Since 2013, Housesittingly Yours is an ongoing journey all around the world of two serious, reliable and experienced animal lovers and house carers

About this sitter

Chaumières et Museaux's adventure has taken a new direction. After years of sharing and wonderful adventures around housesitting, Noémie and I (Fabien) have decided to follow different paths while continuing this way of life. What does this mean? We will continue to apply for housesitting but we will do it in our own name so don't be surprised if it's just Noémie or me (Fabien) writing to you.

We look forward to meeting you and your four-legged family members!

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A little overview of our pet and housesitting based lifestyle:

We started our pet and house sitting adventure by word of mouth in 2013 and have been housesitting locally full time since 2017 in the province of Quebec and Gatineau area. In addition, we created our Facebook page and this has allowed us to spread the practice of housesitting to as many people as possible while having the chance to find future housesitters. Furthermore, since our beginnings, we have subscribed to 3 housesitting websites (Mindmyhouse, Nomador and Trustedhousitters) as a way to expand our possibilities. With these different aspects, we have been able to build a network of trustworthy owners to whom we return when the situation allows. With this network, we have made much less use of housesitting platforms. In the end, for these reasons, you will not see many internal reviews associated with our profile on each of the housesitting websites even if we already have been trusted almost 50 times.

For us it is essential to make this clear as most owners will look at the experience of the sitters, especially through the reviews.

So, we can provide you with reference letters for each of our past experiences through this link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7Uxm7I__jhYd3BTdVA4WDhfOVE.

Here is the link to our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Chaumi%C3%A8res-et-Museaux-Housesittingly-Yours-640642563213752

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Who are we ?

We are a professional couple wanting to wide its horizons and expand its life experience and work experience by travelling and meeting other cultures. Noémie has a degree in cinema studies and has worked as a coordinator for various university and cultural organizations in Quebec and in France. Noémie likes everything about organization and coordination, so she has explored the development of her skills in different fields (theatre, education, cinema), the last of which was the environment. On the side, she has developed a vegetarian association in Gatineau and a collective kitchen group to share recipes and cook with people curious to discover vegan cuisine.

Fabien studied Businness Management in France an Jewelry in Quebec. He has worked for different businesses and jewelry shops in France and in Quebec. Since summer 2017, Fabien has decided to have a professionnal retraining in the area of health. So he started a diploma in therapeutic massages (Swedish massage an others specialities) in Gatineau and obtained it. Following his graduation as a massage therapist, he decided to create a free community and volunteer massage therapy project for vulnerable people (seniors, homeless people, low-income people, newcomers) in his community. After ten months as a volunteer massage therapist and through his meetings, Fabien decided to put massage therapy aside and focus on developing a non-profit urban agriculture organization of which he is a co-founder. This project brings together her interests in entrepreneurship, healthy food culture, networking, mutual aid, and the development of a more resilient city and community in the face of global challenges.

With an emphasis on continuous improvement, Fabien had following a certified training in pet first aid with St John Ambulance in Montreal (certificate on demande) in October 2017.

Before settling down, we would like to continue to travel for a few years in different parts of the world or discover the unsuspected local experiences.

We are reliable and respectful of animals, people and places. Because we are used to travelling and meet new people very often, we adapt very easily to new environments. We are non smokers and both vegans. We barely drink alcool.

Why they want to house sit

Why we want to house sit

We loved our housesitting experience in New Zealand, United States, Canada, Europe, New Caledonia and Japan.

Taking care of animals and taking care of someone's house while they are away is very rewarding for us. It is exchange of services clearly linked to our vision of travel and related to our values. The warm thanks we received testify to our full involvement and througness and to the level of confidence developped with the owners. Moreover for every housesitting, we adapt to the animals needs and all the past pet's owners agreed that they found their animals really well, relaxed and happy when we took care of their pets.

For travellers like us, housesitting also offers great opportunities to discover countries and their culture, with lesser financial requirements.

We are happy to participate in this win-win situation!

Their experience

Our experience

We've been housesitting since 2013.
We started randomly in New Zealand. It was a woofing place and the family asked us to help one of their friend who had a cancer and had to leave her house during the traitment. We keep an eye on the house and the dog for almost a week.

Here is our housesitting resume:

2022

- 1 cat, 2 weeks, Gatineau, QC, Canada
- 1 cat, 3 weeks, Gatineau, QC, Canada
- 1 dog, 2 cats, 4 weeks, Waterloo, QC, Canada
- 1 dog, 4 weeks, Gatineau, QC, Canada
- 1 cat, 2 weeks, Gatineau, QC, Canada
- 1 cat, 2 weeks, Gatineau, QC, Canada
- 1 cat, 6 weeks, Gatineau, QC, Canada
- 2 dogs, 3 weeks, Ayer's Cliff, QC, Canada
- 3 dogs, 1 cat, chickens, 5 weeks, Mayo, QC, Canada

2021
- 1 dog, 10 days, Ayer's Cliff, QC, Canada
- 3 dogs, 1 cat, chickens, 1 week, Mayo, QC, Canada
- 1 cat, 1 week, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
- 1 cat, 1 month, Gatineau, QC, Canada
- 1 dog, 3 weeks, Gatineau, QC, Canada
- 3 dogs, 1 cat, chickens, 1 month, Mayo, QC, Canada
- 1 cat, 1 month, Gatineau, QC, Canada
- 2 cats, 1 month, Montreal, QC, Canada
- 1 cat, 3 months, Gatineau, QC, Canada

2020
- 3 cats, 1 dog, chichens, 10 days, Mayo, QC, Canada
- 1 dog, 2 days, Gatineau, QC, Canada
- no animal, 2 weeks, Gatineau, QC, Canada
- 2 cats, 2 weeks, Gatineau, QC, Canada,
- 2 dogs, 2 weeks, Gatineau, QC, Canada
- no animal, 2 weels, Gatineau, QC, Canada
- no animal, 3 months, Gatineau, QC, Canada
- 4 cats, 3 weeks, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- 1 dog, 2 cats, 5 weeks, Gatineau, QC, Canada

2019
- fishes, 1 week, Nouméa, New Caledonia
- 1 dog and 1 cat, 2 weeks, Keaau, Big island/Hawaii, USA
- 2 dogs, 4 days, Kurtistown, Big island/Hawaii, USA
- 1 cat, 9 days, Kona, Big Island/Hawaii, USA
- 4 dogs, 1 month, Bolton Est QC, Canada
- 1 cat, 3 weeks, Gatineau QC, Canada
- No animals, 5 months and a half, Gatineau QC Canada


2018
- 1 cat, 1 week Gatineau QC Canada
- 1 cat, 7 weeks Gatineau QC Canada
- 2 cats, 2 weeks Gatineau QC, Canada
- No animals, 1 month, Gatineau QC Canada
- 1 dog, 3 weeks, Rokko Island, Japan

2017
- 1 dog and 2 cats, 4 months, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
- Petsitting 2 cats, 10 days, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
- Caretaking, Airbnb appartment, 1 month, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- 1 dog and 1 cat, 1 month, Dun Laoghaire, Ireland?

2016
- Petsitting 1 dog, 1 week, St. John’s, Newfoundland-and-Labrador, Canada
- 1 cat, 2 months, Montréal, Canada
- 6 cats and 2 dogs, 3 weeks, Alhaurin El Grande, Spain
- Guest House, 2 dogs, 1 week, Malaga, Spain?

2015
- 1 cat, 2 months, Montréal, Canada
- Caretaking, Airbnb appartment, 1 month, Montréal?

2014
- Petsitting 1 cat, 1 week, Québec, Canada
- Petsitting 5 cats, 1 week, Québec, Canada
- 2 cats, 3 weeks, Clearwater, Florida, USA?

2013
- Careting, small hotel, 1 month, Westport, New Zealand
- 1 dog, 1 cat, a few days, Huhaka, New Zealand
- 2 dogs, 1 peacock 2 weeks, Napier, New Zealand
- Caretaking, house, 3 months, Morere, New Zealand

Feel free to look at all the references from the link at the beginnning of our profile. Here we extracts 7 references from the last years.

“In June 2019, Noémie Albert and Fabien Despeyroux came to housesit at my place for more than three weeks. It is obvious that Noémie and Fabien have at heart their role as guardians of the house and animals and I would like to thank them and recommends without reservation.“ - Élisabeth Crozier - Gatineau Canada - June 2019

“Noemie and Fabien are the most lovely couple who truly cared for my dog while I was away for 3 weeks. They tended to her every need, were in constant contact with me, and took excellent care of my pet and home. I could not recommend them more highly. Wonderful job, truly awesome!” - Ellen Lawery - Rokko Island Japan - January 2018

" For our first time looking for someone to mind our house & pets, we could not have asked for better! Noemie & Fabien were brilliant! They have so much experience in house sitting that from the first time I spoke to them I felt at ease, they came and stayed for 4 weeks with our dog & cat, they did a great job and I came home to a very happy cat and a very calm dog! We had agreed to them sending pictures & updates every few days & like clockwork they arrived on time, they kept the house as I would, and nothing was out of place on our return. I would have no hesitation in recommending them!! " Gillian and Ray Cleary - Ireland - January 2017

"Fabien & Noémie were clear and helpful in their communication and organisation. The house was clean and tidy when we returned. Fabien & Noémie are caring and reliable people, and we felt able to relax in the knowledge our house and animals were in safe hands. We'd happily have them sit for us again, and are happy to recommend them to others! " Tom et Mark - Spain - November 2016

"I had Noémie and Fabien take care of my cat and home while I was out of the country for 10 weeks in the summer of 2015. Honestly, I couldn't have asked for better people to stay in my home. I recommend Noémie and Fabien for any house sitting opportunities they undertake in the future. They are responsible, caring and kind and l'm happy to consider them friends now." Maia Williamson - Montreal - Canada - 2015

"Noemie and Fabien kitty-sat for me for a little over 3 weeks from mid Sept to early Oct 2014 and we couldn’t have been happier.I feel so fortunate in having met and had Noemie and Fabien as my cat-parents and house-sitters. My door is forever open to them and I do hope they will come again whether to sit for me or just to visit. They are like family to me and have themselves to my neighbors and friends as well." Gale Pollack - Florida - USA - 2014

"Because of their integrity we invited them back to stay with us for another week in January 2014. A very honest couple; a couple whom we would now consider as friends. We would have no hesitation asking them to house sit for us in future." Kitt and Margarett Timms - New Zeland - 2013

You may contact our references for more details or feel free to ask if you want the complete references.

What can they bring to the assignment

We are very serious and highly reliable individuals. We embarked through this petsitting and housesitting in 2013 and as a couple we are together since 2012.

But most importantly, we demonstrate empathy and sensitivity in any circumstances. With the skills and aptitudes we both developed through work and volunteer experiences, as well as through our own life activities, we feel able to face various unusual or unexpected situations (from a broken glass to a big leaking problem.)

Since 2013 and over 40 housesitting experiences, we experienced a wide variety of situations (several countries and kind of homes, different type, condition, breed and age of animals, duration from 1 week to few months, challenging circumstances...) that give us an on-going expertise.

We want to offer to your four-legged companions and you this expertise that became over the years our shared passion.

Homeowners may have total peace of mind.
For us, honesty is a priority in all relationships and we are totally devoted to living up to our commitments. We assure you that we will treat your animals like members of our family and conduct ourselves in your house as if it was ours.

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Six essentials things to know about our commitment :

- First, for each of our housesitting assignment, we used to meet the owner(s) one or two days before the beginning of the commitment. It is not an obligation however that way we can have a better understanding of the animals needs and see in details how things works at your place.

- Secondly we are also used to send emails/pictures/videos of your companions during the assignment if you want it. Moreover even if we are more than autonomous people it is very important for us to keep in touch if needed.

- Thirdly, we try to bring our own laptop/smartphone because we don't want to use your personal/professional computer.

- Fourthly, we always leave the house as clean as it was before. Our previous experiences showed us that cleaning is different from an owner to another so we garantee that we will respect your expectations.

- Filfthly, thanks to our previous experiences, we decided for each of our commitment to create a log book for any importants events concerning the animals or the house.

- And finally, we are willing to sign a contract because even if we never had to sign a contract (wich is fine for us as well) some owners can feel more comfortable with that. Morever we can discuss about a garantee if needed.

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We invite you to consult our reference letters from our past experiences and contact them by clicking on References section.

We are available by email, Skype, Telegram, Signal or phone.

Feel free to contact us for further information.

Thank you for reading our introduction sheet. We hope to have a chance to meet you and take care of your home and life companions in the near future.

Housesittingly yours,

Fabien and Noémie