The Perfect Housesitters

About this sitter

My wife, Penny, and I are retired, active travellers willing to go anywhere, anytime. We owned our own house for 30 years where we raised our 3 children (and some of their kids for a while too).

I worked in the IT industry for 25 years progressing from programming all the way to senior management in a major Canadian retail chain. At 47 I changed careers and started a home renovation company, leveraging my many years of maintenance experience on my own house. After 15 successful years I retired and we sold our house so we could have the freedom to travel extensively.

In 2022 we sailed on a luxury cruise to Antarctica, explored the Civil War battlefields in Pennsylvania and Maryland, walked on beaches in Mauritius and explored the wilds of Uganda and South Africa.

Penny is an active gardener, expert baker and adoring grandmother to our 4 grandchildren. We keep ourselves in good physical condition, going to the gym regularly, hiking, golfing, biking, etc. We have decades of experience with dogs, cats, fish, birds, rodents and anything else our kids wanted to include in our family.

We currently rent a house and have excellent references from the owners of the properties we have rented since 2017.

Why they want to house sit

We are avid travelers and want to spend more time in many locales so we can get to know the people, food, customs, etc. We love animals and have had a menagerie of pets over the decades. My background in home renovation allows me to keep your house in the best condition while you're away,

Their experience

Although we've not taken formal housesitting jobs we are the "go to" for all our friends and family. We take care of their pets, look after their houses, etc.

What can they bring to the assignment

We love animals and we're responsible, clean, organized and flexible.