Hi Nick, I can highly recommend Irina. She is actually from Georgia (Gruzia), and speaks Gruzian and Russian, no English.
I only used her service for 4 months, but was always happy with her thorough work. She doesn't clean around things with a little swiff, but actually lifts items or moves them to get behind them. She checks if the mirrors have glares, and suggests to clean bigger things on a regular basis. Every time she asks me what I want additionally cleaned beside the usual round, for example, she noticed the chandeliers being in dire need of cleaning, windows, and hidden places, I wouldn't even have noticed ... She wants me to tell her, what I don't like, or want differently, and immediately adjusts to my comments. It takes her longer to clean things because, she prefers to clean without strong chemicals (uses only standard cleaning liquids and water) rather washes things several times, or with natural remedies (lemon, soda, ...). She buys the cleaning material herself and I pay for it based on receipt. She takes pride in her work and asks for honest feedback. Whenever I am unhappy about something (only happened twice when she forgot a little detail), she immediately gets onto it, and doesn't need to be reminded twice. I paid her 1500 RUB each time she came. She usually stayed from 9 till 4, sometimes less, sometimes more, depending on her pace. In my absence, she took care of my plants and ensured, that everything was fresh and aired when I returned without me asking for it, and without her expecting to be paid for it. She is also an excellent cook. An additional arrangement for cooking services can be made. I sometimes gave her clothes or household items which I didn't need anymore due to my soon departure, which she gratefully took and wore, or told in all details who in her neighbourhood/circle of friends received what for what purpose. :-) Altogether, she is a wonderful warmhearted person, who had a tough life and is grateful for every little kindness, be it in words, interest, or material things. As I left Moscow already, I will miss her lots. Give her a call on 89268070717. I am sure, she is happy to help wherever she can. Hope this helps. Ciao Rica P.S. I cannot believe it, but I do miss Moscow to some extend. Somehow it grabs and holds you, and I couldn't even tell what exactly it is. _____________ On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Nick REES <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > My cleaner's gone into hospital and therefore has told me this morning that > she will not be able to work for us, or anyone else, anymore. > > I would be grateful if someone could recommend a good, reliable, honest and > hard-working RUSSIAN (non Philipino) cleaner. > > We will pay about 200 - 250 rubles per hour which I believe is about the > going rate for 5 hours twice a week. Tuesday and Friday are preferably but > we can consider Monday and Thursday too. > > We're located near Novi Arbat. > > Only people with good references will be considered. > > Thanks in advance for any help. > > Nick > > > _______________________________________________ > Expat mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > http://www.expat.ru/forum/ > _______________________________________________ Expat mailing list [email protected] http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat http://www.expat.ru/forum/
