Observed arrival · 2026-11-06
Larchcombe’s household-staff card index
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Larchcombe says it places household staff for private residences in the Seattle area and in Zürich and Geneva.
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- Private households and experienced household-staff candidates
- Worth noticing
- The homepage reports 7,412 permanent placements since 1961 and a 90-day guarantee; its Seattle phone number has an invalid-looking 014 exchange.
Field notes
The site says founder Dorothy Thayer entered service at fourteen, became a housekeeper at twenty-eight, and began the agency from her Seattle kitchen table in 1961. It reports that the business has remained in the family across three generations and occupied its current house since 1968. The listed roles range from house managers and private chefs to companions for older clients; the agency says candidates are not charged a fee.
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