We'll be out in Moo Baan, looking for a reputable maid who can be trusted around valuables and has good references. Preferably one who speaks a little or alot of English.

We pay well and our last made while living in Bangkok was with us for 6 years.

If you have someone you recommend, please PM me.

Thanks in advance.

I don't think you will get much response.

Anyone who has a good maid will want to hang onto them.

Best way to find a maid (and this is how we found ours) is to ask around in the local villiage..She won't be able to live far away as she needs to get to the house every day, unless you are offering a live-in job.

Failing that advertise in the local paper (Thai) whose offices are located in the mid section of Chiang Mai Land

thx for the reply paulie.. good ideas on all counts... in posting here i was hoping that someone would be relocating and leaving chiang mai and had a good housekeeper they wanted to help get another well paying, long term job

If you could tell whether you want live in or live out and what moo baan and/or its location, it might help.

From experience, May and June are the months when most expat families leave (due to the school calendar). There are usually dozens of people trying to find jobs for their maids and gardeners. If you can wait a few months, you'll have a lot to choose from.

we're looking for a live-out maid... and from what i understand Moo Baan is an area 15 minutes out of the city center. thx again everyone

I finally found a live-in maid and I've never been so happy in my life. I honestly wonder how we ever managed without one. I hope this one stays....

It took a LONG time to find one. Not sure what 'paying well' means but I found that you better be prepaired to pay roughly minimum wage. (around 4000 baht, live-in and possibly providing her food (which is very cheap though). Any experience being a maid would be VERY helpful. Saves in having to teach her absolutely everything. Mine did stuff without asking from the start.. awesome.

I finally found a live-in maid and I've never been so happy in my life. I honestly wonder how we ever managed without one. I hope this one stays....

It took a LONG time to find one. Not sure what 'paying well' means but I found that you better be prepaired to pay roughly minimum wage. (around 4000 baht, live-in and possibly providing her food (which is very cheap though). Any experience being a maid would be VERY helpful. Saves in having to teach her absolutely everything. Mine did stuff without asking from the start.. awesome.

chanchao, have a word with your maid, tell her someone is offering 5,500 for her. .

> Chanchao, have a word with your maid, tell her someone is offering 5,500 for her. smile.gif

Not a problem... What's she worth to you in transfer fees? :-) we of course would require compensation for the time we invested in finding her (and possibly training her). The would be due as a fee to start talking with her for a new contract. Starting to feel like a football manager now.

Or slave manager.

(Thought I'd say it before anyone else does. )

Good teeth, that's extra.

chanch, how did you find your maid if i may ask?