π Chicken Poo, Chard + a day in the life of a newbie house-sitter in France | Part III | #107
Vive le Routine! A French house-sitting diary.
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π«π· Edition #107 is coming from around Tarbes, in South West France.
Bonjour! For new readers, in recent times myself and my family have been embarking on a new nomad family type adventure, with our first house-sit contract in SW France.
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Earlier this year, as part of my Menopause 3 Month Sabbatical Break, where I aimed to save costs as a Nomad, I tried:
A β¬50 lodging + food per day in the Spanish Pyrenees month long trip
House-sitting as a means to saving on travel accommodation costs
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Finding our first house-sit was quick, with circumstances meaning that in fact, one contract turned into two in succession, resulting in two positive sitter recommendations, but more on that later!
House-sitting 101
So in recent weeks, our days have involved a very definite routine. If you have never encountered or know nothing about house-sitting, it involves an exchange in the following way:
House Owners (HOβs) - offer their home for use to sitters.
House-sitters (HSβs) - agree to take care of the house, including any tasks required, from being in the house (for security reasons) for the period requested, caring for plants and gardens or/and caring for domestic pets and in some cases, farm animals.
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In our first French house-sit, as part of the agreement as house-sitters with the house owners, in exchange for a months accommodation in a beautiful French country house, we had agreed to take care of pets and carry out these basic chores:
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