Au pair plus / nanny / from outside EU aged over 35?

gettingready

No.. I will let you make friends with the Google and various legislations while I get back to my dogwalkers.. where I am a bit more of an expert... having the kids grown up and having gone through the various process related to that - I am happy to be able to relax now and check my dog walker's/cat sitter's CRB, references, qualification (yup, they have those too - that is why they charge what they do) , experience

All the best

Milky_Mocha

gettingready wrote: »

No.. I will let you make friends with the Google and various legislations while I get back to my dogwalkers.. where I am a bit more of an expert... having the kids grown up and having gone through the various process related to that - I am happy to be able to relax now and check my dog walker's CRB, references, qualification, experience

All the best

Thanks for your contributions though. I mean that. I find the whole thing a bit of a mini minefield, in that there are a number of things that have to be looked at but once sorted I'll become an expert .

Even though I found it funny, I do understand the point 'Any' was making about 'charging properly'. Its not 'exactly' the same thing because there would be tax and NI implications althouh for the hours I require, the difference is minimal.

I like reading varying opinions on any topic

gettingready

It will not be the same/very close simply because you could not (legally) possibly charge as much as you think you could for the room. Not the "market rent".

Took me over 4 hours instead of my usual 30 min to get home from work today so not going to play with Google but you should be able to find the info about that.

have fun.

Milky_Mocha

gettingready wrote: »

It will not be the same/very close simply because you could not (legally) possibly charge as much as you think you could for the room. Not the "market rent".

Took me over 4 hours instead of my usual 30 min to get home from work today so not going to play with Google but you should be able to find the info about that.

have fun.

I wasn't looking at the market rent anyway as I found that surprisingly high when agents quoted this recently. I was curious about the value of my home given the recession etc and was given resale value vs rental value.

gettingready

Yes but this is not about the value of your home.

It is about how much would you be able to legally charge in terms of rent - someone who works in your home. You could not charge this person the same as you could charge a "normal lodger".

Right, I am out of here - enojoy the learning curve and all the best.

Milky_Mocha

gettingready wrote: »

Yes but this is not about the value of your home.

It is about how much would you be able to legally charge in terms of rent - someone who works in your home. You could not charge this person the same as you could charge a "normal lodger".

Right, I am out of here - enojoy the learning curve and all the best.

I wasn't talking about the value of my home. Just stating that agents came to give me resale as well as rental value and I found the rental value surprisingly high. I wasn't thinking of the 'normal lodger' rate anyway, is what I'm saying.

I understand its late and you've spent hours getting home so no worries.
Thanks again. I'm outta here too.

PolishBigSpender

Milky_Mocha wrote: »

Thanks for your contributions though. I mean that. I find the whole thing a bit of a mini minefield, in that there are a number of things that have to be looked at but once sorted I'll become an expert .

Just don't avoid your obligations. The WRS and NMW are the big ones - and unlike in 2004, many Poles are now very savvy when it comes to what's what in the UK. Poeple aren't going there 'blind' anymore.

Even though I found it funny, I do understand the point 'Any' was making about 'charging properly'. Its not 'exactly' the same thing because there would be tax and NI implications althouh for the hours I require, the difference is minimal.

Just make sure that you comply with the law, especially concerning deductions for rent. What gettingready says is very relevant - and be aware that the Polish expatriate community is *very* strong in the UK. I certainly wouldn't be too happy to attempt to screw one of my countrymen on pay and then leave them in charge of my children!

Any

Milky_Mocha wrote: »

Thanks for your contributions though. I mean that. I find the whole thing a bit of a mini minefield, in that there are a number of things that have to be looked at but once sorted I'll become an expert .

Even though I found it funny, I do understand the point 'Any' was making about 'charging properly'. Its not 'exactly' the same thing because there would be tax and NI implications althouh for the hours I require, the difference is minimal.

I like reading varying opinions on any topic

Percisely!! So why is it funny?

xmaslolly76

Wow thats appauling paying someone £35 a week for all that. I pay a childminder an Average of £90 for my two kids to go before and after school it would be alot easier for me to have an Aupair but unfortunately i have nowhere to put one. I hope your search goes well OP.

BitterAndTwisted

Ruby_Moon wrote: »

At 35 I would be thinking about the lack of children in this lady's life.
I think of the psychology of a woman who has no mature relationship in her life by the time she is 35 and how is she able to take on a full time position.
Everyone is different, I know that, however a 36 year old nanny is not one for me. Far too many issues there.

I find your attitude very judgmental and not particularly reasonable either. There are many reasons why a woman of 35 might not have had any children and some of them might be through choice and others not. It's not the ambition of every single woman on the planet to have a family of her own even if it might have been yours and the lack of that ambition cannot and does not suggest that there's anything psychologically amiss. For you to have said so intimates far more about you than it does any childless woman imo