Couple needed for long term housesit 21 Mar - 18 Oct - Watermill holiday rental complex near Loja in Andalucia SPAIN

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Posted or Updated: Jan 23,2020   Applications: 2

Location
Zagra, Ratonera, Loja
Granada,Andalucia Spain

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Availability
Mar 21,2020
For 7 months | Long Term

The property comprises the mill building where the sitters live, 6 other properties (all on the same site )4 of which are used as rentals in the holiday season, a pool and a gym.
We provide a detailed sitters’ manual and give a personal induction.
Our property is situated in inland Granada province, midway between the cities of Granada and Malaga.  Our nearest village, Zagra, has bars, restaurants and shops and is 17km north of the larger town of Loja.  There is very detailed information on our or if you search for Molino la Ratonera.
It is a very rural area and therefore very peaceful. On the site there is a large pool (for Spring, Summer and Autumn) and a well-equipped gym.  There are mountain bikes available and as the mill is situated on a vast network of tracks, it is an ideal way of exploring.
There is a Land Rover for sitters to use for local journeys.
The site has mains electricity and a good Internet connection.
This is real Spain and is a very traditional olive growing area.  English is not widely spoken so some ability in Spanish is an advantage.
The mill is located 2.5km down a track.

Birds: We have only 1 white dove no who is fed twice a day and requires a simple care regime. We are trying to re home him.
Fish: Outdoors we have a small pond in our courtyard garden stocked with goldfish who need feeding once a day. The pond will need topping up with water regularly.
Gardens: There are a number of small garden areas around the mill complex which will need to be kept tidy and watered through the summer months. There is a large irrigated area that we have used as an organic vegetable garden.  It would take some work but there is a rotovator (tiller) that sitters could use if they wanted to grow their own fruit and vegetables.

We are looking for a cheerful and proactive couple willing to make the most of this opportunity and to enjoy and respect our home and its beautiful setting. We provide a vehicle for house sitters' use and their accommodation is in the 19th century mill house with large well-equipped kitchen and pretty, private walled garden. The house sitters act as hosts for our rental guests and we pay on a per booking basis to cover the rental house cleaning and preparation, and post guest laundry and cleaning.  The whole site needs to look clean and tidy at all times and sitters can earn extra income from catering for guests and running the honesty bar. Obviously experience in hospitality would be a distinct advantage.

What follows is an excerpt from the reference written by our 2019 hosts, Kirsten and Iwan Jonker:
We, Kirsten (43) and Iwan (47), were the house sitters for Kath and Andy from the end of March 2019 till 17th October The first week we stayed together on the property so Andy had enough time to walk us around and give us clear instructions of what is needed to keep the place in a good condition. The property consist of 6 apartments that can be rent (4 of them were rented during our stay), the place for the house sitters with a own courtyard and a lot of privacy and off course the big pool! 
 
We had an active holiday season with more 30 bookings from guests, family and friends. The main responsibility is to keep the property (apartments, pool and garden) clean and tidy and make sure that the guests are informed about the property rules and give them some practical info about the village. The 2 of us could handle this very easy. One of us has a job of 15 hours/week, but despite that and the property duties we had plenty of time to visit the beaches, Malaga, Granada, Sierra Nevada, Cordoba, the lake of Iznajar, etc. We also enjoyed the small village Zagra, that’s 2,5 km away and we had really good contact with the habitants.
 
Kath and Andy provided us with a complete house sitters guide with all the necessary information. When we had some challenges, we contacted them and we got always a very detailed description how to handle things. Very easy and smooth communication. We received our payments for check ins and check outs every 1st day after the previous month. Andy first asked us to check the calculation he made for us and then paid us.
 
We really recommend this housesit to other house sitters and we can be contacted for more information. We also recommend Kath and Andy as home owners, because of their clear instructions/wishes, their easy and fast way of communication.  

The full reference can be sent on request.

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