Reliable and trustworthy couple

About this sitter

We have been housesitting for 14 years, mostly with Trusted Housesitters but also with Nomador, Kiwi Housesitters and Housecarers. Our recommendations from these sites total 96 and are all 5*, but unfortunately cannot be imported to MindMyHouse. However we’d be happy to chat with potential hosts and share examples of what has been said about us!

We are a retired couple with three grown up children, one of whom has settled overseas. We now divide our time between visiting our son and his family and exploring other parts of the UK and the rest of the world through housesitting. Housesitting has so far taken us to a range of locations in France, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, New Zealand, the United States and Canada as well as the UK.

Why they want to house sit

We much prefer to live in a home environment when travelling, and housesitting gives the perfect opportunity to discover different localities and the people who live there together with the pleasure of caring for other people's animals.

Their experience

We are experienced home owners and through housesitting have looked after all sorts of properties, from apartments in London and Paris to small farmsteads in New Zealand and an off-grid converted mill in Catalonia - and a range of rural properties and barn conversions in between!

We have happily taken care of dogs of all sizes, cats of all ages, horses, ponies, donkeys, alpacas, steers, sheep, goats, pigs, geese, turkeys, chickens, ducks, rabbits and guinea pigs. We are both animal lovers and other livestock, so long as they came with good instructions, would be cared for in the best possible way!

What can they bring to the assignment

Through housesitting we will enable you, the home owner, to go away happily, knowing that your home is secure and well looked after and that your pets, if you have them, are having a great holiday themselves in safe and caring hands!