Franis Engel & Chris Bollman's House Sitting Page
Where Chris Is Now
Right now, Chris Bollman is on the Big Island of Hawaii helping people who would like their homes to be smarter. He installs custom home theater rooms, custom lighting programs & keypads, as well as security gates and other smart stuff to make people feel more secure about their vacation homes.Chris knows the best way to feel secure is to have a real live caretaker. He is seeking a property to take care of with Franis in a long-term or ongoing arrangement for a second flexible job.
That location would be in Waimea-Kamuela; or within an hour driving distance of the Kona "Gold" coast of the Big Island, in the county of Kohala near Hawi, or near the town of Honoka'a.
Where Franis Is Now
Franis has had a home for thirty years in the form of many long term "acquaintanceships," which are her friends and gigs near Bolinas, CA. Right now, Franis is living with Chris in Hawaii in Waimea on the Big Island. Until she has a full time job in Hawaii, for now she keeps a twice a year connection in Bolinas, so she can still be with Chris and keep her Bolinas community membership. So Fran has some time open for a caretaking work exchange property with Chris.Our House-sitting Terms
We prefer house-sitting jobs that last five days or more. For the care of special needs pets or farm animals, multiple or dogs needing to be walked, home maintenance tasks or taking care of your business responsibilities or complex personal assistance jobs, we'll negotiate a fair payment together. If the property care is an ongoing arrangement, and you allow us control of the space as if it were our rental with specific ongoing details that we need to do for you, it may be fair for us to pay you!
Our References Include...
Our references together include caretaking high maintenance "off the grid" properties during storm season,
administering medicines on a regular scedule for a diabetic wolf, and taking over as apartment managers
for a twenty unit apartment building while the usual manager was on vacation for extended periods. On our
last housesit together, we baby-sat a well-spoiled Jack Russell Terrier who required constant
entertainment just for fun. But we have to admit, both of us are quite partial to kitty-cats and have
previously tamed, rescued and tended feral or abandoned kitties in Hawaii and situated them.
In the past, Chris has worked for a caretaking service in the Florida Keyes, has been
responsible for turn-key vacation homes and yachts and is an accomplishd sailor; and he has done handy-man property
maintenance in Telluride, CO for multi-million dollar home owners. Chris has even substituted working
for the owner of a retail business for six months while this woman traveled the world, knowing her business was
still making her money without being in contact for extended periods. Chris also has professional experience
maintaining salt water and fresh water aquariums.
In the past, Franis used to ride horses and has kept her own horse. Fran is an experienced dog (and cat) trainer and has tropical bird handling experience. Fran has a very high tolerance for being able to talk and interact with people because she has a talent for rapport. She's used to tending the many requirements of running businesses responsibly, having started up many businesses of her own.
If you're interested in being sent the references that you can call to check out, here is where you can make contact & write a real person, ...who will get it & write or call you back if you leave your phone number.
The buttons at top allow you go to to the other pages on Franis' site, if you're curious enough to check them all out.
This form below is sent off to us as email - so it is only as secure and discreet as regular email is. (Required fields are marked * )
You can get Chris (cell) at (808) 960-3810 or mcbollman@yahoo.com
or Franis directly: franis_engel@yahoo.com
or the landline phone: (808) 885-6887