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Maid for transfer

Post by ksl » Thu, 03 Mar 2011 3:10 am

who is looking for a maid?
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Re: Maid for transfer

Post by Eau2011 » Thu, 03 Mar 2011 3:13 am

ksl wrote:who is look for a maid?
Live in one?

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Post by ksl » Thu, 03 Mar 2011 3:15 am

Eau2011 wrote:
ksl wrote:who is look for a maid?
Live in one?
Yes live in one!

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Post by Eau2011 » Thu, 03 Mar 2011 3:16 am

As my husband came here first, he used to have part-time maid.

But she once went back to Philippines and did not get a visa to come back to work anymore. :(

The first one was not honest, I fired her. :-|

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Re: Maid for transfer

Post by Eau2011 » Thu, 03 Mar 2011 3:19 am

ksl wrote:
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ksl wrote:who is look for a maid?
Live in one?
Yes live in one!
We don't need a live-in one because we don't have a child yet. But we do need a part-time maid.
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Post by Eau2011 » Thu, 03 Mar 2011 3:21 am

BTW, do you think 60S$ is a reasonable price for 4 hours for a part time maid?

That's what we have paid. The first young one cheated us by only doing 2 hours. :( The second older one was much better, but she did not get working permit to come back anymore. :-|

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Post by ksl » Thu, 03 Mar 2011 3:25 am

Eau2011 wrote:As my husband came here first, he used to have part-time maid.

But she once went back to Philippines and did not get a visa to come back to work anymore. :(

The first one was not honest, I fired her. :-|


We have had her 2 years and I have just given her 1 months holiday, as my young daughter is now old enough to start learning house cleaning, washing up, cooking, and all the duties and responsibilities in the house hold. The maid will be back in 2 more weeks.

The maid looked after our 10 yr old daughter when we had to travel overseas, we have never had any problems, though i want to ensure a good family for her, if possible.

I've no idea on part time rate, though it sounds pretty good for 4 hrs, I doubt they will get work permit for part time, as the government also want their levy too.

Ours is English speaking of course not Chinese.

OMG you need a maid, with no kids, you are obviously not married to a UK guy, I'm afraid I learnt to help out 50/50 while living in Denmark, which i accept wholeheartedly as equality, now we are 3 we all have our responsibilities though i guess I am a little demanding as my daughter likes her bags carried too, so you can see she has been here too long :wink:

Imagine the chaos when maid prices rise too high that everyone must do their own house work :)

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Post by Eau2011 » Thu, 03 Mar 2011 4:19 am

ksl wrote:
Eau2011 wrote:As my husband came here first, he used to have part-time maid.

But she once went back to Philippines and did not get a visa to come back to work anymore. :(

The first one was not honest, I fired her. :-|


We have had her 2 years and I have just given her 1 months holiday, as my young daughter is now old enough to start learning house cleaning, washing up, cooking, and all the duties and responsibilities in the house hold. The maid will be back in 2 more weeks.

The maid looked after our 10 yr old daughter when we had to travel overseas, we have never had any problems, though i want to ensure a good family for her, if possible.

I've no idea on part time rate, though it sounds pretty good for 4 hrs, I doubt they will get work permit for part time, as the government also want their levy too.

Ours is English speaking of course not Chinese.

OMG you need a maid, with no kids, you are obviously not married to a UK guy, I'm afraid I learnt to help out 50/50 while living in Denmark, which i accept wholeheartedly as equality, now we are 3 we all have our responsibilities though i guess I am a little demanding as my daughter likes her bags carried too, so you can see she has been here too long :wink:

Imagine the chaos when maid prices rise too high that everyone must do their own house work :)
He's not an UK guy, :) but a Dutch, he helped out in the household. We have an apartment (120sqm/1300sqf) in Germany, we did cleaning by ourselves, but here in SG the apartment is just so big (180sqm/1900sqf), my husband is often on business trips, it's really much for me to clean under such weather (hot and humid).
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Post by Eau2011 » Thu, 03 Mar 2011 4:52 am

ksl wrote: Imagine the chaos when maid prices rise too high that everyone must do their own house work :)
Bad for both... :mrgreen:

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Post by lovelovelove » Thu, 10 Mar 2011 1:55 am

Hi KSL,

I'm looking for a transfer maid as my current one of almost 3 years is going home in April...

Could you pls email me some details about her? E.g. her salary, off days, etc. If possible pls include a photo or biodata...

Many thanks!! :-) Cheers

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ksl wrote:
Eau2011 wrote:As my husband came here first, he used to have part-time maid.

But she once went back to Philippines and did not get a visa to come back to work anymore. :(

The first one was not honest, I fired her. :-|


We have had her 2 years and I have just given her 1 months holiday, as my young daughter is now old enough to start learning house cleaning, washing up, cooking, and all the duties and responsibilities in the house hold. The maid will be back in 2 more weeks.

The maid looked after our 10 yr old daughter when we had to travel overseas, we have never had any problems, though i want to ensure a good family for her, if possible.

I've no idea on part time rate, though it sounds pretty good for 4 hrs, I doubt they will get work permit for part time, as the government also want their levy too.

Ours is English speaking of course not Chinese.

OMG you need a maid, with no kids, you are obviously not married to a UK guy, I'm afraid I learnt to help out 50/50 while living in Denmark, which i accept wholeheartedly as equality, now we are 3 we all have our responsibilities though i guess I am a little demanding as my daughter likes her bags carried too, so you can see she has been here too long :wink:

Imagine the chaos when maid prices rise too high that everyone must do their own house work :)

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Post by ksl » Thu, 10 Mar 2011 9:28 pm

lovelovelove wrote:Hi KSL,

I'm looking for a transfer maid as my current one of almost 3 years is going home in April...

Could you pls email me some details about her? E.g. her salary, off days, etc. If possible pls include a photo or biodata...

Many thanks!! :-) Cheers

(My email is [email protected])
ksl wrote:
Eau2011 wrote:As my husband came here first, he used to have part-time maid.

But she once went back to Philippines and did not get a visa to come back to work anymore. :(

The first one was not honest, I fired her. :-|


We have had her 2 years and I have just given her 1 months holiday, as my young daughter is now old enough to start learning house cleaning, washing up, cooking, and all the duties and responsibilities in the house hold. The maid will be back in 2 more weeks.

The maid looked after our 10 yr old daughter when we had to travel overseas, we have never had any problems, though i want to ensure a good family for her, if possible.

I've no idea on part time rate, though it sounds pretty good for 4 hrs, I doubt they will get work permit for part time, as the government also want their levy too.

Ours is English speaking of course not Chinese.

OMG you need a maid, with no kids, you are obviously not married to a UK guy, I'm afraid I learnt to help out 50/50 while living in Denmark, which i accept wholeheartedly as equality, now we are 3 we all have our responsibilities though i guess I am a little demanding as my daughter likes her bags carried too, so you can see she has been here too long :wink:

Imagine the chaos when maid prices rise too high that everyone must do their own house work :)
She's still on holiday until the 20th March, don't know if you can wait so long! she's indonesian 37/38 married 2 kids. Rate is the going rate $450.

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Post by sundaymorningstaple » Thu, 10 Mar 2011 10:16 pm

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Post by BillyB » Thu, 10 Mar 2011 10:41 pm

Eau2011 wrote:
ksl wrote:
Eau2011 wrote:As my husband came here first, he used to have part-time maid.

But she once went back to Philippines and did not get a visa to come back to work anymore. :(

The first one was not honest, I fired her. :-|


We have had her 2 years and I have just given her 1 months holiday, as my young daughter is now old enough to start learning house cleaning, washing up, cooking, and all the duties and responsibilities in the house hold. The maid will be back in 2 more weeks.

The maid looked after our 10 yr old daughter when we had to travel overseas, we have never had any problems, though i want to ensure a good family for her, if possible.

I've no idea on part time rate, though it sounds pretty good for 4 hrs, I doubt they will get work permit for part time, as the government also want their levy too.

Ours is English speaking of course not Chinese.

OMG you need a maid, with no kids, you are obviously not married to a UK guy, I'm afraid I learnt to help out 50/50 while living in Denmark, which i accept wholeheartedly as equality, now we are 3 we all have our responsibilities though i guess I am a little demanding as my daughter likes her bags carried too, so you can see she has been here too long :wink:

Imagine the chaos when maid prices rise too high that everyone must do their own house work :)
He's not an UK guy, :) but a Dutch, he helped out in the household. We have an apartment (120sqm/1300sqf) in Germany, we did cleaning by ourselves, but here in SG the apartment is just so big (180sqm/1900sqf), my husband is often on business trips, it's really much for me to clean under such weather (hot and humid).
Turn the air-con on and problem solved. Or do you simply mean you cannot be bothered given the cheap labour on offer here?

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Post by ksl » Fri, 11 Mar 2011 1:48 am

sundaymorningstaple wrote:http://forum.singaporeexpats.com/ftopic56695.html

[-X You should know better.......
only a very limited time left on her visa, posting here is OK.
Does this count, I mean she's finished with us, so I'm not really advertising. Plus that link is wrong, classified is not free anymore :lol: and I'm a tight git.

No really, just thought i could give someone peace of mind that she is trustworthy for the 2 years she's been with us, and we have been happy with her, so we gave her 1 months hols.

Not even looking for a job yet is she, she might not come back :lol:
Though 20th is the deadline.

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Post by ksl » Thu, 24 Mar 2011 9:43 pm

Too late she's in transit! :) didn't take long at all.

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