How much does your childminder in London cost?

[MarshaBrady]

Thanks. Is 7.50 an hour very high?

It's pretty high. Mine is £6.50 in leafy West London. Some in the area charge £7, and some charge £6.

What is included?
food?
nappies?
no paid hols (for childminder, obviously you will be expected to pay when you go on hol)?
Assume she does nt expect sick pay?

If you get all of above and live in a very posh area then I's say it's reasonable.

£65 a day, from 8-6. Food included but not nappies.
She gets paid holidays and sick pay.
We are in NW london.

It is for ad-hoc childcare. Call the night before type thing. It is a friend! Who is at home with children in as time out from regular career. I trust and know her.

Food included, nappies not sure probably not. Pay as I go type thing.

Still seems high.

Its £6.50 - £7.50hour for most of the childmimders around me.
Nurseries are £65-£85/day depending on the nursery and the age of the child.
I'm in NW london

Given it's ad-hoc, then not surprised by it being on high side.

Is friend a Registered Childminder? There can be legal difficulties if paying a friend to care for your children, if that friend is not a registered childminder.

The 2010 exemption (and 2008 exemption) is only if there is no payment involved (for arrangement between friends) or if care is provided for under 2 hours.

Hi nannynick, yes she is registered which is good. She doesn't keep to full capacity at all. So is available.

Yes I agree she is probably the only one who would be a resource like this. Even a nanny cannot be that flexible.

I think you pay a premium for ad hoc care tbh.

You may find a nanny share that can be that flexible, and possibly more cost effective if you have more than one child.

Yes a family that doesn't mind sharing occasionally could be good. I have registered on nannyshare.co.uk but it is sooo slow.

Only one or two families nearby, but they would like full-time share. Will keep looking at that.

I am just outside of M25 and charge £6.50 per hour for ad hoc care, includes everything ecept nappies

seems a tad high for a cm but then again its ad hoc so will be higher

just be careful using your friends

rem the saying NEVER work for friends and family

make sure you have a contract to protect yourself and for her benifit as well

£8 ph + an extra £5 a day to cover food/ expenses.

Yes Blondes you could be right. I mean I am already wondering why so much more than all other cms!

Wow that is high GoodnightNobody. Bet she (or he) is good?

£50 for 8-6, food, paid holidays, sick pay. Nappies not included. She's brilliant.

I pay £80 a day for a lady to come to my house 7.45am to 5.45pm. I provide food and everthing else as usual. It s expensive but worth her weight in gold - no early morning starts for us as ds usually in pjs having his breakfast when she arrives. I also don't pay her for hols - I'm a teacher- and she temps in the two days she doesn't come to me - so I save quite a bit there..

shellfish what you are describing is a nanny not a cm hence the £8ph cost

cm work from their own houses and are se

nannies come to your house and generally are employed apart from those who may ad hoc/temp as they chose the hours

marsha i can understand she costs more as is adhoc and must have days/spaces she cant fill so charges more to cover that iyswim

makes me wonder why she has spaces though, is it because she charges too much?

from what i gather from mn that a good cm is like gold dust (like a fab nanny lol) and they are booked up/full most of the time and have waiting lists like loony does

Ok we have had a chat. I said you are SO expensive I would love to use you but most other cms charge £6 - £7. She didn't believe me! But did say she wasn't going to fleece me which I guess is nice.

Anyway she has two children so think she is not full as doesn't need to do it, but just does it as extra income. Also I said that if you charge £7.50 per child in the holidays then you are WAY over what a nanny would charge which is sort of ridiculous really for me. (I have two children, and Easter holiday is coming up).

But I am still looking for a nanny for two days (had a great one for three, but has dropped to two as doing child swap with friend). So am starting from scratch again.

Gosh, up until a couple of months ago my going rate was £5.50 an hour in SW (Wimbledon). I've just upped it to £6 as everyone seems to have suddenly increased their rates too, but not to as much as £7.50.....I really think it's excessive.

£7.50 is ridiculous you are right. I am trying to find an alternative. Or she can lower her prices to match.

It's no longer ad-hoc, but two set days a week for 5 weeks.

Marsha- I've stopped using her now and to be honest all my money was going on childcare.

However, she was (and is) fantastic. She gave my children more than I could have ever wished for and they were always happy in her care. She is one of those rare and remarkable people who have boundless understanding, love, intelligence and creativity.

My children still run into her arms whenever they see her and when I left them with her I could feel light and easy in the knowledge they were in the kindest hands having the most fun possible.

She has a reputation and a waiting list to match!

Good childcare is great isn't it. WELL all is good, excellent nanny can do two days .

So easier than friend / cm as don't need to do drop off and also same price or cheaper with two over Easter holidays. And project finishes pretty much after the holidays anyway.

The nanny is great too. Getting a job is easier than matching the dates with childcare!

I'm in South-East London and currently charge £45 for a full day 8-6.

I'm always busy and couldn't justify charging £7.50 an hour as I would just pay a lot more tax at the end of the year so I like to charge what I charge.

Around me some childminders in the area do charge £55, £60 per day and one charges £8 an hour but is always advertising for mindees so I definitely think this puts parents off.

Each to their own and that's why we are self-employed.