Closing a summer house properly: the checklist we use
The checklist we use to close a summer house in October: the weeks before, room by room, linen and silver, the garden and pool, water and heating, security, and what to leave for spring.
Carnet
Notes sur l'art de bien tenir une maison : métiers et salaires, routines, la table, les saisons.
Nos articles paraissent pour l'instant en anglais, en italien et en portugais.
What household staff earn in Italy and Switzerland
Pay for butlers, house managers, chefs, nannies, chauffeurs and couples in Italy and Switzerland, set against Monaco, France and London, with the legal minimums, gross and net, and what a package includes.
What a house manager actually does all day
A July day in a private house, hour by hour, then the difference between a house manager, butler, estate manager and housekeeper, the mistakes families make when hiring, and how to brief one.