Anonymous wrote:We interested in exploring having a live-in nanny/housekeeper who could work 20-30 hours a week. We have a basement bedroom and private bathroom on Capitol Hill. Our kids are young but would be in school/daycare most of the day. We need help with school pick-up, getting dinner ready, laundry, and occasional weekend hours. Is this kind of arrangement common? How do people work out a salary? What would be considered a fair salary in addition to room and board? Thanks

Figure out how many hours will be childcare versus housekeeping and cooking. You can absolutely find someone! How long it takes to find someone depends on what your needs are and how well you state them in your ad. Ask for the nanny’s rate, choose whomever you can afford that offers the best schedule and fit for your needs.

Anonymous wrote:Look for a household manager. Figure out the room and board price (low end of average), then figure out the rate and them make a package. Room and board plus $X per hour or week. There are people who would do this...someone older with no kids or grown kids and doesn’t have a house might be a good fit. Someone relocating to DC as well. Don’t limit yourself to just college students.

Except it's definitely not a household manager position.

Anonymous wrote:Look for a household manager. Figure out the room and board price (low end of average), then figure out the rate and them make a package. Room and board plus $X per hour or week. There are people who would do this...someone older with no kids or grown kids and doesn’t have a house might be a good fit. Someone relocating to DC as well. Don’t limit yourself to just college students.

this is good advice, in particular women who are immigrants and send money home like this arrangement, we've had several Filipinas who lived with us and really helped with a range of stuff from childcare to cooking and cleaning
you just need to be clear that you need someone who's flexible on the job description

Look for a household manager. Figure out the room and board price (low end of average), then figure out the rate and them make a package. Room and board plus $X per hour or week. There are people who would do this...someone older with no kids or grown kids and doesn’t have a house might be a good fit. Someone relocating to DC as well. Don’t limit yourself to just college students.

We have done this with mixed success in NYC
We also had an extra suite, and we live close to NYU, each year we had a different student who really valued being able to walk to classes and in return livedin with us and provided XX numbers of free childcare, then we'd pay them about a certain number.
Some of these women are a lot more reliable than others, some are too young and immature
I've also had friends do this with former APs and I think those work out better as the APs are used to the drill, one charges $500/week for 45 hours a week

Anonymous wrote:Nannies are not cooks.

This is correct. Probably advertise for a family helper, not a nanny. If you hope to find a bargain in exchange for living in, you need to find someone who needs to live-in.

Nannies are not cooks.

We interested in exploring having a live-in nanny/housekeeper who could work 20-30 hours a week. We have a basement bedroom and private bathroom on Capitol Hill. Our kids are young but would be in school/daycare most of the day. We need help with school pick-up, getting dinner ready, laundry, and occasional weekend hours. Is this kind of arrangement common? How do people work out a salary? What would be considered a fair salary in addition to room and board? Thanks