Margate, Tasmania

About this house sitting position in Margate

We live on 5 acres about 15 mins south of Hobart in the lovely D'Entrecasteaux Channel area. We have an elderly but still active chocolate Lab, currently quite a few chickens, some ducks and guinea fowl and a substantial veggie garden. Its a lovely, quiet rural area with beautiful bush views and so easy to access everything that southern Tas has to offer. Our home is a comfy 2 storey, 3 bedroom house (all double or queen) with a wood fire and excellent kitchen as we enjoy cooking. There is also a BBQ and outdoor eating area.
We are a family of three (Craig & Ngaire and our 17 year old son) and we travel a bit for work and to see family interstate. We need the animals cared for and depending on rainfall, the garden may need water and a bit of care.
This is a rural area with a short amount of dirt road to our driveway and its about 3 k to the nearest shops, so you must have a car to get about.
Also, we are on tank water with an electric pump, so in dry times its important to avoid overuse. You might have to chop wood if its a long stay as the pre-split supply gets diminished, and being out of town, it's a septic system but that has never been any problem at all - you just need to take care with what goes down the drains to avoid causing any issue (no oils down the sink etc).
Its a lovely place and we welcome house-sitters to stay and enjoy and care for our various animals. Read more...

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