We are looking for somebody to house sit and care for our animals while we travel for just over four weeks next June/July. We have a beautiful old QLDer with a newly built deck looking over a large leafy block in CBD Ipswich, with 4 friendly chickens (fresh eggs daily), a turtle and a cat. There are producing fruit trees in the yard and herb gardens. We have undercover parking for a car and caravan.
We are about 40 minutes drive west of Brisbane and 70 minutes east from Toowoomba. It’s very close to the Scenic Rim region - spectacular scenery, winery, craft and antique shops and a variety of walking trails. Trains take about 50 minutes to get to CBD Brisbane and run every 30 minutes (or less).
Ipswich is an historic town with many lovely old houses and public buildings to visit. It also has an art gallery, two cinemas, a variety of shopping centers, parks and gardens, many restaurants and some great little cafes and boutique shops. We are in walking distance (15 minutes or less) to absolutely everything: cinema, cafes, supermarket, butcher, parks, doctors, hospital, train & bus.
Our home is very comfortable – it has a good quality large screen tv with home theatre, highest speed NBN internet (wifi throughout the house), wii with plenty of games, a well stocked board games cupboard and bookcases brimming with books. There is everything you could possibly need while you were away from your home. The house has two bedrooms with queen beds, the other two bedrooms are set up as a study and dressing room. There is also separate lounge, dining and well supplied kitchen – all are quite large, plus a built in sunroom / long verandah. There’s a gazebo in the backyard with a 6 burner BBQ and couch.
We have a granny flat in the back yard where our grandfather lives – he is self-sufficient and has OzCare staff who visit him regularly. There is no need to do anything for him, you probably won’t even see him – he is not very mobile so spends his time inside the flat. Our neighbors are warm and friendly and the area is generally very quiet. We have a 1300m block with the house smack in the middle – it is private and peaceful. The area is generally quite safe and the house is very secure.
We are looking for somebody who will take care of and respect our home while we are away, preferably with references or if not perhaps pay a bond (is that asking too much?). It will probably be necessary to water the garden a few times while we are away and maybe mow the lawn once. The chickens need food and water refreshed and bedding straw changed weekly, that cat is fed once morning and night, and the turtle fed nightly. We would prefer non-smoker/s, though would be open to a person prepared to smoke on back deck.
If our dates and home suit you please get in contact. With Christmas coming up we probably won’t make a decision until January but will definitely respond at least to let you know we have received you message. Please feel free to ask any questions you might have.
Thanks Rebecca