Our Home

Principle: Our home is for you to enjoy as a member of the family, and we expect that you will treat it with respect and consideration.

  1. You should clean up after yourself (put your dishes and clothes away) and do your own laundry, but we do not expect you to clean the whole house or do our laundry. Please do your own laundry during the week since we tend to do laundry on the weekend; avoid doing laundry on Wednesdays when the housekeepers are here. Clean the dryer lint trap.
  2. To the extent possible, try to minimize the amount of noise you make in the normal course of your routine—doors slamming, heavy walking with shoes, conversations – and especially phone ringers, etc. Keep your bathroom door closed when you’re using it.
  3. Please turn the power off on the computer in your room when you are not using the computer. Unplug the computer in a thunderstorm. In general, do not download items and never open email from anyone you don’t know. Do your best to avoid getting computer viruses.
  4. Do not use the TV or media system in the family room. No visitors should go into our bedroom under any circumstances.
  5. Please be careful with special things and never take household items outside the house without permission. Never set beverage glasses or hot plates on bare wood.
  6. You may borrow CD’s temporarily from upstairs to play downstairs or in your room.
  7. Keep your bathroom neat, and clean it once a week (floor, toilet, tub, and sink); be prepared to put items away when we have company, in case other people need to use the bathroom too. Change the rug as needed.
  8. We will provide normal food, household, and bathroom supplies for you to use as needed. When there is something you want or need, please add it to the grocery list on the bulletin board.
  9. You are welcome to cook and bake, and we’d welcome your cooking a simple family meal once a week or occasionally making a favorite dish from home.
  10. You should pitch in with cleaning up after family meals, clearing the table, and putting dishes in the dishwasher. Your family chore is to empty the dishwashers & drying rack and put away dishes, throughout the week (not necessarily just when you are on duty).

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daria April 8, 2009 at 12:29 pm

our current au pair is a huge messie in the kitchen. she cooks lots of starcy foods for herself and then lets them sit in the sink for ages…until the sink stinks like a sewer. when she finally does put the dishes in the dishwasher, she doesn’t prep them, so when they go through the wash, they come out with chunks of baked on food still on them…andshe puts them away like that. I offered her a drink out of one of her crusty glasses to prove a point, but she still keeps on doing the same thing. very frustrating

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