Domestic Couple - Southport, CT

Highly skilled and professional domestic couple required for family of five for their new construction home in Southport, CT.  Couple must be self-starters, take initiative and able to work without day-to-day direction or supervision.  Family travels often therefore must be flexible to work longer hours when the family is on property.  Couple must be great at housekeeping, cooking, house management, gardening and basic handyman work.

Responsibilities include:

Hands-on housekeeping including: laundry, ironing, wardrobe care, dry cleaning, packing, unpacking and storing seasonal clothes

Hands on house management, maintenance and gardening

Experience developing new home guidelines

Coordinate and monitor all vendors

Assist with entertaining, events and meetings: Meal and menu planning, shopping, preparing, occasional serving and bar tending

House preparation: Grocery shopping, dry cleaning, household errands, cars washed, personal shopping, linens and change of beds.

Animal care for three dogs: feeding, vet appointments, maintaining and training in new home

Overseeing state-of-the-art security, audio, lighting, and other smart-home systems

Grounds maintenance: landscaping, gardening, lawn and tree care and snow removal

Basic handyman skills to maintain all structures on the property

Large and small equipment maintenance

Spa and pool maintenance

Vehicle maintenance and occasionally driving duties

Coordinating travel arrangements, packing and unpacking, managing luggage

Salary competitive, Benefits negotiable and accommodations are a possibility - prefer live-out.

Requirements:

3-5 years experience as a Domestic Couple

Must be self directed, highly organized, flexible, business and tech-savvy.

Experience with smart home technology

Great communications skills: verbal and written