Anonymous
Post 05/02/2016 08:59     Subject: Re:Live in Nanny
Anonymous wrote:Op here: yes its an apartment, kitchen, bathroom, separate entrance, brand new space. Thanks for the insight, I guess the issue is most nannies would rather not live in and don't care about having a full apartment in DC and would rather live in cheaper areas of the metro. I'll go back to renting to others and just work on finding the best nanny for my son.

There are a lot if live in nannies are out there. However you do need to pay them at least 10 per hr.
Anonymous
Post 05/02/2016 07:42     Subject: Re:Live in Nanny
Op here: yes its an apartment, kitchen, bathroom, separate entrance, brand new space. Thanks for the insight, I guess the issue is most nannies would rather not live in and don't care about having a full apartment in DC and would rather live in cheaper areas of the metro. I'll go back to renting to others and just work on finding the best nanny for my son.
Anonymous
Post 05/02/2016 03:33     Subject: Live in Nanny
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Is the basement sound proof? I assume complete private kitchen and ground level?


Well is nanny wants all the modern conveniences she is more than welcome to work for a different family for $10 an hour and try to rent her own $2000 studio apartment in this part of DC. I'm just trying to help.

Without a full kitchen, you can't call it an apartment.
It's not a legal apartment, is it?
Anonymous
Post 05/01/2016 23:31     Subject: Live in Nanny
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Is the basement sound proof? I assume complete private kitchen and ground level?


Well is nanny wants all the modern conveniences she is more than welcome to work for a different family for $10 an hour and try to rent her own $2000 studio apartment in this part of DC. I'm just trying to help.


The point was that the nanny wouldn't be working for $10/hour AND renting. Most nannies don't live in downtown DC, they commute in from less desirable areas. I'm a live-in nanny, and I agree completely with the above. You are unlkely to find many people who want to rent your basement when you have a newborn crying at all times of the day and night, but live-in nannies don't accept sub-standard accommodations for a significant drop in pay either.
Anonymous
Post 05/01/2016 20:11     Subject: Live in Nanny
Anonymous wrote:Is the basement sound proof? I assume complete private kitchen and ground level?


Well is nanny wants all the modern conveniences she is more than welcome to work for a different family for $10 an hour and try to rent her own $2000 studio apartment in this part of DC. I'm just trying to help.
Anonymous
Post 05/01/2016 19:10     Subject: Live in Nanny
Is the basement sound proof? I assume complete private kitchen and ground level?
Anonymous
Post 05/01/2016 18:15     Subject: Re:Live in Nanny
Hello OP, looks like allot of snarky answers to see valid question. You could put togther a live-in package, what you are looking for in a nanny, the hours of coverage and put togther in writing. I have been both a live-in and live-out nanny. If I am working full-time as a live-in I usually expect about 100.00 less a week.
Anonymous
Post 05/01/2016 11:52     Subject: Re:Live in Nanny
Anonymous wrote:OP here: we live in Petworth. I don't have a need for a live in, its just one child. It sounds like we are better off finding someone who likes the apartment, and then finding someone who wants to be the nanny. I imagine there is someone out there that this would be the perfect fit for, but not many.


If someone wants to pay that much to live on a basement and hear a baby crying. Good luck!
Anonymous
Post 05/01/2016 10:47     Subject: Live in Nanny
Anonymous wrote:I agree with PPs. Live-ins are for people who need a live-in (usually because it's a split schedule or otherwise strange hours that would be really unpleasant to work if you add a commute into the mix). If you don't really need a live-in, then it will make more financial sense to charge someone full price for the apartment and pay a nanny a full wage, because even nannies who will work as a live-in (and many won't) and who will accept a lower hourly rate as a live-in (and many won't) still won't reduce their pay by the full cost of the apartment.

This is 100% right.
Anonymous
Post 05/01/2016 10:10     Subject: Live in Nanny
I agree with PPs. Live-ins are for people who need a live-in (usually because it's a split schedule or otherwise strange hours that would be really unpleasant to work if you add a commute into the mix). If you don't really need a live-in, then it will make more financial sense to charge someone full price for the apartment and pay a nanny a full wage, because even nannies who will work as a live-in (and many won't) and who will accept a lower hourly rate as a live-in (and many won't) still won't reduce their pay by the full cost of the apartment.
Anonymous
Post 05/01/2016 09:57     Subject: Live in Nanny
Mixing tenancy with employment is a very bad idea. Use the rent money to subsidize the live out nanny's wages.
Anonymous
Post 04/30/2016 23:42     Subject: Re:Live in Nanny
OP here: we live in Petworth. I don't have a need for a live in, its just one child. It sounds like we are better off finding someone who likes the apartment, and then finding someone who wants to be the nanny. I imagine there is someone out there that this would be the perfect fit for, but not many.
Anonymous
Post 04/30/2016 22:56     Subject: Live in Nanny
Most nannies don't expect a pay reduction for living in, so I doubt you'll brake even, unless you really want the convenience of a live-in person. Which neighborhood?
Anonymous
Post 04/30/2016 22:53     Subject: Live in Nanny
As a live in nanny I don't like to deal with words like "rent " I don't pay rent . I work for 10 dollars per hr. I get free room and board, plus the use of s car exclusively.

Have a hourly rate that you want to pay and lay the job out like that. Don't talk about rent.
Anonymous
Post 04/30/2016 19:58     Subject: Live in Nanny
Can anyone with a live in nanny share some information about the financial arrangements? We have a rowhouse with a rent-able one bedroom basement apartment (800 sq ft), that usually rents for $1,400 a month. Since we have a newborn we have not been renting the space and using it for family etc. I am wondering if I could find a nanny that would take a reduction in pay for the space to live, and if so, how much to figure for the apartment. Similar to an Au Pair arrangement I guess.

Any thoughts are appreciated.