Hire verified home help in Chennai
Maids, cooks, nannies and drivers across Chennai — ID-verified profiles, safe in-app chat and a digital work agreement. You agree the wage directly, and Sevetu never takes a commission.
Hiring home help in Chennai
Chennai hiring turns on language and food more than anywhere else. A cook who does not know how to get the sambar right, or a helper who cannot follow instructions in Tamil, will not last the month however good the reference was.
Most Chennai households look for Tamil-speaking help first — it is the practical difference between instructions understood and instructions guessed at. Sevetu gives you the three things word of mouth cannot: an identity-verified profile, a conversation before you commit, and the terms written down so nobody is arguing about them in month three.
How to hire, in four honest steps
Post your job
Share the role, your locality in Chennai, timings and budget. It takes about two minutes.
Review verified applicants
Compare experience, skills and ID verification at a glance — you always know who you are talking to.
Chat & agree on terms
Settle salary, hours, weekly off and duties over secure in-app chat. You decide the terms.
Sign a digital agreement
What you both agreed is recorded in a simple digital work agreement — clear for both sides.
How to get a police verification in Chennai
Sevetu runs an identity (KYC) check — Aadhaar or government ID. That confirms a person is who they say they are. It is not a police or criminal-background check, and we will never describe it as one. What we do and do not check →
If you want a police check as well — and for live-in roles, childcare and drivers it is worth it — you arrange it yourself, and in Chennai there is an official route. Tamil Nadu Police handles it through Domestic Help verification, on the Tamil Nadu Police eServices portal. Tamil Nadu Police lets you start a domestic help verification online without visiting a station first — you enter your mobile number, verify the OTP, fill in the employer details and upload a government photo ID. Tamil Nadu Police — official portal →
Government processes change. Check the official Tamil Nadu Police site for the current form, fee and documents before you apply. Sevetu is not affiliated with any police department.
Neighbourhoods across Chennai
Each area has its own page with the roles households there hire most and the areas next to it.
Adyar · Velachery · Anna Nagar · T. Nagar · Porur · Nungambakkam · Besant Nagar · Mylapore · Sholinganallur · Guindy · Thoraipakkam · Ambattur
Home help across Chennai
Sevetu is rolling out across Chennai, neighbourhood by neighbourhood. Post your job with your locality and verified home help near you can apply — including Adyar · Velachery · Anna Nagar · T. Nagar · Perungudi · Porur · Nungambakkam · Besant Nagar · Thoraipakkam · Mylapore · Ambattur · Sholinganallur · Guindy · Chromepet and more. Posting your exact area rather than just "Chennai" gets you fewer applicants but far more who can realistically make the commute every day.
Where Sevetu is in Chennai right now
Sevetu is newest in Chennai — we started in Bengaluru and are opening city by city. Posting a job is free and takes about two minutes, and verified helpers in your area apply to it. If nobody suitable applies, you have lost nothing but the two minutes. We would rather tell you that than pretend to a roster we do not yet have.
Why hire through Sevetu
ID-verified profiles
Every profile can carry a Verified badge from an identity (KYC) check — Aadhaar / government-ID — so you know who you are letting into your home. (It is an identity check, not a police background check.) How verification works →
Safe, in-app chat
Talk before you decide. Your phone number stays private and every conversation stays on record.
No commission, agreed in writing
You pay the worker directly — Sevetu never takes a cut. Salary, hours, weekly off, leave and notice are documented in a digital work agreement both sides accept.
Looking for work in Chennai?
Sevetu is free for workers, takes no commission, and lets you apply directly to families. Find household jobs in Chennai →
Frequently asked questions
Maids and house help, cooks, nannies and babysitters, japa maids for newborn care, elder-care attendants and drivers. You post what you need with your locality and verified helpers in your part of Chennai apply.
You post a job free, review ID-verified applicants, chat inside the app without sharing your phone number, and record what you agreed in a digital work agreement. You pay the helper directly — Sevetu takes no commission from either side.
No. Sevetu runs an identity (KYC) check against Aadhaar or a government ID — that confirms who someone is, and nothing more. For a police check, Tamil Nadu Police runs Domestic Help verification, on the Tamil Nadu Police eServices portal, which you arrange yourself.
No. Sevetu charges neither the household nor the worker. You pay only the salary you agree, directly to the person doing the work.
All of it — Adyar, Velachery, Anna Nagar, T. Nagar, Perungudi, Porur, Nungambakkam, Besant Nagar and beyond. Post your exact locality rather than just "Chennai": you will get fewer applicants but far more who can realistically commute to you every day.
Most speak some combination of Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and English. Applicants list their languages, so you can pick someone you can actually give instructions to.
Yes — that is the other half of it. Sevetu is free for workers, takes no commission, and lets them apply directly to families. See household jobs in Chennai.
We do not publish a rate card. Pay for domestic work is set neighbourhood by neighbourhood rather than city-wide, so a figure we invented would only mislead you. Work it out from the hours and the tasks, and agree it directly.
Verified home help, from your phone
Sevetu is live on the App Store and Google Play. Download the app and post your Chennai job in minutes.