she could still rent out the apartment, and the answer is yes.

Let’s not diverge into a nanny vs au pair for an infant debate.

Actually the answer is no, it is against the program rules! She can’t put the AP in a different apartment with a stranger.

You can’t read either.

She’s not asking that either.
What I got....
She is asking if she can still rent out the apartment. The au pair would live in the main house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand the answers.
The OP asked if she could still rent out the apartment, and the answer is yes.

Let’s not diverge into a nanny vs au pair for an infant debate.

Actually the answer is no, it is against the program rules! She can’t put the AP in a different apartment with a stranger.

You can’t read either.

She’s not asking that either.
What I got....
She is asking if she can still rent out the apartment. The au pair would live in the main house.

That is not what OP was asking. OP wants the Au Pair in one bedroom of the apartment, and some random neighborhood nanny/college student in the other.

[Anonymous]

I'm the poster at 20:40

If you look at the main DCUM boards in the daycare forum, this same OP is asking about various childcare options. It's more obvious from the posts in that forum that she is looking to "stick the au pair in one bedroom" of the basement apartment and rent out the other bedroom to someone else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand the answers.
The OP asked if she could still rent out the apartment, and the answer is yes.

Let’s not diverge into a nanny vs au pair for an infant debate.

Actually the answer is no, it is against the program rules! She can’t put the AP in a different apartment with a stranger.

You can’t read either.

She’s not asking that either.
What I got....
She is asking if she can still rent out the apartment. The au pair would live in the main house.

WoW you are the one who can’t read! OP question is pretty clear, please try again !

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand the answers.
The OP asked if she could still rent out the apartment, and the answer is yes.

Let’s not diverge into a nanny vs au pair for an infant debate.

Obviously you didn’t understand the question !

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a bad idea on a couple of levels. I have been hosting for 6 years and have hosted and met so many great APs I cannot count; but I would not recommend any of them for a first born, new born for any family. It just is a bad idea as very few APs have experience with children THAT young; and even if they did very few would want to take on your family.

As previously posted you living arrangement idea is dreadful unless you surrender the entire apartment (and half your mortgage) for an AP. Even if you were stupid enough to do that many candidates would pass on your family as it is not attractive or in the spirit of what most are looking for in the program.

In short, get a nanny or daycare. Wait a few years for an AP.

I agree with pp about sharing the apartment being a bad idea but not about getting an Ap for a 6 month old first born. I know a lot of people who have done it successfully, I also know APs who took care of newborns firstborn twins with no problem. Things is to get a mature ap who has younger siblings and love infants and have they come one or two months before your maternity leave is over so they can learn with you. With that say, I wouldn’t get an ap yet if I was in your situation, it is not cost effective for one kid adding to you losing on rent and having to feed them and pay for extra car insurance etc. Do daycare of nanny share, the living in nanny sounds good as well but that area of the city is expensive even if she only pays half the rent. Anyway good luck!

Sure - it can be done; and for some it works.
From my experience over last 6 years and having lots of APs crash at our place when in rematch and not I would say rematch rate at 75-80% for APs with new horns. First born even higher as the parents are generally a nervous wreck about everything making it miserable for AP.
Keep in mind APs are going to be friends with other APs who work 20 hours during school year and see how easy their jobs are.

Our LCC lives in our culdesac and I've known her for 10 years and she is the reason we even considered and went with an AP for our older children. She said the rematch rate, which is not published is through the roof for babies, at 75%. She cringes when a family with a baby enters in the program. The crap that these APs pull with even older kids makes me shudder thinking about what goes on with non verbal children. Not a chance in hell would I hire an AP for my baby.

[Anonymous]

You can certainly rent the other room to another person, just make sure you share this piece of information all the au pairs you are interviewing. The coordinator assigned to your family will visit your house to see if the space/bedroom is acceptable. You will also need to have that person complete a criminal background check.

If you need help answering any other questions about hosting an au pair or need help finding an au pair for your family feel free to email me at [e-mail].

[Anonymous]

I do not know who bap71 is but she is wrong. As a former LLC we would not have placed an AP in a separate apartment with a stranger.