Many expats in Bangkok are lazy when it comes to cleaning their home, and with good reason too. After all, most of them are busy having fun and making the most of their stress-free lives in the wonderful Land of Smiles, as Thailand is known.
It’s also well known that Thailand and Bangkok in general are very affordable places to live, which means most expats can afford a much better lifestyle than they could at home. So why waste time cleaning when you can hire a maid to do all of that hard work for you, for what essentially amounts to peanuts?
Of course, hiring a made in a foreign country is easier said than done – where on earth do you begin to look?
For many people, social media sites such as Facebook, or classified listings sites like Craigslist are a good place to search for a maid. You can join one of the expat groups on Facebook and post there for ideas, or alternatively there are usually many ads on Craigslist for maids looking for work. You can expect to pay around 500 THB per hour for a maid on these sites, or if you want a full-time live in maid you’ll have to negotiate a salary, which could be anything from 8,000 THB per month to 12,000 THB, depending on your needs and if you’re offering any perks like accommodation.
This is easy enough but also quite risky, as you never know what you’re getting. After all, you can’t be sure you can trust any random individual from such an ad, even if they provide references you can never be sure if they’re real or not. It’s a gamble for sure.
So what else can you do? An alternative is to go through a services provider such as Borigarn.com, which can help you find a professional, hard working and courteous maid for a very reasonable price. With such services it’s very easy to find what you need, as you can specify exactly what the maid’s responsibilities will be, whether or not the position includes accommodation, and any other details.
The services are very flexible too, so you can choose to have a maid come round once a week or live-in at your home and work full time. The pricing is very clear and reasonably affordable too, and additional services – for example furniture or carpet cleaning – are usually available too. You also get that guarantee that the maid will do a thorough and professional job, giving you extra piece of mind.