Housekeeping & property staffing

For homes, Airbnbs, cottages and hotels.

Whether it is one guest cottage in Naivasha or a floor of rooms in Nairobi, the requirement is the same: someone who turns up, cleans to a standard, and can be reached on the phone.

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Three kinds of property

Different rhythms, different staff

Homes

Full-time or part-time housekeepers and cleaners. Daily or set days, live-in or live-out.

Cleaning, laundry, ironing, tidying
Day cleaning and laundry only — what most people call a mama fua
Basic cooking where agreed
Deep cleans and post-construction cleaning
Relief cover when your regular staff travel

Airbnbs, cottages & short-lets

Turnover cleaning between guests, and a caretaker who actually answers the phone.

Per-turnover or per-unit arrangements
Linen changes, restocking, laundry cycles
Guest check-in and key handover
Caretaker and grounds cover between bookings

Naivasha properties

Hotels & lodges

Whole departments or single roles, permanent, seasonal or relief.

Housekeeping and laundry teams
Front office and reception
Kitchen and stewarding staff
Maintenance and grounds crew
Peak-season and event relief

Gardeners & grounds

Compounds that look maintained, not just cut

Whether it is a Nairobi compound, an estate garden or the grounds of a lakefront cottage, we place gardeners who know the difference between mowing and maintaining.

Lawn mowing, edging and lawn health
Hedge trimming and shaping
Flower beds, planting and seasonal maintenance
Tree pruning and safe trimming
Weed control and compound cleaning
Watering schedules and irrigation checks

Gardeners are domestic workers under Kenyan law. The Nairobi statutory minimum of KES 18,047 a month applies to them exactly as it does to a house help.

Offices, shops & small businesses

The roles that keep a business open

Not every staffing need is a household one. We also place the day-to-day roles small Nairobi businesses struggle to fill reliably.

Office cleaners

Daily or scheduled cleaning for offices, clinics and shops.

Tea & office assistants

Front-of-house support, refreshments, errands and office upkeep.

Shop & sales assistants

Retail floor staff, stock handling and customer service.

Gate & grounds staff

Gate attendants, groundskeepers and general maintenance hands.

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Questions

Property and commercial staffing

I have three Airbnb units. Do I hire one cleaner or pay per turnover?

It depends on your occupancy. Below roughly ten turnovers a week, per-turnover is usually cheaper and more flexible. Above that, a dedicated part-time or full-time housekeeper costs less per unit and gives you far more reliability at short notice. Tell us your unit count and typical bookings and we will do the arithmetic with you.

Can you staff a whole department at once?

Yes, and we will be honest about the timeline. A single housekeeper is a few days. A housekeeping team of eight, properly vetted, is two to three weeks. Anyone promising eight vetted people by Friday has not vetted them.

Do you provide cleaning as a service, or place the staff?

We place the staff — they work for you, on your contract, with our vetting behind them. For one-off deep cleans we can also arrange a team on a per-job basis. Say which you want in the request form.