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Housesitter available...La Paz please

rhintransit - 6-11-2009 at 06:54 AM

okay it's getting to be summer again. many of you may know me from posts, including some of the previous housesitting ones. my little palapa in El Juncalito is lovely, but when the heat and humidity soar, it's impossible to sleep without ac.

usually I housesit in Loreto (and have 'sat' in various other mainland places, including San Miguel de Allende and San Carlos, Sonora) but I'd like to try La Paz this summer. in La Paz, not Comitan or Centinario (sorry spelling police), I just don't want to be that isolated.

please u2u if you know of something that might be of mutual interest. thanks, Roberta

rhintransit - 6-12-2009 at 05:49 AM

am still checking out options so here's a bump.

gnukid - 6-12-2009 at 06:06 AM

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Originally posted by rhintransit
okay it's getting to be summer again. many of you may know me from posts, including some of the previous housesitting ones. my little palapa in El Juncalito is lovely, but when the heat and humidity soar, it's impossible to sleep without ac.

usually I housesit in Loreto (and have 'sat' in various other mainland places, including San Miguel de Allende and San Carlos, Sonora) but I'd like to try La Paz this summer. in La Paz, not Comitan or Centinario (sorry spelling police), I just don't want to be that isolated.

please u2u if you know of something that might be of mutual interest. thanks, Roberta


La Pa is hotter than juncalito and I don't know that homeowners are begging for housesitters to run their ac all Summer?

A sleepy housesitter who loves AC can charge up quite a bill say $300/month.

Knowing this your post isn't enticing. Plenty of people need a housesitter just not someone who runs the AC.

You may have more luck with the posting, *housesitter - will pay electrical utilities*.

rhintransit - 6-12-2009 at 06:26 AM

thanks for your comments gnukid and letting us know that my post isn't enticing to you.
I'm very familiar with the temperature in La Paz.
all situations are different and can't be addressed in a public forum. by the way, one of my neighbors here in El Juncalito just found a palapa sitter for the summer
before we all go off on a hijack, we've done the housesitting topic to death in the past.

gnukid - 6-12-2009 at 06:50 AM

Sorry I am trying to help you, I know of a long list of people who need a house-sitter. I mentioned you, they said it sounded like you wanted them to pay for an expensive summer of AC. Just giving helpful feedback to find a way to get you and the homeowners together.

Hope this helps, its pretty common that people without ac do not understand that it is very expensive to run it. By the way, you don't mention your meal plan requirements and prefered pool temp, that might help too.

longlegsinlapaz - 6-12-2009 at 07:09 AM

I know people who prefer to have someone stay in their places rather than having them sit empty, however they aren't in a position to be paying for housesitting service, nor to be paying for utility costs incurred in their absence. You might get some viable responses here if you were to state your T&C's, as gnukid suggested. Just my dos centavos. :yes:

rhintransit - 6-12-2009 at 08:26 AM

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Originally posted by gnukid
Sorry I am trying to help you, I know of a long list of people who need a house-sitter. I mentioned you, they said it sounded like you wanted them to pay for an expensive summer of AC. Just giving helpful feedback to find a way to get you and the homeowners together.

Hope this helps, its pretty common that people without ac do not understand that it is very expensive to run it. By the way, you don't mention your meal plan requirements and prefered pool temp, that might help too.


again, thank you, and LongLegs for your well meaning comments. rest assured that I am not a wide eyed newbie looking to vacation in La Paz. I'm a long term resident of Mexico, and I have done housesitting in many cities. and, yes, I know what ac (electricity/water/phone calls/propane, etc etc etc) costs.

housesitting needs to be a win-win situation. there are way too many variables to discuss here and I do not want to be drawn into that in a public forum, nor would I expect a homeowner to do so. (I must confess that asking about pool temperature and meal preferences never occurred to me...hum). what I or any homeowner would do in one situation is not necessarily what I/he, she, it would do in another.
I mentioned the lack of ac here in El J as the reason I was available for housesitting... why would one leave one's own home? I mentioned La Paz as I have lived there and like it...I could go to my second home in the states or pick another city in Mexico for that matter. what people have read into that I cannot control and if they choose not to u2u me for what fears they project, that is their choice.
thanks, and no further comments from me, I hope.

Bajaboy - 6-12-2009 at 08:34 AM

Not too sure how much you need to read into this part "but when the heat and humidity soar, it's impossible to sleep without ac. "

I thought the same thing as Gnu and LongLegs....instead of a defensive reaction maybe just a thank you would suffice.

vandenberg - 6-12-2009 at 09:11 AM

Our electric bill doubles during the hot month, from $400.00 to $800.00(dollars). And that is with careful use of A/C.
So, even if the sitter would contribute or pay the full difference, it would still be a relative cheap stay in a beautiful place. Just my thought.

backninedan - 6-12-2009 at 11:14 AM

Ed. in the summer you are paying 1600 dollars per electric bill? That sounds really high, how many ac units are you running??

gnukid - 6-12-2009 at 11:17 AM

RH = Royal Highness

vandenberg - 6-12-2009 at 01:10 PM

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Originally posted by backninedan
Ed. in the summer you are paying 1600 dollars per electric bill? That sounds really high, how many ac units are you running??


No Dan, that's per bill, every 2 months around $800.00

Check your u2u.