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About the Role
A private UHNW client seeks a careful, experienced, and discreet part-time Housekeeper to maintain a unique historic property in St John’s Wood. This role involves working alongside a Senior Housekeeper to ensure the property is beautifully maintained, cleaned, and ready for use, with a focus on preserving delicate finishes and historic interiors.
Responsibilities
- Perform regular housekeeping and careful upkeep of the property.
- Ensure the property is clean, organised, and beautifully presented.
- Prepare the property for client or guest use.
- Carefully clean and maintain delicate interiors, surfaces, and finishes.
- Work respectfully within a sensitive historic property.
- Follow instructions from the Senior Housekeeper and maintain established standards.
- Support the Senior Housekeeper with room preparation and presentation.
- Dust, polish, vacuum, and perform general cleaning using appropriate methods and products.
- Handle fine furnishings, fabrics, antiques, artwork, and special surfaces with care.
- Report any maintenance, damage, or care concerns promptly to the Senior Housekeeper.
- Assist with occasional deeper cleaning tasks.
- Manage laundry and wardrobe care.
- Open doors and accept deliveries in the Senior Housekeeper's absence.
- Maintain discretion, confidentiality, and professionalism at all times.
Requirements
- Previous experience working as a Housekeeper in a high-standard private household or refined private property.
- A careful, patient, and detail-focused approach.
- Experience working with delicate finishes, fine homes, antiques, artwork, or high-value interiors is advantageous.
- Ability to follow instructions and work under a senior household team member.
- A respectful and non-ego-driven attitude.
- Good knowledge of appropriate cleaning products and methods.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- A discreet, reliable, and professional manner.
- Strong timekeeping and consistency.
- Flexibility to assist occasionally at weekends if required.
- The legal right to work in the UK.
Skills
- Housekeeping
- Cleaning
- Attention to detail
- Discretion
- Professionalism
- Timekeeping
- Consistency
- Following instructions
- Working with delicate finishes
- Handling antiques
- Handling artwork
- Laundry care
- Wardrobe care
Location
- St John’s Wood
Work Type
- Part-time
- Occasional weekend flexibility
Experience Level
- Experienced
Salary/Compensations
- Very strong salary/package for the right person
Benefits
- Benefits TBC
About the Company
- A private UHNW client is seeking a careful, experienced and discreet part-time Housekeeper to support the upkeep and presentation of an extremely unique and sensitive historic property in St John’s Wood.
- The property is not the client’s main residence. The client lives primarily in the Cotswolds, and the St John’s Wood property is used more as a private workspace / art space, with occasional overnight stays by the client or guests.
- The household already has a very senior Housekeeper in place. The successful candidate will work alongside and under the direction of the Senior Housekeeper, helping to maintain the property to a consistently high standard.
- This is a hands-on housekeeping role suited to someone who understands the importance of care, patience and attention to detail, particularly when working in a home with delicate finishes, fine materials and historic interiors.
- This is a refined historic private property with sensitive features, finishes and artwork. It is used primarily as a private workspace / art space rather than as a full-time family residence, although the client or guests may stay overnight from time to time.
- The role is therefore focused on careful upkeep, presentation, preservation and readiness, rather than heavy daily family housekeeping. It would suit someone who takes pride in meticulous, thoughtful housekeeping and understands that the correct approach is not only about cleaning, but about caring for and preserving the property.
- The successful candidate must be comfortable working within an established household structure and taking direction from the Senior Housekeeper.