Fran's Contact Form and Caretaking Page
Where Fran Is Now
Right now, Franis is living in a great place in Waikoloa on
the Big Island which has worked to cure her allergies. For now, she has some
time open for a personal assistant, caretaking, work exchange or
house sitting property or pets.
Until she has a full time work in Hawaii, for now, she
keeps visiting for a twice a year connection with Bolinas, so she can still keep her
Bolinas community membership. Although she's lived in Hawaii for two years now,
Franis has had a home for thirty years previously in Bolinas,
Marin County, CA. Her long term "acquaintance-ships," enduring friendships and gigs
in Bolinas are still very important to her, so she still migrates back
from Sept. through Dec. each year.
House-sitting Terms
House-sitting jobs are preferred that last a week or longer. For the care of special needs pets or farm animals, multiple pets 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.
With a natural talent for rapport and observation, Fran has a very high tolerance
for being able to talk and interact with people. So she naturally gravitates toward
being a "Girl Friday" personal assistant.
Because of her experience with many different sorts of home businesses and a
surperb memory, Frani finds it easy to tend the many requirements of keeping businesses
running responsibly, having started up many businesses of her own.
References Include...
References include caretaking a high maintenance "off the grid" property during storm season, administering medicines on a regular scedule for a diabetic wolf,
...and taking over as an apartment manager for a twenty unit apartment building
while the usual manager was on vacation for an extended period.
I don't mind the constant baby-sitting of well-spoiled small dogs who require quite a bit of entertainment. Your spoiled pet may be more well-behaved when you come home! Being an animal trainer, I have sometimes solved behavior problems.
I was called in by another housesitter who could not handle a large dog who whined,
barked and fretted whenever she would leave - even to close the door to the next room!
After watching him carefully to figure out the cause, I gave the dog a "goodbye"
routine that told him how long he needed to wait. This worked to permanently
stop his anxiety - even when his family returned from their six week trip to Asia.
But I have to admit, I am quite partial to kitty-cats and have
previously tamed, rescued and tended feral or abandoned kitties in Hawaii and situated them.
In the distant past, I used to ride horses and had kept my own horse. I'm experienced
around hoofed animals.
Also, I've had tropical bird handling experience.
If you're interested in being sent 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 Franis directly: franis_engel@yahoo.com
or the landline phone in Hawaii: (808) 883-3334 on in Bolinas, CA during Sept. - mid Dec. at: (415) 868-0420