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Couple Job

  • Sector: Private Households & Estates
  • Function: Couple
  • Contact: Lesley Jones
  • Contact Phone: 01315565139
  • Start Date: When the right candidates are found
  • Location: Fife
  • Salary: £60,000 + depending on experience
  • Job Ref: 191569
  • Contact Email: lesley@greycoatlumleys.co.uk

Couple Job, Fife, Scotland

Greycoat Lumleys are seeking a Couple for a warm, informal family home with 100 acres based in beautiful rural East Fife is looking for a hands on, flexible, and proactive domestic couple to live in to join their household.  

This is the family home of the principals and their 2 children, aged 6 and 8.

Therefore must love children and animals.  The Principals will be in full time residence other than trips for work or personal travel.

The current Couple have been employed for the last 12 years and are retiring, they have very much been part of the family.  Therefore, an excellent opportunity for a new team to take over the care and management of this special property.

The ideal candidates with have experience within private households/estates and the combined skills of housekeeping/gardening/handyman and perhaps some cooking experience too.

 

Housekeeper/Mothers Help duties:

This position is varied and will include but will not be limited to the following

Duties Include:

  • Day-to-day thorough housekeeping - including cleaning, dusting, bed changing, laundry, ironing, hoovering
  • Looking after antiques, fine furnishings, and delicate finishes
  • Polishing and cleaning of silverware, brassware,
  • Creating a calm, organised and well-run household
  • Occasional school runs, babysitting, cooking for the children
  • Taking children to activities and providing supervision where needed
  • Evening babysitting, occasional overnight babysitting by prior arrangement 
  • Occasional proxy parenting when both parents are away
  • If the housekeeper enjoys cooking this would be a bonus, as the principals would occasionally like help when they have guests staying – generally helping to prepare, laying of dining room table and serving meals/ generally be an extra pair of hands.
  • As the housekeeping duties can have the odd quieter period, having an interest in gardening would be beneficial. 

 

Handyman/Gardener duties:

This position is pretty flexible and generally being all rounded should have a practical background with good hands-on maintenance skills and be capable of property maintenance and hard landscaping.  Interest in improving garden areas.

  • Responsible for the maintenance of the buildings, gardens, walled garden, woodlands and grounds.
  • Maintain the garden and grounds to a high standard including grass cutting, edging, path clearing, hedge cutting and tree pruning, weeding, tree management, driveway maintenance and seasonal duties e.g. leaf clearing
  • General maintenance and basic DIY across the property and outbuildings
  • Clean and look after the cars, garden machinery, undertaking and arranging servicing, repairs etc
  • Other building maintenance activities e.g. clearing gutters, simple plumbing, DIY, property maintenance
  • Managing tradespeople and overseeing repairs or schedules
  • Maintain a stock of logs and monitor heating oil
  • Occasional driving duties for the principals to and from airport, station pickups, restaurants etc.
  • Previous qualifications of a trade and gardening knowledge and experience a bonus
  • A chainsaw license and experience
  • Tractor experience
  • Supporting security and the smooth day to day operation of the property

 

As the family have two dogs and a flock of chickens, a fondness for animals is essential as the couple will assist with their daily care, exercise through the grounds and pet sitting when the principals are travelling.

 

Candidate Qualities

  • Previous experience as a domestic couple in a private household or estate
  • Self-motivated and genuinely happy working together
  • A practical, can-do attitude with a respectful, professional approach
  • Excellent references and the right to work in the UK
  • A good understanding of privacy and discretion
  • Pet-friendly and at ease in a rural, countryside setting
  • Ideally both must be confident drivers (car provided for work use; own car required for personal use) 

 

Location: Fife, Scotland

Accommodation: 2-bedroom private cottage on the estate including council tax, electricity, heating and firewood

Days:  Monday to Friday – flexibility at weekends

Start Date: The role is available for an immediate start as soon as the right candidate is found. 

Salary: £60,000 GPA depending on experience

 

This is a special opportunity to join a thoughtful and well-supported household where your contribution will be genuinely appreciated.  The right couple will enjoy the peace and beauty of East Fife while helping to maintain a home with care, skill, and quiet pride.