My current house sit sees me in Okere Falls, which is located about 20kms north of Rotorua. It’s rather nice here. The house is perched on the crest of a hill amongst native bush, and it has a good view of Lake Rotoiti. My housemates consist firstly of Angus, who is a two-year-old Husky-Alsatian cross….
House Sitting In Cambridge
My four week stint in Palmerston North has been completed, and my current house sit finds me in suburban Cambridge for a brief stay to fill in a short gap before my next booking, which will see me in the Rotorua area for just over a fortnight, before I return to Rongotea once again for…
House Sitting In Palmerston North
I finished at Rongotea about a week ago now, and since then I’ve been house sitting in Palmerston North. It’s a nice cosy and compact home situated in a cul-de-sac, in one of the quieter parts of town. There seems to quite a few doggies in the street, but to be honest I very rarely…
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 Taumarunui
My current sit finds me on a lifestyle block located about twenty minutes north of Taumarunui. This is a new property for me. It’s really nice here. The house is very private. It’s nestled amongst a perimeter of trees, so it’s hidden from the road, but the house still gets plenty of sun. It’s a…
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…
House Sitting In Te Awamutu – Second Visit
I’ve been house sitting in Te Awamutu since finishing up in Levin. I left Tiny and friends on April 9th and started this current sit the next day, with a sleepover at Raetihi to break up the long drive. This is my second stay on this property. I was here for a month at the…
House Sitting In Levin – Second Visit
My current house sit finds me on my second Levin property. This is a lifestyle block situated just a few minutes’ drive south of town. It’s a repeat house sit for me. I was here a couple years ago. The homeowners had invited me back to look after their place last year but I was…
House Sitting In Koputaroa
Following a short stay in Raetihi after Glen Murray, I’m now a couple days into my current house sit. This one finds me on a lifestyle block in Koputaroa, which is about 7kms north of Levin. Koputaroa translates into English as ‘breast of the albatross’, the name referring to the heavy fog that can fill…