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This role is a fantastic role for someone who has been working in private service as a gardener with a partner who would enjoy some part time cleaning or a couple looking to slow down a little who would like to share the garden work as well. Based outside of Newmarket its a divine location and one of the best accommodations for staff I have ever visited - a luxurious and spacious 2 bed cottage. salary circa £30k
An experienced couple the post is suited to a full time gardener and part time Housekeeper (12 hours available) or a pair that would enjoy job sharing.
The employers are a smashing couple really appreciative and keen to have good and strong help with the Maintenance Gardening and generally Overseeing the gardens
There is 7 acres, a pool, tennis courts lawns beds and borders and rough ground kitchen garden greenhouse fruit cage orchard garaging and garden shed.
Maintenance of gardens including rose garden, herb garden, perennial beds and lawns.
Kitchen garden propagation, care and maintenance including sowing and growing a complete range of vegetables for all seasons: root crops, legumes, asparagus, salad leaves, greenhouse care seedlings tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers
Flower beds Planning and planting summer and spring bedding plant schemes in beds, borders and containers. Lifting and storing e.g. dahlias and tender perennials.
Plant and tree pruning hedge cutting leaf clearing composting (2 large bins and a turning machine leaf and all debris here) path driveway weed killing
General garden maintenance duties – maintain and mend the lawn edging which occasionally gets knocked over by delivery drivers
Lawns are important: vertcut, scarify and hollow tining – course on lawn fertilizers and weed killer can be arranged if needed
Opening and closing church daily.
Pest control rabbits etc.
Alarm keyholder
Occasional painting and inside jobs during winter
Some ladder work and scaffold – always done together with Charles
- Care of machinery and tools
- Safety and security of property
- Help oversee any work
- Handyman abilities General property maintenance gutters important due to trees and leaves. Drains.
- Tennis court and moss control Tennis court pool cleaning and gym maintenance
- Discretion & confidentiality essential
- Motivated Strong work ethic
- Good communication skills Hands on and trustworthy
- Fit and energetic
- Good references
- Sense of humor Friendly, flexible
- Must understand how to care for old houses and contents
- Car cleaning and driving – any extra outside hours paid extra airports station dinner parties locally
- Occasional help with lunch or dinner guests
- Possible dog care if they get a dog in the future
- Clean out chicken shed
- Annual servicing of the machinery all local companies
- Filling log baskets
A professional with good checkable references and experience