Family of 4 looking for worldwide long term housesit opportunities (1 month +)

About this sitter

Hi there, we are Colin, Elly, Ayla & Romy from New Zealand. We run our own internet businesses (business coaching and health and fitness coaching). All we need to do this is a good internet connection.

We are looking for long term house sits seeing as Ayla is only 4 and we don't want to be packing up and moving around too often.

We will happily consider any location in the world. We love adventure and are excited to expose our daughter to different cultures and experiences.

Happy to look after animals and do other jobs as required.

Colin was born in 1966, Elly was born in 1981 and Ayla arrived in this world in December 2013. Romy joined the adventure in January 2019.

Why they want to house sit

We love immersing ourselves into new communities where we can 'live as locals' and get to know the neighbours. We see ourselves as global citizens and are always looking to contribute to the communities where we find ourselves.

Elly and Colin both loved traveling and adventure as singles and now, as a couple, the opportunity to expose our daughters to different cultures and experiences as part of their development years is a huge motivation for our chosen lifestyle.

We believe housesitting gives us the best options to 'live as locals', contribute to communities and give our girls an amazing global education.

Their experience

Our first housesitting gig was in Bali, Indonesia where we looked after a lovely cat, Harry. The sit started in January 2018 and was only supposed to be for 10 weeks. But the host decided to extend her stay in Europe and was so happy with how we conducted ourselves, she asked us to stay as long as we could.

We followed that with two more housesits in Thailand during 2018. One where we looked after two cats and two dogs. And the other where we looked after two cats and two snakes!

We then returned to NZ to bring baby Romy into the world. And also did our first housesit as a family of four! This was for friends and didn't involve any pets.

As we update this profile in October 2019, we are currently housesitting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where both Ayla and Romy are enjoying hanging out with three cats.

Prior to meeting Elly, Colin spent 2 years housesitting in Christchurch, New Zealand (around 2009/10)

What can they bring to the assignment

We enjoy living in a clean, tidy, well organised space so we will certainly take care of your home. We are flexible and adaptable - happy to garden, feed and care for pets and check in regularly with you if required.