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Preferred locations
Southern Highlands, Brisbane, South Eastern
Additional Info
References available, Police check available, Non smoker, Experience with Domestic Animals, Experience with Farm Animals
About
I am a retired experienced house/ animal sitter, who has been a teacher all my working life and have been using the Happy House Sitters site successfully for over 4 years.
My husband John often accompanies me, but I do quite a few house sits by myself, while he looks after our large garden in southern NSW.
We have family in Southern Qld, so really enjoy house sitting in that region so we can catch up on kids and grand kids, without the inconvenience for them of us in their pockets.
House sitting allows us to keep in touch, but have our own independence.
At the same time, we are retired farmers, and looking after pet animals is a pleasure for us, as we now have none of our own, which gives us freedom and flexibility to travel in our retirement, and so we take great pleasure in minding others' pets.
We are both healthy, energetic non smokers who walk and cycle regularly.
We both pride ourselves on doing a thoughtful, respectful, thorough job caring for people's homes, possessions, and of course their animals, and take the responsibilities very seriously.
We use referees ( rather than generalised references) who have used us in the past and I try to match potential home/animal owners with similar referees. e.g. dog owners with dog owners etc.
I have a police check done every 2 years, and can send it and photos of myself and John on request from possible owners.