Vanessa was a live-in Nanny with my 12-year-old son Harold for about 10 days, from October 22nd to November 2nd 2013. I was away on a trip while I entrusted my son and home in the care of this homely and caring Nanny.

Her duties as a live-in nanny included the general taking care of my son and my home: She see to it that my son did not miss out in his academic, social and spiritual activities. As it was a half term's break, however, Vanessa made sure my son did all his holiday home work, making sure he reads his books every day at least 30 minutes before bed time, took him to movies, football training, games and parks for a healthy recreation, and most of all to a bible study on Sundays.

I will describe Vanessa as a: pro-active, honest lady with exceptional self-management skills. She took initiative in her duties, generally managing the home without bothering me with calls as I was away. She is a confident lady who knows what to do and when to do them. She extended her duties to unassigned tasks- going out of her way to see that the family was happy, a rare quality of a nanny! The 10 days budget was honestly and skilfully managed as I came back home to meet unexpected cash returned.

Above all, my son was happy and healthy and talked about his experiences with Vanessa, and my home was in an excellent condition- clean, and well organised on my return. We are looking forward to having Vanessa back any time she is available.