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About this sitter

We are experienced house sitters and we first started house/pet sitting in 2010.
I am a retired registered nurse and my last job was a Retirement Village Manager which holds me in good stead when caring for peoples homes. I enjoy reading, arts and crafts particularly tapestry and knitting and have a huge interest in genealogy. My husband is a retired engineer. Since retiring he has completed his degree in accountancy with first class honours. This was something he started back in the early 90's but he was unable to finish the course for personal reasons. These days he keeps occupied with studying Calculus and oil painting.
We live in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales and enjoy hiking with our local hiking group . We meet once a week and experience 5-7 mile walks all around North Yorkshire.

Why they want to house sit

Being experienced travellers to many countries we are adaptable to different environments and cultures and we enjoy 'living as locals'. Our commitment to caring for peoples houses, gardens and pets is the perfect pursuit for us because we love animals but our current life situation does not allow us to have pets at this time. We especially love cats and dogs and walking is how we keep fit and active. House sitting gives us the opportunity to visit new interesting places that we might not otherwise have considered. We have a lot to offer a home owner through our experience of owning homes and caring pets.

Their experience

We have used several house sitting websites over the years including housecarers.com, mindmyhouse.com for several years previously and more lately TrustedHousesitters.com Previous House sits have been in UK, France, Ireland, Belgium and Australia and have included a wide variety of animals requiring our care: cats, dogs, chickens,llamas, cockatiel to name a few. Some had acreage and gardens which we also tended. We have extensive experience in home maintenance particularly pools, hot tubs, lawn and gardens and coordinating trades people. All our house sit owners are happy to give positive references and we have been given the opportunity to do return assignments for them.

What can they bring to the assignment

In a nutshell, we are both non-smokers, responsible, fit and active, with many skills, a love of animals and gardens and heaps of experience between us and can put our hands to most things. We have a flexible schedule and adaptable to many situations. MOST importantly we will treat your home and pets as we would our own--lovingly.We have our own transport.