Hi - we have a really really amazing live out nanny.... We are moving out of Islington and are extremely sad to be losing her.
She's lovely, adores our children (been looking after our eldest since he was 6 months old), is organised, efficient, sensible, does tons of cooking, has only had one day off sick in 2.5 years, has amazing references and is early 40s (looks younger and v trendy!). She's also Ofsted registered (so you can use childcare vouchers if you get them). She'll be with us until end August/mid-September, although we are not sure of exact timing as we haven't found anywhere to move yet.... PM me if you are interested!
She is very experienced so not cheap - we currently pay £643 per week gross for 10 hours a day, 5 days a week. Actually, from talking to friends with nannies, I think that is very good value and we are probably underpaying her a bit - agencies have told me that too.... (I still can't get over how much of our gross pay goes towards paying for a nanny but that's beside the point!) I really cannot sing her praises highly enough. She looks after our son, who is 3 (and has just started going to nursery 2.5 days a week), and our daughter who will be 2 in August. She is very active and always takes them out to local baby/toddler groups (music, football classes, Coram Fields, Highbury Fields, playgroups, "play and stays", the zoo, "Clown Town" etc) and takes them swimming if she ever has one of them on their own.
Our children love her and will be very upset to lose her - they are both always really excited to see her on Monday mornings. (Thankfully, they are both always really excited to see me and DH when we get back from work and at weekends etc. too...)
I hate writing this post as I don't want to lose her either but I want to help her find a good job with a nice family. We live near Angel tube and she lives near Essex Road station. It might be a bit early to post about a nanny available around September but please do PM me if you think you might be interested. Thank you!