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As a small German-Swiss family of 3 with a calm and mature home-schooled boy of 11y who loves reading, we're travelling the world for a year.
We made lots of good experiences in house-sitting, maintenance, work-exchanges and pet care (references at hand).
We are looking forward to your soon response,
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Frank & family
Sit Dates Oct-24-19 - Nov-6-19 Homeowner ElderberryDog, Member Since Oct-1-19
Location Durham North Carolina United States
There is only word needed to describe our experience with the Leckebusch family – FANTASTIC! They fulfilled every possible duty we had listed, plus more that they decided would help us! Mother (Eli), father (Frank) & son (Rafael) - fantastic!
Upon our return, our home was immaculate and functioning beautifully (even better than we had left it). Eli and Frank had done extra cleaning and done some work on our thermostat, clock, etc. My husband also has a collection of bonsai and potted trees, requiring careful watering, which they did perfectly.
Eli and Frank were very careful to learn what our procedures were so that they could treat our dog as we would. Our dog clearly loved 9-year-old Rafael! Our neighbors told us how much attention our dog received and how she behaved better than they had ever seen her do! Frank asked us how often we wanted to hear from them, offering to give us frequent reports. We felt so secure after getting to know them that we told them we didn’t need to hear anything unless something was wrong – and we were happily correct.
We live in a senior cohousing community – very close to our 18 neighbors. Ordinarily, strangers and children are not part of our community. However, the Leckebuschs quickly made friends with everyone by their happy demeanor and their attention to the community’s values and boundaries. By the time we got home, we heard stories of how much fun our neighbors had introducing Rafael to American Halloween. One neighbor immediately volunteered to lend the Leckebuschs their car and was very grateful that Frank had checked it out so meticulously that he caught a brake problem they hadn’t even noticed. We had dinner with Eli, Frank & Rafael before we left and when we returned (a dinner Eli made for us since she knew we would be late). We quickly understood why the people at their previous homestay had invited them to visit when they returned to this area. All three of the Leckebuschs are delightful company.
Back to my one word – FANTASTIC! We would totally recommend the Leckebuschs to anyone and would be happy to have them return to our home and dog any time!