Formal Housekeeper

Formal Housekeeper

Location: Washington, DC Area
Schedule: Monday–Friday | 8:45 am - 5:15 pm

Overview

Seeking an experienced Formal Housekeeper to maintain a prestigious historic estate consisting of three residences across 13 meticulously landscaped acres. The ideal candidate is highly polished, detail-oriented, discreet, efficient, and experienced in caring for fine furnishings and luxury homes.

Responsibilities

- Provide exceptional daily housekeeping for the main residence, gate house, and pool house.

- Manage all laundry, including delicate care, hand washing, steaming, ironing, folding, and organization.

- Thoroughly clean and maintain floors, bathrooms, kitchens, windows, furniture, moldings, and fixtures.

- Care for interior plant arrangements.

- Polish and maintain the familys extensive silver collection.

- Monitor household supplies and coordinate replenishment.

- Report maintenance concerns, damage, and wear to the Estate Manager.

- Perform additional housekeeping duties as requested by the homeowner.

Qualifications

- 10+ years of professional executive housekeeping experience, in UHNW/private estates.

- Exceptional laundry, ironing, and garment-care skills.

- Experience caring for fine furnishings, antiques, and high-end interiors.

- Excellent communication, organization, and time-management skills.

- A team player to work alongside of 1-2 other housekeepers.

- Professional, kind, discreet, and highly motivated.

- Strong judgment and ability to anticipate the familys needs.

- Flexibility to support occasional evenings, weekends, and holidays.

- Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. and pass a comprehensive background check.

Benefits

Salary of 100k + DOE

Employer-paid health, dental, and vision insurance, plus 401(k) with company match after three months of employment. 2 weeks pf PTO after a year.