Reliable, friendly, caring couple ready to take care of your home and pets

About this sitter

We are a responsible, caring, friendly couple who enjoy walking, reading, travel, nature and outdoor life. After many years of working, bringing up children and looking after our own pets and homes, it is time for a break!

We are both more or less retired, and happily busy with many other things - improving in French and Spanish (mainly Kate), teaching Qui Gong (Chris), and hiking, biking and wild swimming (both of us).

We are usually in Scotland in the summer, and we try to spend time house-sitting in Europe in the period from late-autumn to early Spring. We have residence permits for Spain, and we like to spend some time in either France and Portugal as well each winter.

Why they want to house sit

We both enjoy spending time living in a place - walking, talking to people, enjoying cafe life and taking the time to get the feel of a place.
We enjoy the opportunity to try out different languages, to keep learning, and to keep open minded about the world.

House-sitting is ideal for this as we also love having animals to look after, and to keep us company too.

Chris still has some teaching and other commitments in Edinburgh, and at those times I am happy to do part or all of a house-sit solo.

Their experience

We have looked after houses, gardens, and many animals, including cats, dogs, rabbits, horses, hens, goats and geese. We have successfully sorted out many minor (and sometimes larger!) problems whilst house-sitting.

We both love having animals around, and enjoy walking with dogs (and sometimes cats too!). I love horses, know how to look after them, and can ride. Chris has kept dogs, hens, pigs and goats. We both enjoy gardening and are practical hand-on people.

We give a lot of care and attention to the pets that we are caring for.
We look after them according to their normal routines and make sure that they get any medications or special care that they might need.

We have lots of recent five star references on a different house-sitting website: 'Trusted Housesitters'. You can view our profile and our 22+ references there at:

https://www.trustedhousesitters.com/house-and-pet-sitters/united-kingdom/scotland/edinburgh/l/199730/

What can they bring to the assignment

We are both mature and responsible, and like to look after other people's homes as if they were our own. We don't smoke. We drink a little wine or beer with meals. We are both tidy and respectful of other people's houses. We can both drive.

I speak reasonable French (intermediate level), and have some Spanish also. Chris is really excellent at DIY and so on. We are both practical people, and able to deal with anything unexpected.

Between us we have lived and worked in several different countries, and we are able to deal with anything that comes up unexpectedly.

Above all, as well as respect and responsibility for an owner's house and land, we always bring love, care and affection for the animals that we will be looking after.