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Greetings! We are Sam and Mari, also known as “SamMari.” We are a semi-retired couple who have experience (and good references!) housesitting in the US and Mexico. Available from Nov. 1 2018 to March 31 2019 for a housesit in the Lake Chapala area. We are presently housesitting in Ajijic. If interested, message me. How to private message: Hover over my photo on the left and a pop-up will appear. Click on Message in the bottom left corner.

Hi everyone, Does anyone need house-sitting from Sept. 28, 2018 to the end of the year (possibly longer)? If so, please consider our services. We are available for medium- to long-term housesitting (3 weeks to 3 months). We love this community. We are two mature professionals who house-sit and pet-sit full-time. We love house-sitting as we carry on our online careers (we aren't yet retired). I'm Charles Doersch (60), a professor with the University of Colorado teaching online courses, and my partner is Sean McCollum (55), a professional education writer for children (more than 45 books published) with ongoing contracts with major US publishers. Since 2013, we have racked up experience with more than 25 sits in Mexico, England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Italy, Turkey, Panama, the Dominican Republic, the US Virgin Islands, and the United States. Our Mexico experience includes sits in Jalisco, Michoacán, Sinaloa, and Guanajuato. Our Spanish is quite serviceable and getting better. 🙂 We have comprehensive experience with caring for pets and livestock -- they come to rely on us and trust us very quickly. You can check out our credentials (with references) at HouseSitMexico.com, TrustedHousesitters.com, and HouseCarers.com. We do not charge for house-sitting. It is our privilege and pleasure to take care of lovely homes and estates, and beloved companion animals. **However, please don't hesitate to contact us directly if you're at all interested in knowing more about us and our availability. BEST is contacting us by e-mail Charles.Doersch@gmail.com. Hope we can be of service.

Hi there, I am a single, clean, quiet lady with a compassion for dogs. I am looking for a petsitting position in the Ajijic area anytime beginning October 1st. I have fostered and rescued many dogs from Mexico and volunteer at the Ranch here in Chapala and for various rescues in Puerto Vallarta. I am high energy and will keep your pet well exercised and loved. I am currently doing a sit in West Ajijic so would be more than happy to get acquainted with your pet before I arrive. Please contact Cari at designerbaskets@hotmail.com or on my cell at 331 705 0466. I can provide many references. Thank you!

Hi everyone, We are newly available to house-sit during the month of October if you need us. We'll be in San Juan Cosalá in September & then again from November to January. But October is open. Best way to contact us is by e-mail: charles.doersch@gmail.com A bit about us: We are two mature professionals who love to house-sit as we carry on our online careers. I'm Charles Doersch (60), a professor with the University of Colorado who currently teaches online courses from abroad, and my partner is Sean McCollum (54), a successful children's education writer with more than 40 books published, with ongoing contracts at National Geographic Kids, Teaching Tolerance, and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. We returned to house-sitting in Mexico (Michoacán at the moment) in March after house- and pet-sitting in Panama, the US, and Spain. We were previously in Ajijic/SJC/Chapala from August 2015 to January 2016. Now we will be house-sitting Lakeside from September to the end of January 2018. If anyone needs house-sitting between Oct. 9-31, 2017-- please consider us. You can check out our credentials (with many references) at these hyperlinked sites HouseCarers.com, TrustedHousesitters.com and MindMyHouse.com. We do not charge for house-sitting. It is our privilege and pleasure to take care of lovely homes and estates, and beloved companion animals (--including horses). The housesitting sites I've linked above have plenty of information about us and our experience. **However, please don't hesitate to contact us directly if you're at all interested in knowing more about us and our availability. BEST is contacting us by e-mail Charles.Doersch@gmail.com.

Hi everyone, We are two mature professionals who love to house-sit as we carry on our online careers. I'm Charles Doersch (58), a professor with the University of Colorado who currently teaches online courses from abroad, and my partner is Sean McCollum (52), a successful children's education writer with more than 40 books published, with ongoing contracts at National Geographic Kids, Teaching Tolerance, and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. We are house-sitting here in along the shores of Lake Chapala after spending the past year in the UK, Europe, the Middle East and East Asia house-sitting -- and we love this community (we started house-sitting and pet-sitting here August 1, and are now booked until Nov. 12 [new availability date since our last post on this site]. We'd love to continue housesitting here. If anyone needs house-sitting after Nov. 12, 2015 -- please consider us. You can check out our credentials (with references) at these hyperlinked sites HouseCarers.com, TrustedHousesitters.com and MindMyHouse.com. We do not charge for house-sitting. It is our privilege and pleasure to take care of lovely homes and estates, and beloved companion animals (--including horses). The housesitting sites I've linked above have plenty of information about us and our experience. **However, please don't hesitate to contact us directly if you're at all interested in knowing more about us and our availability. BEST is contacting us by e-mail Charles.Doersch@gmail.com ... though you can also contact us by my US phone /text 1-940-604-1111. Cheers!

Hello all. My wife and I will be moving to Lakeside soon, coming from Panama, where we’ve been living for 2 ½ years. We saw a lot more short-term house rentals a month ago than we do now, and today is only the beginning of April, so we’re kind of surprised. We thought there would be more rentals. Is this normal for the summer house-rental market Lakeside? My plan is to come alone after Semana Santa for a week, ahead of my wife and old cat, to find a rental house. I plan to drive around with a few realtors to see their listings, to drive myself around looking for Rent signs, and to look for Rent posts on bulletin boards. I read that LCS, El Torito Market, and Superlake are good for bulletin boards. We’d rather rent directly from a landlord, like we hve in two places here in Panama.. Questions: Would one week be enough time to find a rental house for May that has what we want? Would it be better to come before Semana Santa? Would it be better to come for longer than a week? Does what we want even exist? Any other advice for finding our ideal place? I hope it isn’t too self-serving for this forum, but we’re looking for a short-term rental house initially, not in the village, but close enough to walk or bike until we get a car, with all these: Furnished 2 or 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms Detached At least 1400 sq ft Lake view Filtered water Fireplace Big TV Dishwasher Bathtub Measurably fast internet, with WiFi Good security, like with bars on windows Quiet, like with no barkers next door Private, like not easily visible inside by neighbors Big yard, instead of a small walled garden Up to $1000/month Is it possible? Any advice to find this place? We’d also be willing to housesit and do small repairs on the house until October, or maintain a house for sale and do small repairs until it sells. If it was in the hills, we’d rent a car until we get our own. Thanks everyone.