Gulf Al-Arab Company provides hourly maids in Az-Zahra, Jeddah, for multi-storey villas and flats, with visits of 5, 6 or 8 hours or two maids together, covering stairs, bedrooms, wardrobes, curtains, the kitchen and bathrooms. Four hours with one maid start from SAR 138 and six hours from SAR 204. To book, call or message us on WhatsApp at 0561940026 and tell us how many floors your home has.
In short: an hourly maid in Az-Zahra
- One floor or a large flat: 5 hours from SAR 182.
- Mid-size villa: 6 hours from SAR 204.
- Three-floor villa: 8 hours from SAR 274, or two maids from SAR 296.
- Average flat: 4 hours from SAR 138.
- Two visits every week: from SAR 885 a month.
- Stairs, wardrobes and curtains: included when enough time is booked.
- Book in Az-Zahra: 0561940026.
Why does an Az-Zahra home need more time?
Because many Az-Zahra homes are villas on two or three floors linked by an internal staircase, and the stairs and banister alone take time, with the maid carrying her tools up and down between floors. Four hours is rarely enough for a whole villa, so we suggest six or eight hours, or two maids sharing the floors.
Flats in Az-Zahra also tend to be spacious, and some are in modern compounds built on the sites of older buildings. Each type of home has its own approach, explained below with a table of time per floor, starting prices and the jobs most requested in the district, such as dressing-room organising and curtain care. An hourly maid, or part-time maid, comes only for the hours you book and does not live in.
Where is Az-Zahra in Jeddah?
Az-Zahra is a residential district in north Jeddah, bordering As-Salamah, An-Nahda, Al-Khalidiyah and Ash-Shati, with King Abdulaziz Road running alongside it and connecting it to the rest of the city. It is close to the waterfront and the Corniche, Red Sea Mall and Al-Shati Market, and has well-known hospitals, schools and mosques.
The district is known for being quiet, with a regular street plan and wide roads, which makes it easy for the maid to arrive and for the car to stop outside most of the time. Homes mix detached villas and flats, and older buildings have increasingly been redeveloped into modern compounds with flats sold for ownership, so new families keep moving in and need move-in cleaning.
How many hours does each floor of an Az-Zahra villa need?
The ground floor with its majlis and kitchen needs 3 to 4 hours, the bedroom floor about 3 hours, and an annex or indoor roof room one to two hours. Add up what applies to your home to find the length:
Estimated time per part of the villa for one maid, in a home cleaned regularly:
| Part of the home | Approximate time | Main items |
|---|---|---|
| Ground floor | 3 to 4 hours | Majlis, living room, dining room, kitchen and guest bathroom |
| Internal staircase | Half an hour to an hour | Steps swept and mopped, banister wiped |
| Upper floor | About 3 hours | Bedrooms, bathrooms and dressing room |
| Annex or indoor roof room | 1 to 2 hours | Laundry room, storeroom or guest room |
| Laundry and ironing | Runs alongside other work | Machine, hanging, ironing and folding |
So a two-floor villa with stairs adds up to roughly 7 hours, which makes an 8-hour visit, or two maids for four hours, the right fit. If it is the first visit after a long gap, you may need two visits in a row to reach everything; after that one visit is enough.
Hourly maid prices in Az-Zahra, Jeddah
Hourly maid prices in Az-Zahra start from SAR 138 for four hours, SAR 182 for five, SAR 204 for six and SAR 274 for eight. These are the rates that suit the district’s homes:
Starting prices in Az-Zahra; what you finally pay depends on floors, hours, maids and the time slot:
| Visit type | Details | From (SAR) |
|---|---|---|
| Five hours | Large flat or one full villa floor | 182 |
| Six hours | Mid-size villa cleaned regularly | 204 |
| Eight hours | Villa on two or three floors with internal stairs | 274 |
| Two maids, 4 hours each | One floor per maid at the same time | 296 |
| Two visits a week for a month | Eight visits, 4 hours each | 885 |
| An hour added to the visit | For an extra wardrobe or more curtains | 52 |
If your home is an average flat, a 4-hour visit is enough, starting from SAR 138. Friday, holiday and evening visits are confirmed at booking. For weekly care of a whole villa, the 12-visit plan at three visits a week starts from SAR 1,325.
A two-floor villa in Az-Zahra?
Tell us the floors and rooms, and we will suggest one maid for 8 hours or two maids.
Book nowWhatsApp 0561940026CallThe internal staircase and banister
Stairs are among the most neglected parts of villa cleaning, even though guests see them first. The maid sweeps the steps from top to bottom so dust does not fall onto what is already clean, then mops them, wipes the wooden banister along its length with a barely damp cloth, and cleans the corners at the base of each step where dust gathers.
In villas that book two maids, we suggest one takes the banister and the wall beside it while the other sweeps the steps, then they share the floors. Very high staircase windows are cleaned only as far as the maid can safely reach while standing on the stairs; she never puts a ladder on the steps.
Safety on the stairs
Steps are always mopped from top to bottom, and the family is told while they are wet so nobody uses the stairs before they dry, especially children and older relatives.
Dressing-room and wardrobe organising by the hour
Organising a dressing room or set of wardrobes takes two to three hours per room: the maid empties and wipes the shelves and puts everything back the way you choose. It is a frequent request in Az-Zahra, especially when seasons change or before Ramadan and Eid.
- Abayas and dresses: hung on matching hangers and arranged by colour or use.
- Thobes and shemaghs: ironed and hung, or folded on their own shelves.
- Shoes and bags: dusted and lined up on the bottom shelf.
- Last season’s clothes: folded into boxes or bags on the top shelf.
- Things no longer used: set aside by the maid; whether to donate or keep is your decision.
Before wardrobe organising
Tell the maid how you like things: by colour, by family member or by occasion, and have storage boxes ready if you want seasonal clothes separated. That way the result is right the first time.
Hourly curtain care in Az-Zahra
The maid cleans curtains while they hang: she vacuums dust from the folds, runs a handheld steamer over them if you have one at home to remove creases and freshen them, and wipes the track and frame. Taking down and washing heavy curtains needs a specialist service.
Light sheer curtains can be taken down and machine-washed if the fabric allows and they can be rehung without a tall ladder; the maid then hangs them slightly damp so they fall straight. Allow an hour for each large room with both heavy and sheer curtains, and mention it when you book.
Bathrooms on every floor: how to fit them into one visit
A two- or three-floor villa usually has four or more bathrooms, and cleaning them all in one visit needs a plan so an hour is not lost going up and down. The maid starts upstairs, sprays cleaner in every bathroom, then returns to the first to scrub and rinse, moves on to that floor’s bedrooms, and only goes down once the floor is finished. The guest bathroom downstairs is left until last so it is spotless when she leaves. A small caddy of bathroom supplies on each floor saves carrying tools between levels, and each bathroom has its own cloth that never goes near the kitchen.
Before a trip and after you return: closing and reopening the villa
Many Az-Zahra families travel in the holidays and close the villa for weeks. Before leaving, a 4-hour visit empties and wipes the fridge, washes dishes and bedding, covers sofas and furniture, and closes windows and curtains. After you return, a 6 or 8-hour visit brings the villa back: covers shaken out, weeks of dust wiped away, bathrooms and kitchen cleaned, and travel clothes washed and ironed.
Moving into a new flat in Az-Zahra’s compounds
A new flat in one of Az-Zahra’s modern compounds needs a move-in clean to remove construction dust and finishing marks from tiles, glass and cupboards. For a 3 or 4-bedroom flat we suggest eight hours with one maid (from SAR 274), or two maids for four hours (from SAR 296).
The maid wipes cupboards inside before anything goes in, cleans bathrooms and kitchen, glass and frames from the inside, doors and light switches, and mops the floors more than once because construction dust comes back after the first pass. Once furniture arrives, you can book a second visit to arrange belongings, the kitchen and wardrobes. Hardened cement or paint residue needs a specialist post-construction cleaning company.
What an hourly maid does not do
A visit covers indoor housework: cleaning and tidying, sweeping and mopping, kitchen and dishes, bathrooms, laundry, ironing and folding, glass from inside, majlis seating and rugs with a vacuum, hospitality set-up and serving at occasions, preparing the home for Ramadan and Eid, and cleaning before moving in or after moving out. Outside that:
- She does not cook full family meals.
- She is not left alone in charge of children or elderly relatives.
- She does not climb to high places or clean exterior facades.
- She does not move heavy furniture or take down heavy curtains.
It matters that a lady of the house is present during the visit, especially when wardrobes are being organised, since she decides where everything goes.
How can you tell a maid is legally employed?
A legally employed maid comes through a company that knows who she is, holds a valid iqama and works for the entity that brought her to the Kingdom. That is what we provide on every visit: maids with valid iqamas, trained, in a modest uniform, and driven to and from your home by us.
A maid offered to you through acquaintances or a message may have left her employer, or be working for others in breach of the rules. The Domestic Workers Regulation from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development bars employers from putting their worker to work for others, with a fine of no more than SAR 20,000 or a recruitment ban of no more than 3 years. Jawazat, for its part, can jail anyone who employs or houses a residency or labour violator for up to 6 months and fine them up to SAR 100,000 per violator.
Steps to book an hourly maid in Az-Zahra
- 1Call or message 0561940026 and say your home is in Az-Zahra.
- 2Describe the home by floor: how many floors, whether there is an internal staircase or annex, and the number of rooms.
- 3Mention special jobs such as a dressing room, curtains or a move-in clean.
- 4Agree the length, number of maids and slot, and we confirm the price.
- 5Send the location, then welcome the maid and explain the order of work between floors.
To change the time or ask for a different maid, message us on WhatsApp in good time before the visit. All our services are on the hourly maids page.
Book a visit for your Az-Zahra villa
One maid for 8 hours or two maids, stairs, wardrobes and curtains included.
Book nowWhatsApp 0561940026CallAvailable nationalities
The maids available in Az-Zahra are from African nationalities, including Kenyan and Ugandan, and from Bangladesh; who is free changes with availability at booking time. If you are happy with a maid’s work, you can ask for her on future visits and we will send her when she is available.
Villa plans in Az-Zahra
A multi-storey villa stays clean with two visits a week: one for the ground floor, kitchen and stairs, the other for the upper floor, bedrooms and laundry. That is the 8 visits × 4 hours plan, from SAR 885. For a large villa, three visits a week on the 12-visit plan start from SAR 1,325, and for flats the weekly plan from SAR 468 is enough.
All are hourly visits, so the maid does not live with you and you do not provide accommodation, and you can add a visit for wardrobes or curtains when the season changes.
Districts near Az-Zahra
We cover the districts next to Az-Zahra in north Jeddah. For full details of the service, see our guide to hourly maids in Jeddah and the hourly maid services by task.
Every floor of your Az-Zahra home
Message us now and we will arrange the right visit for its size.
Book nowWhatsApp 0561940026CallFrom three-storey villas to modern compound flats near King Abdulaziz Road, we serve every home in Az-Zahra.
