It takes months
Dozens of calls and interviews, and the person is wrong, or gone after the first week.
Household staffing · Yerevan
A housemaid for a household
that likes things done properly
Behind a clean and comfortable house is somebody’s daily work. A housemaid is also the person you trust with your most private rooms. Renta Staffing Agency helps families in Yerevan and other Armenian cities find that person quickly, and without a fuss.
- A trial period of 5 working days before anything is settled
- Checks at five stages: documents, references, assessment
- A replacement at no extra cost if she is ill, on holiday or wrong for the house
3–5 daysfirst profiles after signing
3–5candidates to choose from
3free replacements
6 monthsstandard term of the agreement
The risk of doing it yourself
Why answering adverts rarely ends well
Which is why more families in Yerevan now use an agency that does nothing else.
It is a risk
Without checks you have no idea who you are letting into your home. Petty theft and carelessness do happen.
No guarantee
Spoilt furniture, damaged fabric, a broken machine – with no agreement there is no one to claim against.
No cover
She falls ill or goes away, and you are back where you started.
Duties
What a housemaid takes on
This is more than mopping floors. A trained housemaid keeps the whole house to a standard.
- Cleaning throughout: rooms, kitchen, bathrooms and the utility rooms
- Furniture, carpets and floors
- Changing bed linen and towels
- Taking the linen to the laundry and checking what comes back
- Looking after the plants
- Professional cleaning products matched to each surface, not one bottle for everything
- Keeping an eye on supplies and order in the store cupboards
How we check a candidate
Five stages before you meet anyone
1
First sift
We read the CV, the work history and references from previous places.
2
Documents
Passport, health certificate and a criminal record certificate.
3
Assessment of character
Reliability, steadiness under pressure and honesty.
4
Interview in person
We tell the candidate what your household expects.
5
Trial period
5 working 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.
Schedules a housemaid can work
| 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
The market for household staff in Armenia is growing quickly. Families in Yerevan guard their hours and are ready to hand the housework to somebody trained. Trust decides everything here, because a housemaid is inside your home. That choice should rest on an agency with a reputation to lose, not on an advert.
- 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 housemaid’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 housemaid cost in Yerevan?
The salary depends on the size of the house, the schedule, whether she lives in and what is on the list. Our fee is 50 % of one month’s salary, of which the client pays 25 %. We will give you a salary range at the first consultation, once we know the scale of the work.
How is a housemaid different from a housekeeper?
A housemaid is there for cleanliness and order: the cleaning, the bed linen, furniture and floors, the laundry. A housekeeper takes a wider round of the house – washing and ironing, the shopping, errands, sometimes cooking. We put the boundary in the agreement.
Is there a trial period?
Yes, 5 working days. That is usually long enough to see whether she suits your house and the pace of it.
What if she is ill or away on holiday?
We find a replacement at no extra cost: while the agreement runs there are up to three free replacements. Any change to the schedule we tell you about in advance.
Do you help with the paperwork?
Yes. We handle the legal side of the employment and advise on working matters for the whole term of the agreement.
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Enquiry
Describe the house and we will find the housemaid
Tell us the floor area, who lives there and the schedule you want. We will call you back and put candidates in front of you.
- +374 41 303 395
- office@renta.am
- 4/12 Marshal Babajanyan Street, Yerevan