We are a 'soon to be retired' couple and hope to visit our family overseas next year.
We have a small cottage. It has two bedrooms and two living areas and is warm and comfortable with a log burner and heat pump.
We are renovating the bathroom and laundry at the moment and hope to have these finished next year. The kitchen has just been renovated. There is a very sunny private back garden with a fish pond, flower garden and vegetable garden.
There has been minimum earthquake damage and any cracks in plaster etc hopefully will have been completed by next year. There is nothing structurally unsound or unable to be lived with.
We are a block from the sea nestled in a safe little valley far enough away from the hills for there to be no rockfalls! We are next to a park and many walks through the hills. There is a surf beach a 15 to 20 minute walk away with cafes and eateries etc. Also a supermarket,pharmacy,butcher, beautician, cafe,vet 5 minutes walk away in Redcliffs.
The centre of the city, when it is up and running again, is a 20 minute drive and there is a bus service at the end of the street that runs every 20 minutes.
We have an old cat who loves attention and is very well behaved.
We would like someone who is responsible, non smokers, clean and tidy to be able look after the house and garden along with our old pussy cat and goldfish in the outside pond.
Our dates are flexible at this stage.