Live in Couple Job

  • Sector: Private Households & Estates
  • Function: Couple
  • Contact: Georgia Lester
  • Contact Phone: +442072339950
  • Start Date: March / April
  • Location: Wiltshire
  • Salary: £60,000 - £65,000 GPA
  • Job Ref: 129244
  • Contact Email: georgia@greycoatlumleys.co.uk

Live in Couple Job in Wiltshire

This is a fantastic opportunity to work for a returning client of Greycoat’s whose Live in Couple are retiring after 10 years. The principals also have homes in London and Italy but use this as their main residence, but they travel often.  The house has 7 bedrooms set in 300 acres of land with about 3-4 acres of gardens. The rest of the land is looked after by local farmers.

The gardens are a mix of formal and natural gardens with lots of lawns, hedge cutting, chopping wood using a chain saw. There is a kitchen garden, 2 walled gardens and a small pond.

On the estate there are various outbuildings, one of which includes an indoor swimming pool and gym.

Duties

  • Keeping the house clean and tidy
  • Laundry and ironing
  • Occasional cooking would be a bonus but not essential
  • Liaising with contractors
  • Running errands, taking deliveries etc
  • Cleaning the gym once a week
  • Garden maintenance such as lawn mowing, hedge trimming, log cutting etc
  • Maintaining the kitchen garden
  • Swimming pool and tennis court maintenance
  • Use and maintenance of large garden machinery such as ride on mowers, chainsaws, wood chippers etc
  • Basic household maintenance
  • Handyman duties (basic DIY and minor repairs)
  • Occasional driving duties
  • Security of the house and estate is very important to the principals as they are often not in residence so you should be happy to sleep at the house including on your days off when the family are not in residence

This is a great position for a Couple who like to manage their own time and enjoy rural life. Private Household experience is essential and ideally one of you should have plant knowledge. There is a lot of large garden machinery to use, so experience working with and maintaining large machinery is very important.

Start: End of March / April

Accommodation 1 bedroom separate cottage with a small private garden. All utility bills included. Pets will be considered.

Days and hours: Monday to Friday, 40 hours a week, with occasional weekend work required.

Drivers: Ideally both to drive

Salary: £60,000 - £65,000 gpa, dependent on experience

Consultant: Georgia Lester

Vacancy number: 129244