Glendowie
While at Dairy Flat house sitting, I received an email from a lady, asking if we could house sit for them for a period in August. As we had already accepted an invitation to house sit for another family during that time, I had to decline. The lady was a good friend of the parents of the Dairy Flat family. I felt quite bad, because they had expressed that their friends were very impressed with us as house sitters. However, I just could not get myself to cancel the already arranged house sit.
About 2 weeks later, the arranged house sit owners cancelled their arrangements! I immediately contacted the lady from Glendowie, and told her we were now available. She was very happy, as they had not been able to secure house sitters. We were also happy, as it was connected to the current house sit owners.
We arranged to meet the owners on a Friday. When we arrived there, it was chaos! They had experienced a rare power failure earlier the morning, and the electric gate would not work, and the alarm system was in chaos, going off every few minutes. The lady was in a flat spin! She had to leave for an appointment, and her husband arrived. He and myself went for a walk, and chatted for a while.
They have a very successful business, one which they have worked very hard at for the past 30 odd years. They have a very beautiful house, with all the amenities. It is large, has 4 bedrooms, one of which has been set up as a study. 3 Bathrooms, a lovely kitchen, TV room, and a formal lounge. The laundry is between the kitchen and garage. The house is on a cliff top, overlooking the bay. The garden is lovely, and is maintained by a garden service. They have cleaners which come in once a week, to clean the house.
The bathrooms have heated floors, which is absolutely wonderful! It is so great to get out of the shower, and step onto the heated floor!
They have an old Jack Russel, Trevor, or Trev for short. He is a very easy dog to look after. He has taken a liking to me and Alida. He is really so easy to mind. I take him for walks every morning, and every afternoon. This is the highlight of his day!
