Ever Wondered Why Do You Need a Full Time Live-In Maid

There was a time when a full time maid or domestic help was associated with either the super-rich or old traditional households. Today it is the need for most nuclear families which either have multiple earning members, or a busy social life or just want to have a comfortable life without the drudgery of daily chores. That in effect would cover about two thirds of the urban young population families.

Today, to have it all the entails managing a career and family life while keeping a lovely home, managing multiple activities and socialising increasingly more. Obviously then one needs to hire someone to take care of the more mundane matters of daily life. Resultantly, even though we might grumble about the inflation and increasing expenses, we are ready to pay other people to do our chores and infact consider that an essential expense.

Live in maids are sometimes called the new status symbol for the ever growing middle class in India. But, are they really a luxury? I would say that with people working long hours, domestic help is increasingly a necessity to ensure a good work-life balance. Let us look at some of the obvious advantages of hiring a live in help, especially if you have a paying job or your hands full with too many responsibilities:

• Your domestic help can do everything from general household chores to picking up the child from school or school bus stop, doing laundry, ironing, food shopping and babysitting
 • There’s always someone around to collect couriers, let in the electricians and plumbers, and hold the fort in case of a sick child or guests
 • You can leave your house in shambles in the morning and come back to find everything in place when you return. That way you can enjoy the comforts of the home on which you have spent so much money
 • It is cheaper than ordering food everytime you are too tired to cook, which we all know is often
 • It works out cheaper than employing a deep cleaning service by the hour to get the house cleaned up once in a while because you do not have the time to clean it up regularly

In short, a good domestic 24 hour maid is indispensable, and especially for working couples frees up the time to earn the money they do. Infact when you calculate based on the last two points above, a live in maid might become cost neutral if not an earning member for you.

While it is not always easy having a stranger living in your small homes, it’s a small price to pay for the comfort you get. Hiring a live in maid or full day helper is like delegating what does not require your time, to the others, because there is a big cost to your time and skills.

So, don’t hesitate if you need to hire a live in help to free up your time for your family, and yourself. Spend on paying someone to your hours of household work, so that you can spend that time with your children or as your own “me time”. A 24 hour maid can in many ways be a saviour of your marriage (if you are married) and/or sanity.