Hi there
We will move to HK in Jan. There are 3 of us, husband, wife (not working at the moment) and a 5 year old child in year one.
We have been wondering if we should rent a 3 bedroom flat so that we could have a DH or a 2 br without one.
My question is: can you completely trust your helper???
The problem is that my wife is very careless and leaves her stuff around like jewelery & watches (though not all very expensive but some with sentimental values) around and you won't notice if anything missing until you want to wear them
For example, we used to hire a part time nanny (25 yo young girl) in London last year to pick up our child after school from 3.30-6.30pm Mon-Fri for 5 months until the nanny went back to school again. However my wife has lost one scarf (Jigsaw one her sister bought for her as a gift) during the 5 months she's around (though never doubted it was her), then last week she could not find her burberry scarf she bought in Paris last April again...
I kept telling her that it wouldn't be the nanny and told my wife she must have forgotten and left them somewhere outside house, thought my wife would agree but she is a bit mental scarred and blames herself for doubting the nanny ...
So, if we want to have a live in DH this time in HK, do you guys who use DH trust your helper 100% that she won't touch any of your personal stuff and what about if you don't know they are missing/misplaced until you want to use them in one year's time??
Could you share some lights on this kindly? Your view and experience may change my wife's decision to have a helper or not before we decide on the size of the flat...
Many thanks for your time in advance!!!