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[quote=Anonymous]You want to advertise for a housekeeper, and make sure they don't mind watching the kids once in a while. Stress that it is an hourly position, and that you are paying for the hours of work, not a flat rate for the cleaning. Stress that you are hiring an employee, not a service or a team.

We had the exact same set-up. Three times a week housekeeper who would pick up my daughter from preschool when I was running late from work.

On the upside, we found most candidates were happy with a wage just  a few dollars an hour more than our nanny used to have. (We didn't have both people at once) However, we did offer guarenteed hours and PTO.

Based on our experience, your challenges will be:

Good housekeepers book up and want to keep their unpaid travel time to a minimum. By far, most housekeepers for 15-18 hours will want to do 2 days, not 3. It's also a challenge to clean the house when the kids are there. Many housekeepers will prefer to work while they are in school. Finally, we found that the good housekeepers we interviewed really do take pride in their work and want to keep the house clean! Even with the great person we eventually found, it took a while before she really, actually believed we were ok if less work got done if she needed to pick up our daughter.[/quote]

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