End of Jan to 20 March. A fit, happy couple, who are non smokers and like to live in a clean and tidy house and who love dogs, and the quite life with lots of exercise especially hiking and walking in the Sabine hills with our dog. We have a newly built farmhouse, which is very comfortable and warm in 1 hectare of land, with olive grove.
You will meet our friends and integrate into the local life. You must love dogs as we have a small dog who lives in the house and loves cuddles and long walks. Looking after the dog is the main duty.
The house needs little work except to be kept clean. The tiny garden needs to have the roses and hedge pruned with weeding of 1 flower bed. The rest of the land is left natural You will need to provide your own car or like walking the 2kms to the village as the house is outside the village in the countryside. Public transport links are not good here. The train station is 20 mins away by car. There is a bus (but it is unreliable) from the village to the train station - trains to Rome take 1 hr. Or you can drive to the center of Rome in 1hr 15min.
The village has everything you need: 2 bars, bank, pharmacy, baker, greengrocer, butcher, little supermarket even a hairdresser and a pizzeria. There are restaurants in nearby villages but only accessible by car. Nice neighbors are within shouting distance.
The locals do not speak English only Italian. But we have friends living nearby who can help in an emergency.