HOUSESITTING WE LOVE IT

OREWA FROM THE ROAD

THE FARM

If this is what housesitting is we have found
something that we love doing. Our first experience of this is going to produce a lot of fond memories. We are domiciled in a large warm flat attached to the main residence which we have also been offered the use of but are more than comfortable where we are. Our main responsibility is to look after the welfare of two lovely golden retrievers, Bailey & Bess as well see to the well being of two pet kunekune pigs Izzy & Bella as well as keep an eye on six sheep. We are both feeling pleasantly rural and enjoying the lifestyle change immensely after fifteen years in a townhouse on a crosslease section in the central city.

TWO DOVES, WELCOME BUT UNINVITED GUESTS.

PLAYTIME

THE WALK & POST WALK NAP

DINNER TIME

ALMOST FINISHED

Well we finally got the magic phone call from Trail lite to say our new motorhome will be ready next week and we have arranged for handover to be Tuesday 3 July as we will both be on holiday then.

We are then to take it down to Tauranga to Shademaster to have the awning/safari room fitted. Shademaster have been recommended as having one of the stronger awnings on the market.

NEW LIFESTYLE & NEW BOSS

We have moved into our new lifestyle with ease and are thoroughly enjoying the change and have taken up our first housesitting job in Orewa, a beachside suburb north of Auckland. Photos and more on this in the next post.

Also I have had a change on the work front as the trucking firm I worked for has been sold to A.J. Tutill & Sons (established 1921) which I am now an employee of. They have a fleet of 38 trucks which mainly do Auckland metro work and of which of these I have inherited a cute little Isuzu 4 tonner which is a pleasure to drive around the busy streets of the city after what I have been used to.

No photos of the new motorhome this time but we have just been informed by Trail lite today that it will be ready for handover next week.

BATHROOM

Have just found these pics of the bathroom, main spec that I required is that we had a separate shower.

"TRUCK INN TOO"

For the past six years we have always driven around in "Truck Inn" and have been associated with this name by NZMCA members therefore we have decided to call our new motorhome "Truck Inn" too hence the our new vehicle will be known as "Truck Inn Too".


As you can see from the pics we are expecting a call from Traillite in the near future to arrange the hand over date.

SHIFT HAPPENS

It was a hectic week with all those last minute things being packed climaxing Friday 1 June with the movers scheduled to arrive at 7.30am coming up the drive at 7am. Then it was all go getting the truck loaded and the furniture moved into storage where My Love and I spent the rest of Queens birthday weekend moving all 107 cartons plus the furniture about 500 times it seems into groups of what is to be stored permanently, what we may need in the new motorhome and what is to be sold.

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We are now into a week or two of cramped camping in our 5 metre campervan until our new motorhome is completed but quite enjoying it as we know it is not forever and the weather has been reasonably kind for this time of the year.