Sara Mahon

Experienced Live-in Private Housekeeper with 6+ years of professional housekeeping in high-end UHNW Estates. Skilled in household management, specialized care of fine furnishings and antiques, basic meal preparation, laundry and wardrobe care, and pet care. Previously transitioned from 13+ years of corporate PA roles. British national with full clean UK driving licence.

Self-employed / Multiple roles at Self-employed (2026-01 – Present)

Combining a variety of jobs while searching for a suitable long-term Live-in Private Housekeeper role.

• Helping Hands Home Care - Currently undertaking carer training
• Housekeeper, Cotswolds (Mrs N Dunn, Business owner) - Adhoc basis managing change overs of several AirBnB's, dog walking and house-sitting

Housekeeper Live-In at Private Household (2025-11 – 2026-01)

Temporary live-in housekeeper position providing high standard cleaning, laundry care, and household management.

• High Standard Cleaning: Dusting, vacuuming, cleaning fireplaces, mopping, polishing surfaces, cleaning bathrooms, kitchens and common areas, making beds and changing linens
• Laundry & Wardrobe Care: Washing, drying, ironing and putting away clothes, managing delicate items
• Household Management: Managing inventories of supplies, ordering groceries, managing weekly waste and recycling

Formal Housekeeper Live-In at Private Household (2025-06 – 2025-11)

Formal live-in housekeeper role providing specialized care of fine furnishings, 5-star cleaning, meal preparation, and full household management.

• Specialized Care: Opening/closing main residence, daily checking of maintenance issues, alarm setting, caring for antiques, artwork, silver and fine fabrics, daily flower arranging, preparing guest suites
• Meal Preparation: Occasional breakfast preparation for overnight guests, tea trays, teamwork assistance with large gatherings and formal shoot dinners
• 5* Cleaning: Comprehensive cleaning of all areas including bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchens and common areas
• Laundry & Wardrobe Care: Washing, drying, ironing and putting away clothes, managing delicate items, arranging dry cleaning, shoe polishing
• Household Management: Managing inventories of supplies, collecting groceries, running errands

Private Housekeeper Live-In at Private Household (2019-02 – 2025-05)

Long-term live-in housekeeper position (6+ years) providing comprehensive household management, pet care, and cleaning services.

• Household Management: Managing inventories of supplies, running errands, managing weekly waste and recycling, ad-hoc driving assistance, pool area tidying, occasional garden and vegetable patch maintenance, household plant watering, preparing guest rooms
• Organisation: Tidying rooms, organising closets, managing storage and creating systems for household efficiency
• Pet Care: Significant pet care throughout the year for three dogs - sole care responsibility
• General Cleaning: Dusting, vacuuming, cleaning fireplaces, mopping, polishing surfaces, cleaning bathrooms, kitchens and common areas, making beds and changing linens, regular deep cleans, upkeep of outbuildings including gym, workshop, converted barn and garages
• Laundry & Wardrobe Care: Washing, drying, ironing and putting away clothes, managing delicate items, dropping/collecting dry cleaning

Assistant Director / Events Manager at Golf Club / Events Centre (2016-07 – 2018-01)

Assistant Director managing a member's golf club, eventually remodelling the business and diversifying to a successful events centre.

• Managed and operated a member's golf club
• Remodelled existing business and diversified to successful events centre
• Wore many hats with vast duties across operations and management

Corporate PA at Barratt London (2015-07 – 2016-07)

Site-based, fast-paced PA role supporting the overall Project Director of an entire build and wider team of surveyors on site.

• Organising all administration, Board Meetings, Minutes
• Travel to Head Office coordination
• Contracted temp position which was extended

Private Business & Personal PA at Private Property Company (2014-01 – 2015-07)

Freelance position supporting the Managing Director of a successful property company with various medium to large build projects.

• Daily travelling to various sites for meetings and minute taking
• Management and credit control of several private rental properties
• Overseeing sales of company assets and acquisition of future build projects
• House/pet sitting when MD was overseas

Pastoral Boarding House Assistant & Administrator (part-time Live-In) at Private School (2012-09 – 2013-09)

Overseeing boarding houses within a private school alongside a team and reporting to the House Manager.

• Responsible for care and well being of children boarding
• Managing daily/nightly routine, homework supervision and mealtimes
• Operation and organisation of off-site trips for children with safety oversight
• Driving the school bus

Private Personal PA at Private Individual (2012-04 – 2013-05)

Freelance role as a ghost-writing project to complete the second phase of memoirs for a private individual.

• Ghost-writing project for retired military and ex oil & gas businessman

Corporate PA at NHS (2011-06 – 2012-08)

Initially a 2-week temping contract, extended to almost a year. Reporting to the Nursing Director & Chief Clinical Officer.

• Extremely fast-paced role with lots of travel to various NHS sites for minute taking
• Very high level of discretion required

Corporate PA at Private Practice (2002-08 – 2011-05)

Supporting three Partners and several Surveyors of a very successful Private Practice with all in-house administrative responsibility.

• Client liaison and first point of contact
• Key holder and events organiser
• Private house/pet sitting for the Partners

GCSE in English, Maths, Geography, History, Biology, Physics, RE, Art, French – Sacred Heart Convent

Secretarial Certificate in Secretarial Studies – Pitman's

Certificate Level 1 in Computerised Accounting for Business (Sage Line 50) – CAB

Extended IT Certificate in Information Technology