We are an architect and writer with 2 children, looking for a housesitter(s) for 12 days to sit our sunny, gorgeous historic house overlooking Anzac Bay on Waiheke island. You won't necessarily need a car as our house is close to public transport, the supermarket and local cafes, as well as the weekend market. You might not want to go far anyway, as we have close-up, wide sea views of Anzac Bay which make our place a pretty spectacular place to hang out. We have two cuddly boys - 1 dog, 1 cat - and five free range chickens. (One hen is laying, one should start again soon!) We also have two cute lop eared rabbits but could arrange for them to go to someone else to be bunny sat.
The house is very comfortable and we have all modern conveniences: broadband, digital tv, dishwasher, gorgeous new kitchen, and a modern woodburner set into an old fireplace. We would ideally like a housesitter or couple experienced with animals who likes patting cats (our cat is a young 10 and quite a personality) and walking dogs - as our young lab/huntaway cross will take as many walks as you can give him... Ideally you will be home some (if not most) of the day as both our friendly boys love company and are used to someone being home. We are flying out on the 29th but prefer someone to arrive on the 28th and stay in our sleepout on the first night (queen bed in there), so we can run through everything before we leave at 8am the following day.