Beachfront house- and puppysit - Costa Rica

House Sitter Needed for Username: KiriTe   

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Posted or Updated: Aug 18,2018   Applications: 4

Location
Pacific beaches, Samara
Guanacaste,Nicoya Peninsula Costa Rica

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Availability
Oct 2,2018
For 3 weeks | Short Medium Term

We are looking for an unflappable, very responsible, mature couple to take care of our beach house and our one little 3-year-old lab mix for three weeks in October.  She gets a long walk on the beach in the mornings, and a wee one around sunset. 

The small village center is a 5-minute walk down the beach. There you find a Spanish school, doctor and pharmacy, minimarkets, bakery, surf schools, bank, police station and post office, and restaurants. There is an hourly bus to Nicoya - next bigger town – 36 km. Liberia International Airport is 2 hours by car, San José is 5 hours.

Our gardener and housekeeper, who speak only Spanish, come twice a week. They will take care of cleaning and gardening.

If you speak some Spanish it would be helpful.

Security is a big issue, and we prefer that the house is not left alone for more than a couple of hours. If you want to go out you have to arrange the hours in advance with our guard who comes on demand, or you go while the housekeeper is here. The luxury of our Third World tropical paradise: a modern house with all appliances smack on the beach, hammocks under the palm trees, high speed Internet, a tranquil, private refuge (roosters and howler monkey calls notwithstanding).

Improvisation, humor and ability to handle unusual situations are necessary to cope with the tropical surroundings. You can’t be afraid of any critters—they live here and it’s their country. We show total respect toward nature, and our garden abounds with wildlife. As it will be the rainy season you should be amused about mud, power outages, flooded front yards, broken branches falling on the roof in the middle of the night, ants coming into the house looking for a dry place, or a frog party in your bathroom. Then again, you could have a string of gorgeous sunny days—nothing, including the weather, is predictable.

A little knowledge of DIY electrical and plumbing can come in handy as there are few specialists around and something always fails.

As you will be “prisoners of paradise” while we are gone, we offer the option of a free extended stay in one of our beachfront cabinas after we return from holiday.

Please don’t hesitate to ask peculiar questions.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

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