After finishing my housesit at Okere Falls I drove straight down to my current one, which sees me back in the Manawatu to look after a repeat property in Rongotea. This is my third invitation to stay here over the past twelve months and it’s quickly become a second home. I’ve been booked for another…
House Sitting In Rongotea – Second Visit
I arrived in the Manawatu yesterday for my next sit in Rongotea. This is my second stay on this particular property. I was here for around 6 weeks last year while the homeowners went on river cruises through Portugal, Egypt, and India. My visit is a bit shorter this time round as the owners have…
House Sitting In Tokoroa
For nearly a week now I’ve been based about 6kms out of Tokoroa on a sizable lifestyle block. It used to be part of a working dairy farm. The old herringbone cow shed is still here and is apparently still operational. But this place is now used for raising dairy beef. There are two mobs…
House Sitting In Ngakuru
My Te Awamutu house sit finally came to an end last week, and from there I moved straight onto the next (and current) property, which is about a 25-minute drive south of Rotorua, in a rural district called Ngakuru. I’ve been here a week and everything is going really well. It’s nice out here, so…
Farm Sitting In Walton
I moved to a new farm sit just the other day. This property is in the Walton locality, and about 10kms from Matamata. The owners have taken off to London for a few weeks to visit family. I’ll be looking after this place until just after Christmas. It’s a nice modern house, and a tidy…
House Sitting In Ohiwa
My seven week stay at Rongotea has come to an end. Everything went really well and the owners have already booked me in for two more sits next year so I’m looking forward to going back there, it’s a nice area. Anyway, I’ve gone from there straight onto a new house and farm sit. This…
Farm Sitting In Kerepehi
This is where I’ve been living for the past week, farm sitting on a dairy farm in Kerepehi, which is located on the Hauraki Plains. I’m about 10kms from Ngatea, 20kms from Paeroa, and 30kms from Thames. I’m on this property until June 19th and I’m looking after the house and farm for a contract…
Farm Sitting In Te Pahu
This is my first farm sitting job for the year. This is a small dairy farm located in Te Pahu, which is in the Waipa District of the Waikato, and not too far from Mount Pirongia. The area had a good dumping of rain around Saint Patrick’s Day so the farm is looking surprisingly green…