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Hire a Butler in London for your UK Country Home Overseas / International

A Butler is the epitome of the grand country home, synonymous with elegant and formal living. What’s more, it’s a role seeped in heritage, the butler will be focused on serving his Principal and immediate family. Furthermore, they will also be charged with organizing the wine cellar, will co-ordinate shoots and handle special requests and errands. Lastly, the butler will execute each and every task with finesse.

Butler Duties

Duties for a Private Household Butler can include all or most of the following depending on your requirements:

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For the Principal/Family:
  • Handle special requests and errands
  • Drive the employer to the office, various appointments
  • Care for guests
  • Drive children to school
And for the Home:
  • Effectively manage other staff: hire, fire and train
  • Lock up the house when principals have arrived safely home from evening functions
  • Event planning and execution
  • Organise parties/functions at the house
  • Send out invitations and monitor guest lists
  • Organise caterers
  • Carry the gun at shoots
  • Organise shoot lunches
  • Co-ordinate post-event clean up and re-establish normal momentum
  • Formally serve at table
  • Care for fine art, antiques and furniture
  • Manage the wine cellar

Private Butler Jobs

Domestic couple, Berkshire
Highly experienced and professional Domestic Couple are sought for a substantial private residence in Berkshire, an 8-bedroom, 8-bathroom home set within 5 acres with a courtyard.
  • 44319
  • March start.
  • Offering a salary of £70,000 per annum.
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Live out Housekeeper, Chippenham
An experienced and highly organised live out Housekeeper is required for a private residence near Chippenham/Calne, set within 170 acres on a working farm and comprising a main house, two annexes, 7 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, a tennis court and pool house.
  • 44584
  • ASAP
  • Offering £16–£18 per hour dependent on experience
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Part-time, Live in Housekeeper, Stockbridge, 44352
Highly experienced and professional part-time Live in Housekeeper is sought for a private family residence in Stockbridge, residing in a beautiful five-bedroom, three-bathroom home complete with a swimming pool. The family also employ a part-time gardener, allowing the successful candidate to focus fully on the smooth running and immaculate presentation of the home’s interior.
  • 44352AM
  • End of March start.
  • £18-22phg (up to £28,600gpa).
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Domestic couple, Sutherland, 44451
An exceptional opportunity for an experienced and capable Domestic Couple sought for a stunning sporting estate in the Scottish Highlands, playing a central role in the smooth and successful operation of this traditional estate.
  • 44451AM
  • ASAP
  • £70,000gpa
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Live out Housekeeper, Bristol
A highly experienced and adaptable live out Housekeeper is sought to assist a family home set within 220 acres of flat farming land in Saltford, Bristol, including an outdoor pool, offering a varied and rewarding role across multiple properties.
  • Bristol
  • 43988
  • ASAP
  • £50kgpa
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Live out Housekeeper, Bradford-on-Avon
Professional live out housekeeper sought for a prestigious private property in Bradford-on-Avon, set within a historic 500–600-year-old manor house with a large adjoining cottage, spanning approximately 10 acres of grounds including a tennis court, lake, pond.
  • 43856AM
  • ASAP
  • £16–£18phn (£31,160 - £35,748gpa) depending on experience
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Experience

A Butler registered at Staff of Distinction will have at least 5 years’ experience working in a similar role.

Qualifications

The Butler could be trained at one of the Royal Households, have attended a Butler School or will have worked in a formal household as an Under Butler before taking a Butler role. Some Butlers even offer additional driving skills such as ie Evasive Driving and Security Awareness to use in the event of any unsafe or threatening situation.

Live-in salaries

What’s the cost of hiring a Live-In Butler? Salaries start at £700+ per week net typically for an 8-10 hour day, Monday to Friday.

Live-out salaries

What’s the cost of hiring a Live-out Butler? Salaries start at £17- £20 per hour net typically for up to an 8-10 hour day, Monday to Friday.

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Testimonials

Thank you so much for your support throughout this process. We are so pleased to have found such a wonderful family to work for and have lots to thank you for.
Household couple
As a candidate with Staff of Distinction, I am very pleased with them. The jobs they have on offer are always very high end and the interactions with the company feels close and personal, like they really look at what is appropriate for me, and put me forwards for jobs that fit my needs.
MarinelaLondon
I am so grateful for using the Staff of Distinction Agency to find my ideal job in London. The staff have been very helpful and professional. Thanks a million.
CoraLondon
Everything is going great here, love the job, love the people and the house and area. Best thing I ever did. Thanks for all your help in my getting the job.
CandidateLondon
We are very happy with Staff of Distinction, as we want to find our right position and they are helpful staff who helped us very much with our search. We appreciate their service and have good feelings about the agency. Thank you kindly for all the jobs and understanding.
Household couple

Frequently Asked Questions

What types of domestic household staff do you offer your clients?

We specialise in placing permanent domestic staff with our clients all of whom are looking for staff with a solid work record and references to demonstrate their skills and expertise.  Our staff range from:

All our our domestic staffs have minimum of 5+ years’ experience with some possessing 20+ years’ experience giving our clients complete peace of mind. 

Our candidates’ nationalities vary according to the role and we take applications from an array to include British, European, Filipino, Nepalese and more.  Please note that in order to work through Staff of Distinction, the candidate must hold the relevant work visa and/or passport for the Agency to accept their application

if applying for a UK job.  For overseas jobs, we would ask that the client takes legal advice in their country of residence in order to fully comply with their country’s laws. 

All UK employers of domestic staff are required to pay Tax and National Insurance along with NEST Pension Contributions.  If the job is overseas, the Tax Laws of that country will apply and it is the employer’s responsibility to ensure they are compliant.

The beauty of using Staff of Distinction for all your household staffing needs is that we will only introduce to you candidates who either hold a British Passport or who are legally allowed to work in the UK.  We do not accept applications from candidates who have yet to apply for their UK work visa.  For international jobs, our clients are of the mind that they may have to apply for a working visa depending on which country the job is based, however, we will always try to ensure the staff possess the passport that is most favourable when matching to the job.

When we take applications from staff we will discuss where they would like to find their next job and check that they have a legal entitlement to work there whether its in the UK or overseas.

Now in our 30th year, we have a built fine reputation with clients and candidates and both return to us time and time again.  Not only that, they tell their friends and family about the success they have had with Staff of Distinction which means we have lots of recommendations.  That said, we also advertise our jobs on our website which does create a large response from suitably experienced applicants

A client will telephone the Agency and speak to the specialist consultant who will note their requirements and by careful questioning will build a full picture of what the job entails.  Our experience and know-how enables us to fully understand the workings of the client’s household requirements and thus we can fully how to fulfil that role.  We will discuss the working days, hours, duties and salary for such an Employee and send our Terms of Business. Once all agreed, our specialist search begins!

No we don’t charge a fee to register or to start the search. We do ask that you agree to our Terms so that we can commence our search. Once the offer of employment has been confirmed by both the client and the candidate has accepted, we will charge an Introduction Fee which includes a 12 week Replacement Period.

Our Service includes a 12 week Replacement Period which gives our clients peace of mind.  While this is rare, if the member of staff is not the right fit and this is apparent during the first 12 weeks’ employment, 

we will look at other applicants for the role to replace the original member of staff on a like for like basis.  We would like to emphasise this rarely happens but is there for back-up which our clients welcome. 

Firstly, before we send any candidates’ information to our clients, we will discuss the role with the best suited candidates and gain their consent to share their details.  Our clients will only receive CV’s and references of candidates who are genuinely interested in the vacancy and also whom are very well suited.  

We can of course begin our search immediately according to your wishes but we would discuss with you why they are not working out and if there is anything you can do to improve their performance or, depending

on the issues, how you can resolve with your current member of staff before starting the search for a new candidate. We are always available to give advice if needed depending on the circumstances, but last resort, we can

look at your other options before you take the leap.

Firstly we would look at if this was a new role or an on-going role.  If this is a new role, it’s important to have a well set out Job Specification to clearly list the duties and responsibilities therein.  The time it takes to 

perform the duties must be realistic and any member of staff starting a newly created role will understand that a degree of flexibility is required to finalise the best working routine and practice.

We can work to any timescale but our clients typically look 3 months’ ahead and our candidates are either readily available or will usually have a one month notice period to fulfil.  That said, our clients register at a convenient time

based on their circumstances.  If it’s an urgent request, we will work night and day to fulfil the vacancy, however, all jobs will receive the dedication required in order to fulfil the client’s needs and expectations. 

Yes all household staff should be issued a Contract setting out the Terms of their employment.

Staff of Distinction will take care of all aspects of the contract by supplying a legally binding contract that is issued once the placement has been confirmed by both parties.