To look at using a virtual assistant for personal life

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I am employed full time in a high earning, stressful job and have 2DC under 4. DH also has a very full on job. We have a cleaner, nanny and help with the garden maintenance. We also sometimes send out ironing.

We are obviously very privileged to be able to get this help in (much needed I might add and we are still run ragged!), however it comes with quite a lot of admin. I am beginning to realise / hear from friends that the already huge admin load is about to get bigger when school starts!

Has anyone used the services of a real life or virtual assistant for domestic type admin? Examples for me include doing the employer admin and payroll for our nanny, paying bills, scheduling and managing appointments, subscriptions, ordering things we need, processing personal expenses that I can charge to my employer…and the as yet unknown quantity that will be school admin?

@Starred7 that’s brilliant! Thank you, am taking tips!

@Starred7 do you mind sharing who you use?

Yes- because he has a wife! What you need….is a wife 😉

Of course! I’ll DM you, but if you go to LinkedIn you’ve find hundreds of thousands of VAs who work round kids etc x

I think it sounds perfectly reasonable/these services exist for a reason! It sounds like you need a modern day housekeeper type person

Yes. I've done this job for a family including ordering weekly shop & unpacking it, dealing with bills, dry cleaning, filing paperwork, getting quotes from & supervising workmen, school admin, booking children's activities, researching holidays etc.
Paid hourly & much needed by parents who both worked long hours.

I would ask the nanny to take the school admin on to be honest. A lot of it will need someone who knows your child eg a costume for world book day. A virtual stranger won’t have a clue what to order but your nanny will know your children’s likes etc. same for things like ordering school lunches or filling in reading logs.