The benefits of house sitting : Must read

AlmostBob

AlmostBob

Born 4pm yesterday
a bundle of concentrated cute

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i LOVE housesitting


We get to spend 8 months a year, looking after animals for nice people
surrounded by animal cutenesses,

friendly bush people,
and non plastic latte types,

play with toys,
Everything is play time, & I get paid for it

wonderful way to live
 

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Considering, but I have a small dog.
Will consider a mansion with pool where owners allow me to bring my dog. I promise to take care of the place immaculately :D

P.S. maybe no llama, I have no experience with those
 
This is our 4th time back at this home, and scheduled to come back in Sept again.

Invstor,
Have a print out of everything you want your house sitter to do.
The schedule and amount of food for your pets.
Who your vet is, and make arrangements with your vet for payment,just in case.
Garbage day.
Contact details for an emergency.


Yes the baby alpaca, called a cria, is very cute.
Alpacas are very curious and vocal animals.

I love the chickens. They are free range. There are about 30 of them. I just wish the rooster would get a clock...because for the first week, he would crow at 4 am each morning, until now I no longer wake up. Their coop is close to the bedroom window
 
The fields are about 5 acres each,
the alpaca just like to come up near the house each evening
give them alpaca treat food, malted barley, grain pellets, and apple leaves

the chickens give eggs, those we don't eat go to the co-op for sale
there are apples, limes, oranges, banana, macadamia, tomato, cumquat, pumpkin, squash

we come here the last four years, the owners find us trustworthy, but they leave the ideal list 'todo' (see also honeydo list)
we go to the bush roadhouse each year, same reason, have made a bunch of changes to the equipment there, improved efficiency and lower running costs
Been asked back to the horse farm next year, same reason

being a bumpkin country boy raised in the 60s, then in the military,
"done so much for so long with so little that we can now do anything with nothing"
I have skills that home owners find useful
I guess that's why on so many posts I get "that doesn't work" "you can't do that" "life span of 5-7 years"
 
EN710 said:
Considering, but I have a small dog.
Will consider a mansion with pool where owners allow me to bring my dog. I promise to take care of the place immaculately :D

P.S. maybe no llama, I have no experience with those
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We've done the mansions too, hill top 3 level 8000 sqft on 20 acres
hot convertible for our use
tickets to local attractions

and there are cows sheep horses alpaca cats dogs magpies wallabies possums kangaroos
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Thanks for your previous posts and tips Bob and Kathryn. I think housesitting is an unreal idea - win/win. I'd love to do it in the future also for others while travelling around.
 
That is a gorgeous Cria. I'm trying to convince Mr Westminster to get some alpacas for the new PPOR but he wants goats. I said 'why not both' :)
 
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