Tips and advice for families and professionals.
Tips and advice for families and professionals.
Read our guides on finding and hiring housekeepers.
Work-accident cover is included in CESU contributions — no separate policy to buy.
Airbnb turnover cleaning: per-turnaround fee, linen and consumables, and the rules if you employ directly.
The breakdown: ~22% employee, ~47% employer minus the deduction, then the 50% tax credit.
What wins the job: being declaration-ready, documents in order, languages, references and a complete profile.
Even a few hours a week is employment: CESU declaration, contract and the 50% tax credit.
Ironing in France: service options, price benchmarks and how to find someone who irons.
What a housekeeper costs in Marseille in 2026, including the 50% tax credit.
What a housekeeper costs in Lyon in 2026, including the 50% tax credit.
A practical guide to finding and choosing a housekeeper in Paris, district by district.
What a housekeeper costs in Paris in 2026 — and why the 50% tax credit halves the bill.
Comparing a live-in and live-out housekeeper in France: costs, obligations and use cases.
A simple way to estimate the housekeeping hours you need in France.
An interview guide for choosing the right housekeeper in France: questions by theme, a grid and red flags.
Everything to prepare for a housekeeper's first day in France, from the practical to the admin side.
Hiring a foreign-national housekeeper in France: work authorisation, declaration and good practice.
Deep cleaning and end-of-tenancy cleaning in France: scope, frequency and price benchmarks.
Pay benchmarks for a housekeeper in France in 2026: SMIC, collective minimum, net and gross.
The habits that keep hiring a housekeeper safe in France: identity, references, contract and declaration.
The official services, communities and resources we recommend to families in France — from settling in to household help.
A guide to a housekeeper's net pay in France: gross, contributions and take-home, with a calculator.
Pay, holidays, notice and social protection: the rights of a housekeeper employed by a private household in France.
The must-have clauses of the French private-employer contract, clause by clause.
The step-by-step way to declare a housekeeper with CESU (URSSAF), from opening the account to the immediate tax-credit advance.
What a housekeeper really costs in France in 2026, contributions included — and why the 50% tax credit changes everything.
A ready-to-fill French private-employer housekeeper contract, to download in PDF and Word.
The complete guide to hiring a housekeeper legally in France: private employer, CESU, contract, pay and the 50% tax credit.