1. 工人房問題
agree with others that you take one shelf as your storage.. and let her know that there is specific number of shelf of boxes that she can use. (my helper has 1 shelf and 2 plastic boxes under her bed for storage, 1 table for the laptop and then it is the bed)
2. 工人食問題
I didn't seperate for my helpers, but after reading a lot of post here... i think she is one of the rare good helper.. it really depends on your luck on this if she has good manners... well, since your helper is Indonesian, you have all the reasons to seperate the food for her and let her eat in the kitchen with fan... (by the way, for very very straight muslim, they can't even use the same wok or utensils that were used for cooking pork, if the wok or utensils have been used for cooking pork, they will have to wash it 7 times before using it to cook their food again, you can use this as the reason to tell her why u r letting her to cook her own food and eat by herself, so what you can do is get a small pot and a set of bowls, fork and spoon for her separately. Maybe you can even use this as the reason to tell your friends off when they offer food for your helper too.
3. 工人行為問題
You have to tell her in advance you don't allow her to wear tight tee shirt.. .get some cheap round neck tshirt from giordano? different colors... so 1 for each day and you can know if she has change her clothes too ....
4. 工人衛生問題
That part, like i said before, really hard to get them to change.. what you can only do is to get her some bacteria killing hand wash... and warn her before that there are things that you can do to baby but she can't.
5. 工人洗衫問題
if she is good helper, maybe u can let her wash 1 machine a week? give her rules before she comes.. write them all down so that she has to really follow, Black and White so there is no argument later...
oh! 1 more thing.. make sure you align with your husband that everytime the helper ask him something.. he has to tell her that you are the one to make the decision..He has to say "talk to ma'am" "ask ma'am" and all that .. so she know YOU ARE THE BOSS .. not sir, not grandma and anyone else! the helper will know very quickly who is the boss and who control her 生死...
I will stress the rules and regulations the first day when the maid starts on duty. The allowance and the things you do not permit are well discussed beforehand.
Every house got different rules and you must set them clear at the beginning.