We need some housesitters to keep our two gentle cats company while we holiday for 2 months during winter.
The Cats:
Our two lovely cats (Wegies) are not demanding and are happy to be left alone for a few days at a time but have told us they would prefer housesitters over a neighbour regularly visiting during a longer absence.
Shadow and Koko are house cats who have the reign of 4 floors of house and a large enclosed outside area.
They need to have their automatic water and food dispensers filled every few days and litter emptied every two days. They like to sit on laps and get patted lots.
The House:
Our family 3-bedroom home (semi-detached) is situated very centrally in a quiet Swiss village 40 minutes (car or train) from Zürich and the airport.
There is a double bedroom and two single bedrooms available. The house has two bathrooms and one further guest toilet room. The house is centrally heated and double glazed and will stay 22 degrees Celsius throughout your stay – regardless of what the weather gods are doing.
Our TV is set up with approx. 15 British TV channels on demand and US, Canadian, Australian content can be viewed on demand on your laptop via our WiFi.
Numerous neighbours are English speaking natives and can help if you have questions or need translation. But everyone in Switzerland speaks English anyway.
The house is situated in an 18-house complex with a large shared underground car park (external access). Our SUV with winter tyres can be made available by arrangement.
Mere footsteps away are a small grocery store, bus stops, a library, doctors, and several restaurants.
From the door, you can walk into forests and across farms through hill areas and also down to lakeside walks. Nearby larger villages have large shopping areas.
Ski resorts can be reached within approx. 1 hour by car and a little more by train.
The Dream Housesitters:
We need housesitters who can commit to arriving between Christmas and New Year Day with a preference for an arrival to our home on 28th Dec 2017 and to staying the entire duration of our absence – until the 23rd Feb We would be available on arrival on 28th to do a handover and show/explain the appliances etc.
Our cats would probably prefer quieter adults and might also be happy for well-behaved teenagers.
Housesitting duties include:
- keeping cats happy
- clearing snow from two small footpaths when necessary (manual shovel)
- keeping house secure and clean
- collecting mail
- if smokers, please only outisde and clean up
Us:
We are a Swiss translator and a New Zealand software engineer in the education sector. We have two young children.