Job Description
Winter Apartment and RV storage
Description: The Herb Ranch is a property that hosts boondocking RV, backcountry tent sites, cabin rental, and a produce garden specializing in herbs, greens and flowers. The property is 20 minutes from Lake City and 40 minutes from Gunnison. This is the perfect set up for someone who works from home or enjoys solitude. We are looking for a person to exchange lodging for property upkeep chores.
Lodging:
The rental cabin has a 900 square foot walkout basement that includes a living area, kitchenette, bedroom, large bathroom with soaking tub and separate shower, laundry room with washer and dryer. The property is furnished with an oversized club chair and small kitchen table, a king size bed and dressers. There is a lovely cement patio that is 30×10 feet including seating and a porch swing. You will have your own parking space. There is no cell service, but we do have Starlink with excellent internet.
Winter work responsibilities:
Maintaining heat for the cabin, this could be starting a fire in the wood stove before guests arrive, and ensuring the basement gas stove is working.
Watering and keeping plants alive in cabin and apartment.
Occasional cabin preparations for guest. We have a regular cleaning lady, but occasionally she cannot come prepare the cabin for guests. This includes making beds, sanitizing surfaces and general cleaning.
Landuring linens. The cleaning service does not wash the sheets and towels the cabin guests use, so this will need to be done. In the winter it is about 4-6 towels and two sets of sheets after the weekend.
Animal love and caring: two cats and an old yellow lab. They will need to be fed, watered and the litter box cleaned out.
Plowing driveway with a 4-wheeler. This is for days we have minimal snow. On big snow storms we hire a tractor to come plow. Most times we only get about 4-6 inches of snow and the plow can handle it niceley. We will train you if you do not have experience.
Shoveling or blowing walkways and vehicles, there is a large deck and walkway to shed and cars. This typically takes me about an hour if we get over 4 inches. Normally a walkthrough with the leaf blower gets all the snow out of the way.
Spring runoff mitigation, this involves making little ditches so that the melted snow runs down the hill, and does not puddle in the yard. This is loads of fun to make little rivers!
Garden chores such as cleaning beds and preparing for spring. If you enjoy growing microgreens we have the set up for that.
Minimal handyman work like fixing a door knob, or drawer, leaky faucet.
Keeping living conditions organized and clean. We will not tolerate uncleanliness, this is grounds for immediate dismissal. The cleaning lady will have to access the basement laundry room, and rodents and bugs love uncleanliness.