What we place for
Apex Maids places foreign domestic workers in Singapore for housekeeping, cooking, infant and child care, elderly care, and pet care — usually a combination rather than one. Most households need a mix, and the combination is what decides who actually fits: a helper who is excellent with a newborn is not automatically the right person to run a large house, and one who cooks beautifully may not be confident walking a big dog. We shortlist against the whole brief, not a single job title.
Cleaning, laundry, ironing, linen and the household marketing. The match is about pace and standard, not the task list — a five-room flat with two working adults is a different job from a landed house with three generations in it.
Housekeeping placements →
The duty families are most often disappointed by. What matters is which cuisine she has actually cooked, for how many people, and for how long — Chinese, Malay, Indian, Western, halal and confinement food are not interchangeable.
How to brief and test for cooking →
Match on the ages she has genuinely cared for, verified against her MOM employment history. Newborn care — night feeds, sterilising, safe sleep — is a different job from a five-year-old, with far less margin for error.
What to check before you decide →
These succeed or fail on an honest description of the condition — mobility, personal care, medication, cognition and nights. Households with an elderly member also frequently qualify for the concessionary levy and never claim it.
How to brief elderly care →
Feeding, walking, litter and grooming alongside the household work. Plenty of helpers say they are fine with pets; fewer are comfortable walking a large dog daily, and some would rather not.
How we ask, and what to ask →We place helpers from Indonesia, the Philippines, Myanmar, Mizoram (India) and Cambodia. Tell us the languages your household speaks and the duties that matter most, and we will tell you honestly which source countries tend to suit that brief.
Almost nobody hires for one duty. The realistic question is what the whole week looks like — and whether it is achievable for one person. A newborn plus a large home plus daily cooking usually is not, and we would rather say that during the brief than have the placement fail in month two. Costs are the same regardless of the mix; see what hiring a helper actually costs.
Almost nobody hires for one duty. The real question is whether the whole week is achievable for one person.
Questions
Often yes, but be realistic about volume. A newborn plus a large home plus three cooked meals a day is more than one person can sustain well. Tell us the full weekly picture and we will say honestly whether it is achievable.
Yes — infant care, dementia experience, a particular cuisine, comfort with dogs. The narrower the requirement the smaller the shortlist, but a good match on the thing that matters most usually outlasts a broader compromise.
Indonesia, the Philippines, Myanmar, Mizoram (India) and Cambodia. Language is often the deciding factor, particularly for elderly care where being able to converse matters as much as the physical tasks.
They should be agreed before she starts and set out clearly. Duties added silently after arrival are the most common source of a placement breaking down in the first few months.
Talk to us
The full picture — who lives at home, what needs doing, and what matters most. We will come back with a shortlist matched to that.
