Experienced Laundress

Saint-Tropez Shore Based Villa Seasonal
- Posted Date
- 10 Feb 2023
- Locations
- Saint-Tropez
- Department
- Shore Based Villa
- Function
- Laundress
- Type
- Seasonal
- Positions
- 1
- Experience
- 3 - 5 years
- Salary
- 2500 - 3000 EUR
- General
- Criminal Records Bureau Check (UK Only), Full Driving License (International)
- Recruiter

**About the Property**:
It is a magnificent domaine of 3 hectares including 2 beautiful Villas of 1000 m2 and 700 m2 located in Saint Tropez. There are 11 bedrooms all in all. The Villa is facing the Mediterranean sea.

Every single room is unique, decorated and furnished with the best noble pieces of furnitures, art and decoration are everywhere within this fantastic house.

The property belongs to a French family. This is their second home. The owners and their children are extremely respectful and generous. They are very relaxed and chilled, very sporty but also used to very high standard in terms of cuisine and service generally speaking.

They visit the Villa from Mid June / Beginning July until Mid September, for a period of about 3 months.

It is usually just the parents and their children on the property, but they regularly have guests over as well, especially either for lunch or for dinner. Generally speaking, the owners invited guests for dinner - there are all in all 15 people to 24 people.

At any point, there would be a maximum of 8 people that you would be in-charge of cooking for.

You would be joining the team composed with The Villa Manager and the Head Housekeeper / Assistant Villa Manager. The villa will be hiring equally a housekeeper, a Chef and a Commis for the season. For your information, the previous laundress has now decided to retire but she has been working with them fora very long time. Staff is always very happy to work within this property and generally stays for several years.

**The project**:
We are looking for an experienced & Highly professional Laundress willing to take a seasonal contract, starting as beginning of May 2023 till September 05th, 2023 at least. (4 months - maybe more depending on your availibilty to start before)

You will be working 8 hours per day with a luch break

You will have one day off per week.

**The duties of the Laundress will be as follows**:
You will not be in charge of the linen of Mister - unless rare exceptions.

You will be in charge of Madam's linen and from time to time of the guests linen, on top of the house linen.
- You will be the one who is in charge of all the duties in regards to the Laundry of the entire Villa
- You will be in charge of washing the linens and cleaning them, removing possible stains, checking that they are in a perfect state before drying them, ironing them and folding them
- You will also be in charge of ironing all the linen and the clothes.
- In order to do so, you will have within the Villa **all the necessary materials, products and equipment**.
- In terms of Laundry equipment, there are 4 high-tech Washing Machines, 2 Tumble Dryers, 1 Steamer, a full-size Sheet-Ironing machine and other Ironing equipment. Mr & Mrs would really appreciate someone who has a significative experience as a Laundress and who is passionate about linen.
- Mrs would like someone really proficient in ironing especially for their clothes but also for table clothe to which they give a great importance.
- Beside that, you will need to clean and take care of the laundry room in order to maintain it always clean and tidy.
- You will be in charge of taking the owner’s expensive clothes to external dry-cleaners as requested.

You will **NOT **be in charge of:

- You will not be in charge of cleaning the wardrobes and the dressings
- You will not be in charge of organizing the dressings
- You will not be in charge of putting the clothes away in the dressings or wardrobes
- You will not be in charge of Mister's linen - unless specific exceptions

**Desired Profile**
- You must be **expert in cleaning techniques on delicate fabrics**.
- If you have a previous experience in Dry Cleaners or as a Laundress in a VIP Villa or in a high end Hotel, we are waiting for you.
- You must be **especially proficient in ironing on different fabrics**.
- You have solid Housekeeping Skills
- You must be very **autonomous** and **able to report** and **respect your hierarch**y** in the same time.
- You must have a great eye for detail.
- We are looking for someone who is **passionat**e** about service and likes to work in private villas. **Previous 3 years of experience as a laundress is MANDATORY.**:

- You are very **comfortable** in **laundry**. We are looking for someone who can make the difference between wool and cashmere. You will be dealing with high end clothes.
- You are **multitasking** and **flexible**, able to follow the processes that are already implemented and reactive in unusual/difficult situations.
- You are a **positive** person**, you like to work in a team and you are **discreet**.
- You are always on