Based in a large house on the river in SW10 working alongside a Housekeeper. Our client is a quiet man who has recently lost his wife, so his life is quiet at the moment, and he also spends Thursday to Monday in the countryside.

Tasks will include but are not limited to:

• Household maintenance and preparing the fires
• Housekeeping (with extra focus on heavier duties e.g. using ladders for changing lightbulbs/attending to curtains etc)
• Building a rapport with contractors and arranging visits where necessary and approved
• Ensuring a domestic staff member accompanies contractors during their visit to the house
• Having a good grasp of the household systems – e.g. heating, electric, Sky and Sonos
• Preparing meeting rooms and offering refreshments for guests
• Butler duties i.e. looking after the male principle and taking care of his clothes/shoes
• Being security-aware regarding all visitors to the house
• Share joint responsibility for helping to ensure that the property is secure at all times particularly at night and setting alarm if the family are not in residence.
• Being a key holder and doing regular security checks on the main house and garden in the principle’s absence
• Ad-hoc duties when required

Accommodation: a lovely well-appointed 1 bed basement flat in the property next door, fully furnished, all bills included.

A very competitive salary is being offered to the successful candidate. 

A valid DBS and recent checkable references are required. (AGY.)