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Where do we start?! Do we say what a friendly, competent, caring, diligent, loving, amazing couple are Hanspeter and Nathalie, which is not enough, or should we concentrate on the fantastic attention and the way our pets, house and grounds were treated?
We had a couple of days with them before we left for Rio de Janiero so we immediately warmed to them and realised they were going to be great. And with their 25 year’s experience on a yacht circumnavigating the world we were safe in the knowledge they would be able to cope with any problems that might occur in our rather complicated house. The two dogs and cat took to them immediately and in a day or so they had won the confidence of the parrots and we were happy to see them perched on their hands and shoulders in the photos they sent us. Throughout our trip we were delighted to receive loads of happy photos of them on walks and around the house and grounds.
The only thing we were a little disappointed in was on our return. We expected to be greeted by the dogs going crazy when they saw us, the cat nuzzling us and purring, and the parrots flapping about in ecstasy on our return. But obviously Nathalie and Hanspeter had had spent every waking hour caring and loving for our ‘zoo’ to the extent that our homecoming welcome was not exactly ‘WOW’ but more of a, ‘Oh hi, you’re back then’.
On our return we found they had gone beyond the call of duty. Not only was the house spotless and immaculate but the courtyard had been pressure hosed along with the whole restaurant area and the driveway had been swept of leaves. Garden rubbish had been disposed of and some plumbing and water leaks fixed.
The copious amount of water, bottles of wine and beer we left for them were left untouched and in the days after they left we are finding new floor mats, dustpans and brushes and brooms they purchased.
We are looking forward to having them sit again soon! And we are not going to recommend them to anyone else because we want to keep them for ourselves!!
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