Beautiful off-grid homestead on Big Island, HI needs caretakers
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Introduction
Aloha, we are Jeff and Melissa! We have 3.5 acres of land on the southeastern coast of the Big Island of HI. My partner and I have many gardens and fruit orchards as well as two very sweet senior dogs and 9 chickens, including a rooster. I…
Home & location
Our house and land are situated in a rural area on the southeast side of Big Island. It is about 9 miles from the closest town of Pahoa, however, we have a general store right around the corner as well as a small but lively farmer's market…
Amenities
Responsibilities
Our homestead is off-grid. This means we have a solar system where we derive energy and a catchment water system where we collect rainwater. The catchment water is triple filtered and we have a Berkey as well for extra filtration of our…
Meet the pets
Alakai
Rescue Dog
15 years
Razzy
Rescue Dog
15 years
poultry
Sitter reviews (4)
A very quite and relaxing property. Melissa is a great host, the house and property are very comfortable. The dogs are great with very individual…
This was our second sit at Melissa’s and every bit as amazing as the first! Please read our first review if you haven’t already but we’ll add a few more…
We are so grateful to have had this chance to housesit (farmsit!) for Melissa and Jeff. Melissa is incredibly organized and this comes through in everything…
Staying at Melissa and Jeff’s was an absolute pleasure. Off grid house in a lovely part of Big Island, where we had all the comfort needed. We have had a…