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Major home repairs/au pair

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emilybella · 06/06/2018 16:06

Hey - desperately need some advice, we've discovered we need to move out of our house for 2 weeks to have some urgent repairs done to our plumbing. During this time we will have no water, sanitation etc. Came as a surprise and we have been told it needs to happen ASAP, the latest we can hold off until is beginning of July. This means we have 2 weeks to find somewhere to stay, we have a holiday booked for a week anyway but the other week we intended to get an Airbnb and just extend the holiday - however our au pair has been quite unpleasant about it, i appreciate its an awful situation and the last thing any of us need but my hands are totally tied. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what we should do for the au pair? Am I unreasonable to suggest she goes on holiday for a couple of weeks/goes to see her friends - we've said we won't count it as holiday etc.

All advice appreciated, perhaps I'm being unreasonable but need some solutions.

Emily

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DrinkFeckArseGirls · 10/06/2018 08:52

In what way was she unpleasant about it? There’s nothing you can do about the situation!

IHopeYouStepOnALegoPiece · 07/06/2018 18:13

Will you pay her whilst she’s off and will you oay for her travel expenses to go to a friend?

I appreciate it’s a total PITA for you all and I hope it gets resolved quickly but your au pair shouldn’t be out of pocket

underneaththeash · 06/06/2018 22:19

It really depends on if she has anywhere to go and stay locally, none of my au pairs would have had somehwhere to go fir two weeks.
I don't think she should be paying for flights etc if she can't stay in the house, it's not of your making, but board and lodging is part of the deal when your an au pair.

If she has no-where to stay maybe pay for a flight home.

ThenCameTheFools · 06/06/2018 16:11

If you pay her for the inconvenience then fair enough. The same more or less happened to me when I was an au-pair. The house had complete new flooring going in, for one week they were abroad anyway, and paid me as usual but also gave me money to pay for food etc in another flat they owned that I moved into for the two weeks.

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