Household staff for families across Europe, selected in Spain

The heart of our work abroad: Switzerland is the destination where placing Spanish staff makes most financial sense, Germany and Austria are steady sources of requests, and Brussels, Amsterdam and Luxembourg bring international families who already employed staff in Spain. Free movement applies to EU candidates everywhere except Switzerland, which issues its own L or B permit but treats EU nationals almost as freely. Salaries across the region are high, statutory minimums are published and, in Switzerland and Austria, there are legally binding minimum wage tables specifically for domestic staff. Winter homes in Gstaad, Verbier and Kitzbühel add a seasonal layer: staff who move with the family between the city and the mountains.

London is our single most requested city outside Spain: Kensington, Chelsea and Mayfair households, plus country houses in Surrey and the Cotswolds. Since Brexit an EU passport no longer opens the door, so we are frank about it: we place candidates who already have the right to work in the UK, and we explain what the Overseas Domestic Worker visa can and cannot do for a family that wants to bring staff already employed in Spain. Spanish-speaking nannies and housekeepers remain in real demand from families who split their year between London and Spain.

Second homes and principal residences alike: Paris and the Côte d'Azur, Monaco, Rome, Milan and Lake Como, Athens and the islands. Italy sends us a steady flow of requests from Rome and Milan and from the estates of Tuscany; Monaco has grown since 2026; Greece is new and promising. Each country has a distinct frame for household employment (the French particulier employeur and CESU system, Monaco's own social funds and work permit, Italy's national domestic-work agreement, Greece's quota system) and we set it out plainly on each page. Summer villas need staff from May to October, main homes all year.

Lisbon, Cascais, Sintra, Comporta and the Algarve attract families who often keep a link with Spain, and the six-hour drive from Madrid makes trials and visits easy for both sides. Portugal's minimum wage and residence visa for salaried work are clear and published, and Spanish-speaking staff adapt quickly to the language. We already receive regular requests for Filipino domestic staff for Lisbon and Cascais from international families relocating there, and a good share of our pool speaks Portuguese natively, which shortens the first weeks in a new house.

Two hours from Barcelona and outside the EU: every foreign worker, Spanish nationals included, needs an immigration authorisation issued within the Principality's annual quota, and the family applies as employer. Escaldes-Engordany and La Massana concentrate the residences we are asked about. We include Andorra because families with homes in Barcelona ask us, and because its rules are the clearest example of why the country page matters more than the map: the quota, the medical check and the CASS registration all sit on the calendar before the first day.