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What is the availability and cost of household help, and what types of help are typically employed by expatriates?
We have someone come in to clean our apartment once every other week. The cleaning lady spends three hours and charges 45 Euro. This is pretty standard, although I think most cleaning services prefer weekly to every other week. Dog walkers are also available in the city. - Sep 2022
Available but not super cheap and is about 12 EUR/hour. - Sep 2021
We only employed a babysitter, and that generally ran ten euros per hour. We have one child. - Feb 2019
Many people who can afford to hire nannies for their kids; I've generally heard it's pretty expensive. Occasionally we hired someone to do some extra housekeeping; to be honest, I wasn't particularly impressed. - Jul 2018
Housekeeping and general maintenance help is available, mostly through word of mouth or social media groups. Compared to DC the costs are much less. Specialty help (painters, for example) tend to be more expensive. - Nov 2017
10 euros/hr for babysitters or cleaners seems to be the going rate. People are frequently advertising that their nanny/cleaner is looking for extra hours. - Mar 2015
Availability good -- I do not know cost. - Jul 2014
Widely available. We have a cleaning person and a babysitter both of whom charge 10 Euros per hour which seems to be the norm. - Aug 2013
People do have cleaning ladies (mostly Filipina), but they pay a lot for the privilege. - May 2013
Available and pretty expensive from what I hear. - Jan 2013
Nannies are easy to find but expensive compared to what they cost in developing countries (about 10 euros/hour). - Aug 2011
A maid is 10 Euro per hour. Be cautious...homes get burglarized fairly routinely while people are on vacation. Homes are cased, no question about it. - Aug 2011
Expensive! 10-15 Euros/hour. - Aug 2009
Available, usually Filipina. We pay 10 Euros an hour, which seems to be standard. - Aug 2009
VERY available and very expensive. - Jul 2009
Expensive. - May 2008
Sort of available and cost is high. For cleaning 6-8 euros an hour and babysitting 8-10 euros an hour. - Apr 2008
High. I didn't need domestic help. - Jan 2008
