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Dates
  • 1 Aug 2024 - 20 Sep 2024
  • 1 month 3 weeks
What we need
  • Dogs (1), Chickens/Ducks/Geese (1), Farm Animals (1)
  • Minimal
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We need a house sitter

Wellington - Upper Hutt

Merryl

Come and stay on our beautiful off grid farm and native bush property. Enjoy peace and quiet, native birds and beautiful stars in the outdoor bath while only 15 minutes from Upper Hutt and 40 min from Wellington.
We have reliable (solar/hydro) electricity supply and good internet. We have a friendly 3 year old dog (Xena), chickens, sheep ,cows and goats.
Enjoy a stroll up the hill in the mornings, with beautiful views of the South Island, Wellington Harbour and the Tararua ranges while feeding out the animals. The farm animals will need feeding out most days and occasional moving, they are all used to being around people and are easy to deal with.
We are happy to overlap or top leave clear instructions. We actually leave early on the 5th of August.
There are some daily chores: dog-walking and feeding, feeding the chickens and closing them up at night and checking the farm animals most days.
We cook on a gas stove top and a wood burning stove which also heats our hot water.
We do have a rough 2 km drive we can help with transport if you do not have an appropriate vehicle.
We are happy if you have a dog to bring them with you, our dog is fully vaccinated and very dog friendly.
Xena (the dog) is not used to being left at home for long periods so someone who could work from home at least some days would be preferred.
We would be very happy to have someone who wanted to consider returning for other times in the year.

House & Location
  • Farm House
  • Internet, Wifi, Heater
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  • Country, Bush/Forest, River/Lake (Nature, Quiet)
  • Trains/Trams, Buses, Supermarket, Shopping Centre, Gym/Yoga, Restaurants/Cafes, Pubs/Bars, Cinema, Parks, Art/Theatre
Reviews (2)
Always a lovely time at Moonshine. Merryl & Ian are very generous people who we had the pleasure of getting to know! We really enjoyed spending time with Xena (a friendly playful good girl), looking after the other farm animals, and the vege garden and produce is always pumping. Thank you for sharing your off grid adventure with us!
 
MEL (Sep 2022 - 2 weeks 4 days)
Thanks for looking after Xena and the farm so well. You are great farm/house/pet sitters. We had a problem with the stock water the day before we left and Mel and Andy were great about the fact they had to pump water every few days. They are friendly, helpful and capable and our dog Xena loves ... MORE
No rating Thanks Merryl and Ian for a great house stay. We loved meeting you and looking after Xena and your lovely off-grid home. It was fun feeding the chickens and watering and tasting the lovely veggies and glasshouse. It was fascinating being part of your very admirable environmentally friendly home and outlook, and the loan of your 4WD was very generous, thank you. Many thanks Martyn and Lynda
MARTYN (Mar 2022 - 2 weeks 6 days)
Thank you Martyn and Lynda for looking after our place so well. Martyn and Lynda were the perfect house sitters, easy to communicate with, flexible on dates and they looked after our place amazingly, including processing some of our garden produce and leaving us meals in the freezer. We would have ... MORE
 
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