Sandude
You make a lot of assumptions when you post and the most recent two are fine examples. I, like Menard, choose not to have a maid. The ball & chain manages quite nicely on her own. Not only for house keeping but for the far more important task of raising our children. Although almost grown up now, the cost of leaving a vital job like this to an under qualified and inexperienced maid should not be underestimated. You can't put a price on that but some out there are happy for their kids to be 'moulded' by someone else for £200 a month. I can spot the maid raised kid a mile off.
Standards of pay amongst maids does vary greatly i'll agree, but most I know pay 1500 - 1800 and that's for 5 days a week. Occassional babysitting and most with own room. Pay for 1 holiday home per year. Those that deliver under this average tend not to be Westerners but Arab/ Indian background employers. The same ones that apply the 'Bombay' principle that positiveRate876 condones.
I'm still waiting for your answer to my earlier question by the way!
Harry
Harry