Work eats the day
By the evening there is neither the time nor the will left for the house.
Household staffing · Yerevan
A housekeeper –
and the house looks after itself
Cleaning, laundry, ironing, a kitchen kept straight – it all takes hours a family does not have. Renta Staffing Agency places housekeepers in Yerevan and across Armenia. Every one of them has been through our checks, and knows when to be invisible.
- Passport, health certificate and a criminal record certificate – checked before you see a profile
- An assessment of character: honesty, steadiness under pressure, tact
- Trial days before you decide
3–5 daysfirst profiles after signing
3–5candidates to choose from
3free replacements
6 monthsstandard term of the agreement
When it is time
When you can no longer do it all yourself
A housekeeper is not a luxury. She is a question of arithmetic: what your own hours are worth. More families in Armenia are working that out.
Small children at home
A mother cannot be everywhere, and the house comes last.
A large place
A house or a big flat needs steady care, not weekend blitzes.
You want your evenings back
Evenings and weekends returned to you and the family.
Duties
What the work covers
The duties go into the agreement before the first day, so there is no argument later about what was meant.
- Cleaning the rooms every day, with a deep clean when it comes round
- Washing, ironing and caring for clothes
- Cleaning the windows, carpets and upholstery
- Seeing to the kitchen, the bathrooms and the cloakrooms
- Cooking for the family, by arrangement
- Watering and looking after the plants
- Keeping the wardrobes and store cupboards in order
- Doing the food and household shopping, if you want it
- Paying bills and running errands, by arrangement
- Looking after the pets, by arrangement
How we check a candidate
Five stages before you meet anyone
1
Documents
Passport, health certificate and a criminal record certificate.
2
References
We go straight to the previous employers.
3
Assessment of character
Honesty, steadiness under pressure and how she deals with people.
4
Interview in person
We tell the candidate how your household runs and what you expect.
5
Trial period
A few days, so that you can be sure of the choice.
Hours
Schedules and overtime
A standard working day is 6–8 hours. Anything beyond that is paid separately, at an hourly rate.
How housekeepers are engaged
| Arrangement | How it works | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Full days, live-out | Arrives in the morning, leaves in the evening | Mon–Fri · 6–8 hrs |
| Full days, live-in | Lives with the family, available through the day | Mon–Fri · 6–8 hrs |
| Part-time | A few days a week, on an agreed schedule | 2–4 days |
| By the hour | Once or twice a week, or as needed | by arrangement |
The schedule and the list of duties go into the agreement, in plain English.
Yerevan and the rest of Armenia
Why families in Yerevan are asking for this
Life in Yerevan runs faster than it used to. Work, children and everything else compete for the same hours. Armenian custom has always put the house first: clean, warm, ready for guests. A good housekeeper holds that standard for you and gives the hours back.
- Our own register of candidates, with references we have taken up ourselves
- First profiles within 3–5 days of signing
- A replacement if the person is not right for you
- Confidentiality at every stage of the search
- Yerevan and the regions of Armenia
Our fee
One payment, made when the agreement is signed
Our fee is 50 % of the employee’s monthly salary, split equally between the client and the employee.
50 %of one month’s salary – the whole cost of the search
The client pays25 %
The employee pays25 %
Term of the agreementsix months
Free replacementsup to three
How the payment works
- At signing the client pays their 25 %, and the employee’s 25 % in one go.
- The employee then receives their first month’s salary minus that 25 %.
- On a replacement the new employee pays us 25 %. For you the replacement is free.
- A shorter agreement is possible; we discuss the terms case by case.
How it works
From enquiry to the housekeeper’s first day
01
Enquiry
You describe the job and what matters to you. We ask about the requirements and terms.
02
Agreement
We take the brief, sign the agreement and settle the fee. Your replacement guarantee starts here.
03
Search
Within 3–5 days you receive profiles of three to five suitable candidates.
04
Interviews
By phone, online or in person, whichever suits you.
05
Trial days
If you wish, they work a few trial days before anything is settled.
Questions
What people ask most often
What does a housekeeper cost in Yerevan?
The salary follows the market and the size of the job: the floor area, how often you want cleaning, whether she lives in, extras such as the shopping and the pets. Our fee is worked out from that salary – 50 % of one month, of which the client pays 25 %. We will name the range at the first consultation.
Can a housekeeper live in?
Yes. She lives with the family and is there through the day. The living arrangements, the days off and overtime go into the agreement beside the list of duties.
Do you check candidates?
Every candidate goes through five stages: documents (passport, health certificate and a criminal record certificate), calls to previous employers, an assessment of character, an interview in person and a trial period. A profile reaches you only after that.
How long does the search take?
First profiles come 3–5 days after the agreement is signed, usually three to five candidates. A narrow brief takes longer – a live-in housekeeper who has looked after antiques, for instance.
What if the housekeeper does not suit?
The agreement allows up to three free replacements. If the temperament, the hours or the standard of work turns out wrong, we find someone else and you pay nothing more.
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Enquiry
Tell us about the house and we will find the housekeeper
Give us the floor area, who lives there and the hours you want. We will call you back, go through the detail and put candidates in front of you.
- +374 41 303 395
- office@renta.am
- 4/12 Marshal Babajanyan Street, Yerevan