How to find household assistance for daily tasks

[Arvindbatra 0]

I m lving in Nürnberg and searching for a maid who can help in daily activities like washing clothes, cleaning and cooking etc.

[tor 13,508]

place an ad or look for an ad on the message board at places like Budni, DM, or Aldi, Lidl...etc.

[fraufruit 31,146]

Don't use the term "maid".

[john g. 29,305]

Maid Marion was " cool " in history, fraufruit! I was always jealous of Robin Hood as a puberty-struck teenager...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maid_Marian

 

What would be a better word these days in English? Been ages since I had a maid...can´t remember!

[Uncle Nick 6,217]

Housekeeper or domestic helper might be more suitable.

[lisa13 12,150]

46 minutes ago, john g. said:

Maid Marion was " cool " in history, fraufruit! I was always jealous of Robin Hood as a puberty-struck teenager...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maid_Marian

 

What would be a better word these days in English? Been ages since I had a maid...can´t remember!

 

Virgin?

[lisa13 12,150]

If I ever went back to cleaning, I'd call myself a "household management specialist"

 

:)

[john g. 29,305]

I was, Lisa, but the maid wasn´t!

 

Actually, I remember being on a bus when I was around 22 in Peru or somewhere and got talking to an elderly English lady living there  who told me she needed help with her household stuff. I remember thinking " colonial , imperialistic xxxxxx ". My God, now I´m moving on age-wise and I get tired quickly and I see how even older people in our village here need help and can´t afford it..ah well...

[Uncle Nick 6,217]

5 minutes ago, lisa13 said:

 

Virgin?

 

Is that what the OP meant with "etc"?

[lisa13 12,150]

Oh it's so true.  I accidentally got into cleaning/helping some elderly women through referrals (mostly existing clients' moms - strangely no dads) and yeah.  Having some basic help with cleaning and shopping, etc. can mean the difference between a nursing home and making it a few more years on your own

 

And they were so cool - one of them was among the first female OB/GYNs in the US!  She was a bit evil, actually, but always very nice to me.

 

 

[john g. 29,305]

More creative minds than mine saw this problem a long time ago:

 

 

 

[kiplette 6,482]

2 hours ago, john g. said:

I remember thinking " colonial , imperialistic xxxxxx "

 

My sister was of the same opinion, and the when she worked for a while in the middle east and realised that if she didn't employ the cleaner, she'd have to sack her, and her grand gesture would cost someone's livelihood, she knuckled under and got on with it.

 

As with so many of these things, our simple convictions turn out to be more complicated than we imagine....

[Arvindbatra 0]

Hi, is there an agency who can help me with the domestic help or a website.

[norcal_sf 112]

https://www.helpling.de/putzfrau

[snowingagain 2,881]

Bearing in mind that in Germany, many maid agencies/putzfrau offer cleaning services but do not expect to do wider domestic chores such cooking, washing.

 

https://www.betreut.de/magazin/erwachsene-senioren/6-aufgaben-die-eine-haushaltshilfe-nicht-uebernehmen-sollte/

 

http://www.howtogermany.com/pages/domestichelp.html

 

How many hours/days help are you looking for?

 

[Arvindbatra 0]

I am looking for a regular help around 4hours daily.

[BayrischDude 1,961]

I've had a maid several times (after surgery or too busy or before a party).  I've always used Betreut.de (snowingagain's link).  Have been very happy with the results. 

 

No silver was stolen!

[germanyherewecome 196]

If you go by German Law, as far as I know you can:

 

1. Contact a company that has cleaning/housekeeping workers and send them to you.

2. Hire someone, but only as a Mini-jobber, which means they cannot make more then 450 Euros a month. If you do that you also have to register them at the Mini-Job Office and pay a small fee to do so.

 

If you don't have a company per se you cannot as a private individual hire someone on a part-time or full-time basis.

[MechEng 49]

On ‎18‎.‎09‎.‎2017‎ ‎17‎:‎31‎:‎49, Arvindbatra said:

I m lving in Nürnberg and searching for a maid who can help in daily activities like washing clothes, cleaning and cooking etc.

Coming from a fellow Countryman i can understand where you are coming from on this one...let me tell you something.."Maid" here are nothing as you might imagine from our home. And as a someone said domestic help is a more appropriate word..

 

washing clothes >> washing machine!

 

Cleaning >> get a good mop and a vaccum cleaner...

 

Cooking >> DIY or a good old place called Restaurant...or there are many Indian Tiffin Services who home deliver the Food!

 

for a fraction of a cost of hiring a maid..!

[fraufruit 31,146]

15 hours ago, germanyherewecome said:

If you don't have a company per se you cannot as a private individual hire someone on a part-time or full-time basis.

 

What are you saying? Any private individual can hire anyone who is offering their services for a fee. One doesn't need a business license to have a putzfrau.