Couples

Our lovely couple Catherine & Carlos are an enthusiastic and positive couple, married happily for 38 years. They are dedicated, with a vast experience in running fine domestic environments with full awareness of what is mandatory. Both are fully competent dealing with children and all household estate duties/ responsibilities. They are security conscious, committed, mature and honest individuals, excellent cooks, both are safe drivers with clean U.K. license’s. Catherine & Carlos are non-smokers and experienced dealing with animals. They are a fit and active couple, with extensive hands on experience of gardening, flowers, vegetable and herb Gardens. Both are both skilled in other languages and both speak read and write fluently in English and Portuguese Carlos is also fluent in French, and Spanish, as well as intermediate Italian. They are looking for a long term opportunity where they can utalise there skill and experience in a couple role offering nice accommodation. They can start a position any time and are happy to take a position anywhere throughout the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, and Southern Europe.

Leni & David are lovely, friendly, down to earth couple looking for a new live in opportunity to work to together. They have been working together as a couple doing housekeeping, cooking, property maintenance, gardening, driving and all other domestic couple responsibilities within private households full time in the same role since 2009 and part time together in a previous position for many years. They are committed, trustworthy, responsible and have lovely references. Leni- is from the Philippines and has permanent UK residency. Aged in her 40’s she is well presented, nicely spoken and lovely. We found her to be extremely sweet, genuine, warm, very flexible, willing and her references have commented on her excellent standards. She is highly experienced at housekeeping, caring for furniture, doing laundry, caring for fine furniture and antiques. Alongside this Leni is apparently an amazing cook who can provide a full range and variety of exciting and flavourful meals from scratch which are delicious. She is polite, positive, discreet and a pleasure to have around.

We have a lovely professional trustworthy & conscientious couple originally from the Philippines available and looking for a new opportunity in the London area. They have been working together as a professional couple for over 20 years and in their current position for the last 6+ years.

Robert- has an extensive background of working as a sous chef, head chef and catering manager. Alongside this he has worked professionally as part of a couple doing estate management, cooking, overseeing staff, maintenance, handyman duties, driving, property maintenance/handyman duties and overseas property security along with all other associated responsibilities of a domestic couple. Elaine - has an excellent background in working in hotels, private companies and professionally as part of a couple doing housekeeping, laundry management, assisting with family & dinner part cooking and all additional duties and responsibilities of a couple. She is a very good & organised housekeeper with great attention to detail and a passionate cook.

We have just registered a lovely, positive, friendly, flexible hardworking couple looking to work together in a professional residential couple role. Between them they have extensive professional Private Household/ Estate experience along with having worked in commercial roles and consulting to hotels. They are very professional and discreet have worked in roles requiring the up most of discretion such as a PA / Household Manager with in a high profile position. Both pride themselves on giving a high level of personal service, their discretion, reliability, punctuality and integrity. They are experienced at working in homes maintained to a 5* boutique standard. Between this superb couple; they can offer the following skills which can be utalised within a professional Domestic couple role:

Keith and Elena are a lovely professional couple who have been working together for the last 3 years is a position as a Chef/ Butler/ Maintenance/ Housekeeper couple. Both have previous professional experience working within private households. They are a very warm, flexible, committed, hardworking and discreet couple looking to commit to a new role long term.

Christine and Alan are a lovely charming, flexible, hardworking professional Housekeeper/ Cook/ Maintenance professional residential couple. They are an excellent all round adaptable couple who work well as a team, flexibly and to extremely high standards. Between them they can provide all housekeeping/ cooking including cleaning, laundry and cooking. Alan is also happy to maintain kitchen gardens, valet cars, drive, do light handyman duties, oversee security and alike. Together they have worked in the UK along with in Europe as a couple. Christine: is personable, warm, well-spoken and caring. She is a gifted housekeeper with an eye for details and a passion for undertaking her responsibility’s and duties is a calm and seamless fashion. She is confident at housekeeping, laundry including delicates and an excellent cook. She is practical, I.T literate, good at keeping accounts, conscientious and adaptable.

We have a lovely, together flexible and capable couple looking for a new opportunity in Europe. They currently work as an all-round couple between two private residences within the UK & abroad. Both are in their late 20’s and have worked together as a professional domestic management couple for the last few years. Previously between them they have 12 years of working as a Chef in France, Australia and New Zealand and within hospitality/ hotels/ chalets and on vineyards in various locations.

Clive and Barbara are a lovely commitment professional trustworthy & conscientious couple originally from New Zealand. They have been working together as a professional couple for 14 years and have just left their most recent position of 12 years due to a change their employer’s requirements. They have a very open, friendly yet professional approach and have a positive hard work ethic. They have extensive experience in working within formal & semi-formal homes as a couple taking responsibility for cooking, housekeeping, property maintenance and gardening. Clive and Barbara are originally from New Zealand but are now based in the UK permanently and hold British and Irish passports respectively. Clive: is a keen cook and likes to cook the mains, prepare canapés and drinks while Barbara prepares starters and deserts. He can prepare a variety of cuisines from healthy European/ Mediterranean food to traditional British food and summer BBQ’s. They like to prepare menu plans to suit the client’s preferences. Clive is experienced at general handy man duties, property security, gardening, kitchen work and general household duties. In addition he has over seen large restoration projects as well as development of gardens and surrounding grounds. Clive is confident at oversee external staff and tradesman along with having a wide range of skills.

Dean and Irene have been working together for more than 8 years. They have a great working relationship and system of team work. Having worked in the UK and rural France they have the experience of property management and tending to extensive grounds. They ran their own B&B in France from 2003-2007and since returning to the UK have been working in London and the UK countryside as a domestic couple.

Jose is Italian and Franciele is Brazilian, they are currently based in London where Jose works on part time basis for an elderly gentleman and Franciele recently finished her temporary role. They are keen to find full time position where they can work together and they are very flexible with regards to location, they have worked in the countryside previously so they are happy to relocate. Jose is a very confident and experienced Driver but Franciele only has provisional license at the moment. Jose is very hands on, Man Friday type, equally happy to be outside and do gardening as well as help out with housekeeping and serving at the table. He is also self-employed IT consultant.

Lovely, energetic and very personable Couple recently registered with us looking for work in the countryside. They have been working for a private Family in Hampshire for one year now and are sadly being made redundant which is why they are looking for their new challenge! He is a very passionate Gardener and hands on Maintenance/Driver, happy to turn his hand into anything! She is a capable Cook and organized Housekeeper, being a mum herself (with grown up children) she is very child-friendly and happy to help with childcare. They have often done babysitting and proxy parenting for their current family.

Franciele and Jose make an energetic vibrant team. They both have exemplary skills in their field. Franciele is a creative and imaginative cook, nanny and house keeper. She is also adept at small maintenance jobs, DIY and decorating.

Lovely Slovakian Couple who came to register with us recently. They are currently based in Dublin where Lenka works full time for a Family with 4 children and Peter works for them on "on and off" basis. He also works full time for Gardening Company. They have been there for over 5 years and feel like it's time for a new challenge so they would like to relocate and settle with one family where they can work together.

Lovely, flexible and hardworking Hungarian Couple recently registered with us are looking for their next new challenge in the countryside! They are very enthusiastic, positive and eager to please! They currently have two part time jobs, (one is working for high profile, well known family as Domestic Couple).

Lovely Couple recently registered with us looking for their lucky break! They have great set of skills to offer and on top of that, they are very flexible, enthusiastic and eager to please. She comes from Czech originally and has been working as an aupair since last July for a busy family in Hertfordshire. Her contract is coming to an end this month and she is keen to continue her career in private service as she loved every minute of it.

Top Couple recently registered with us looking for their next new challenge anywhere in the countryside! In the last 10 years they have been working on high profile yachts and feel that now time has come to settle in one place long term. Sarah is a fantastic Chef and very hands on Housekeeper. Geoff is very capable on the DIY/maintenance side as well as he has been fully trained in front of house, did a lot of chauffeuring, and even got involved with housekeeping!

Marta & Michael are a great, can-do, hands on couple. Marta has wonderful experience in caring for children and is also a detailed Housekeeper. Michael is a keen cook, loves caring for cars and driving and happy to do handyman jobs and look after the security of the residence. They have glowing references and are looking for a September start. If you are interested in these candidates please contact Kathy on 0845 644 6155 or kathy@edenprivatestaff.com

Fantastic Couple with over 30 years experience working and running busy country estates. He is very passionate when it comes to organizing and running all aspects of estate work, his father is also extremely keen and actively involved in shooting so country lifestyle runs in his family! On top of that our candidate is also a skilled Gardener/Handyman happy to turn his hand into anything.

Our lovely Ghurkha Couple are currently based in Wiltshire and are looking for a new challenge anywhere in the UK! They are currently working for en elderly employer on full and part time basis. Ideally they would like to find a long term position where they both work full time and have accommodation provided.

Juliette & Simon are a top-class couple. Simon is a great chef and is is happy to do some security and maintenance too. Juliette is a very capable housekeeper, happy to help with PA/front of house duties, help with with cooking and serving. They are looking for London with travel or France/Overseas roles and are looking for a September 2011 start.

Our highly capable couple are looking for a new guardienne/couple role in France. She is a friendly and bubbly housekeeper, with chef de partie skills, who excels at front of house duties and gardening. He is a talented and mild mannered chef and handyman, who can cater for parties of up 60 people. They are available immediately for roles anywhere within France.

Lovely Eastern European Couple with fluent English seeking their new long term challenge. Both are very “switched on”, hard working, with extremely high standards as have been trained in high profile London households and professional approach. She is a very hands on Housekeeper and confident Cook. He is very flexible and organized Houseman/Handyman, happy to serve and help with all housekeeping duties. He is also a confident Driver.

My enigmatic and experienced couple, have pan European experience and excellent house management skills. They have worked across the U.K. in both town and country locations. She cleans, manages the laundry, arranges flowers and cooks to dinner party standard. He helps with entertaining for busy weekends with guests, acts as valet to the gentleman of the house and he also carries out simple house and garden maintenance. In their last role he was also acting a chauffeur for the lady of the house and running errands for the household.

A fantastic Live-In Couple Neira & Marco are seeking a new challenge in London. Neira & Marco have been working for their last family for 9 years and have only left as the famnily have moved to a smaller residence now not needing a couple.

Professional Filipino Couple with c 3 years experience working together in private service and c 10 years separately. They have been working for a family looking after a castle where unfortunately due to a change in the family’s circumstances they are now back on the market.

Professional British Couple with nearly 20 years experience working together in catering & private service. They are currently working for busy, demanding Family in Cotswolds where unfortunately their employer can’t continue to provide them with separate accommodation hence the reason for them to be on the market! They currently cover variety of duties which requires them to be flexible, hands on and extremely capable.

Lovely British Couple recently registered with us are looking for another challenge. In their previous role in Gloucestershire they stayed for 10 years! He is a qualified and outstanding Gardener with a real passion for creating and maintaining stunning gardens and grounds.

Top Couple from Czech, currently working for high profile Golf player where they’ve been for last 10 years. Their employer has decided to move to Northern Ireland to much smaller property hence their need to find another role, hopefully as long term!

Lovely British Couple with worldwide experience working on luxury yachts, top class chalets and for high profile private clients, currently based in France where they are due to finish their temporary post by the end of September, are seeking a new challenge anywhere in UK. She is an excellent Cook who loves catering for busy dinner parties and big functions, very capable Housekeeper with great attention to detail and also very keen child-carer. He is extremely flexible and happy to turn his hand into most things, with experience working inside and outside the house, our candidate is a capable Butler/Handyman/Chauffeur, happy to help in the kitchen or with housework, also has basic gardening skills. Together they make very enthusiastic and skilled team, real asset in any household. After years of working all over the world, they are keen to settle in one long term position anywhere in the UK. Both love children and animals. Available to start in October.

Lovely Eastern European Couple full of enthusiasm recently registered with us seeking their first position working together. He is a trained Chef but for last 5 years he’s also been working as Handyman/Gardener/Driver. Equally happy to be based inside or outside. She has been a Nanny/Housekeeper and looked after children of all ages. Together they make a great team and have lots of skills to offer. They are ideally looking to be based in Berkshire/Surrey/Buckinghamshire area however will relocate for the ideal role. They are very negotiable on the salary front and eager to combine their skills and experience and take on a new, long term role together. They both speak fluent English, are very well presented and with positive attitude. Available to start in October.

Lovely Couple from New Zealand who are looking for new opportunity anywhere in UK! They are currently working as Temporary Couple in Surrey. Jo is an experienced and capable Housekeeper/Cook with over 30 years experience in PA/secretarial/accounting/managerial roles. Gary is a very hands on Handyman/Gardener, confident driver, his current role involves driving in London and to airports on a regular basis. Together they make a great team and between them they can cover all the duties that might be required in private service. They are available for immediate start.