20 YEARS EXPERIENCE

About this sitter

Hello! I am an experienced housesitter with 20 years experience house/pet sitting. I am retired from corporate America and do my best to live an active lifestyle. I am responsible and will care for your home, pets and plants as if they were my own. I have experience caring for pets that require medication including giving shots. I've had repeat customers in Rye, NH, Lexington, MA, Wellesley Hills, MA, Bolton, MA, Sebago Lake, ME, Healdsburg, CA, El Dorado Hills, CA, San Diego, CA, Sacramento, CA, Lake Tahoe, CA, Cameron Park, CA, Pawleys Island, SC. I’ve also housesat in Scotland, England, Switzerland, Framingham, Ma, Austin, TX. Asheville, NC, Beaufort, NC, Orinda, CA, Charleston, SC, and Charlotte, NC.

As a homeowner I understand the importance of maintaining a home. I also have a cat and use housesitting sites to find house/pet sitters for my cat. I am a non-smokers, have excellent housesit & peronal references and excellent credit. I am prepared to pay my own expenses and utilize this site as an "exchange" only.

Excerpts from housesit references: "Janice is extremely responsible and easy to work with. I feel very confident placing our home and pets in her care and highly recommend her services to you." "Janice is more than capable to tackle the situations that arise in a housesit. We are very pleased with her judgement, reliability and consistency. We felt very good knowing that our animals (a golden retriever, english setter and our cat) were receiving a lot of love while we were away." "Upon our return, we found our house cleaner than when we had left! The outside plants had been taken care of despite the dry conditions. And of course our pets greeted us ‘warmly’, but it was abundantly clear they had been well looked after. I’m not sure if they would not have wanted Janice and Bill to stay longer. They didn’t seem anxious when we returned and were rather laid back about having us home again! I guess you can tell we were extremely pleased with the way our house and animals had been looked after in our absence and highly recommend Janice for either short or long stays.

References from Housecarers
Janice cared well for our home and and our pets, and we would be happy to have her sit again. She came a day before we left so that we could have a chance to show her around our home and our pets, and it was clear to us we had a very kind person caring for our cherished non-human family. When we returned we found all animals happy and healthy, and we found a clean household that was clearly also well cared for. We will be sure to seek Janice's availabilty for any future housesit needs.
Birgit Kohl
Westford, MA

Janice stayed at my house for 11 days while I went to JC Campbell Folk Art School to learn how to turn wood.  My animals- an active labradoodle and a very demanding cat - were both happy and healthy when I returned . . .  and my house was cleaner when I returned than when I left!   Janice was very easy to communicate with in the planning stages and true to her commitments on timing etc.  I was so pleased with her services that I have asked her to return- can't make a better reccommendation  than that!  Pam ,  the1tabby.

February 2026
Janice and her husband Bill were wonderful - and my two pets were overjoyed with all of the attention they received. They walked the dog and followed all of our requests regarding our pets. They kept in touch and were kind enough to stay an extra day when our flight home was delayed overnight. We are very happy that Janice will be coming back again for another trip we have planned in 2027.

Suzi and Bob Huisman
Hilton Head, SC

I am available for a Facetime chat. I welcome the opportunity to discuss your housesitting needs with you.

Thank you for your consideration.

Why they want to house sit

I love traveling and living like a local. I love all kinds of animals and have cared for cats, dogs, rabbits, birds and chickens.

Their experience

Yes 20 years

What can they bring to the assignment

I bring a positive “can-do” attitude. I haven’t met an animal that didn’t like me. The shyest of animals warm up to me quickly. I correspond and send updates on a regular basis. Your home will be well cared for.