Household services in Monaco, without the phone tag

Meeting the movers, directing the boxes, checking the inventory, and being the person the building manager can shout at.

Collected, driven, waited with, returned. You get the certificate and a photo of the odometer at both ends.

I wait for the delivery so you do not have to, and take the returns back. Priced per visit within Monaco.

Strip out and refit with fittings you have bought yourself. I will tell you before we start what the walls are likely to be hiding. Quoted per project after a visit; a small bathroom is usually four to six days.

Full service, safety check and the certificate for your records. Best booked in October before the cold sets in — availability in December is tight and the price is the same in either month.

Leaks, blocked drains, taps and mixers, boiler pressure problems. I carry the common parts, so most jobs are finished in one visit. Callout is included in the hourly rate; parts are billed at cost with the receipt.

Everything the deep clean covers, plus photographs of each room afterwards for your file. Deposits are argued about less when there are pictures.

The full treatment: oven and extractor, limescale, inside the windows, skirting, behind what moves. Book a full day for anything over 80 m². Priced per visit, not per hour, so a slow oven is our problem.

Two people, three hours, same day each week. Kitchen, bathrooms, floors, beds changed, laundry started. We bring our own products; tell us if you would rather we used yours.

Cover off, equipment restarted, water brought back to balance in spring; the reverse in November.

Water balance, filter, skimmers, and a written report the same evening. Chemicals included in the price.

Wall box supply and installation, load assessment included. Most Monaco parking spaces need the building manager's agreement — I will prepare the paperwork with you.

Adding sockets, replacing fittings, tracing the circuit that trips. Certified work with a written report. If the board is older than 1995 I will say so plainly rather than patch around it.

Two changes a year, spring and autumn. Plants at cost with the nursery receipt, labour by the hour.

Watering system check, feeding, dead-heading, and the sweeping afterwards. I plant for the wind on the upper floors, which is what usually kills a Monaco terrace, not the sun.

Shelves, curtain rails, doors that stick, flat-pack, the picture that has been leaning against the wall since March. Minimum one hour. Send a photo of the list and I will tell you honestly whether it is one visit or two.

One evening, one remote, and a printed page explaining it for whoever else lives there.

Survey, mesh setup, and the cabling if the walls allow it. I test from the far corner of the terrace before I leave, not from beside the router.