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Preferred locations
Central Coast, Hunter Valley, North Coast

Additional Info
References available, Police check available, Non smoker, Experience with Domestic Animals

About

We are experienced and loving animal carers and housesitters with over nine years experience, non-smokers who ran our company from Western Australia until our retirement in June 2012.
Our daughter who is a vet nurse now living in Melbourne introduced us to nursing many neglected RSPCA dogs back to health whilst awaiting new owners when we resided in Perth.
Over the past nine years we have house-sat for many families caring for dogs, cats, turtles, chickens, birds, horses and Alpacas (not the nicest of animals). We even have past experience caring for a baby ring tailed possum and a juvenile Rainbow Lorikeet, we keep adding to our list.
We love animals, are very house proud and above all, we are reliable and dependable.
Upon selling our Perth home and business we traveled overseas and bought a large boat which we lived on for 6 months of each year until 2019 when we then continued our overseas travels. With Covid clipping our wings we now own a Motorhome, with overseas travel not currently possible. From time to time we require a "pet fix" and as our lifestyle doesn't suit pet ownership, house sitting is a great compromise.
We would consider storing our motorhome if an apartment was offered but if you have enough room to park our medium sized abode, an overall length of 9 metres would comfortably fit, that would be great! It is an attractive looking unit if you're worried about street appeal.
We have great written references which are available upon request. If you are interested in booking us please send a message via this website. Additionally we are Quad Covid vaccinated. We are more than happy for your to phone us for a chat.
Regards,
Christine and Graham

References

Chrissie and Graham stepped in at fairly short notice to care for our fur baby. They were perfect for a sometimes anxious little schnauzer, and took extremely good care of Ollie, well fed and well loved. We had frequent updates and photos and could not have been happier with them. They also took amazing care of our home, and returned it to us in great shape. We have no reservations in recommending Chrissie and Graham as perfect house/pet sitters, and hopefully may be able to use them again, if possible. John and Margie Wines.

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Margaret and John Wines (13/08/2022)

Christine & Graham were excellent sitters. They kept our home very clean, messaged us often with updates on our cats and even gave our cat his eye medication daily for the duration of there stay. We highly recommend them to anyone that needs a house sitter.

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Robyn McNair (10/01/2022)

When I returned from a five week absence I found that Christine and Graham had taken excellent care of my home during that period, leaving everything very clean, tidy and neatly organised.. The main reason for the house sit was to have my two elderly cats looked after. This they did wonderfully, particularly Christine who took great care and attention with and to their dietary needs, hygiene and grooming. She had no qualms about dealing with their occasional mishaps. I found both cats to be in excellent physical condition and also very relaxed and content when I returned. Graham devised a solution to better organise and conceal my audio-visual equipment cables. I could not have expected anything more of them, and so I would have no hesitation in having Christine and Graham provide the same house and pet minding service for me at some future time if the opportunity arises.

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Robert Virgin (07/09/2021)

It's a pity that Rusty can't write this review, but I am sure that he would agree that Christine and Graham are 5 star House/Dog sitters. They looked after our house and our dog Rusty for two weeks over Christmas and did great job. We felt that Rusty was very well looked after and the house was clean, tidy and in perfect condition when we returned. They are easy going but responsible people who made leaving our slightly tricky dog in their care easy. They communicated with us while we were away, so we knew Rusty was having a lovely holiday too. Our other request was to keep the recently planted garden alive, and they were diligent in watering. Everything was lush and doing well when we returned. We will definitely ask them the come stay when we head away again, and just hope that fits with their plans too. Chrisse and Graham come highly recommended by us.

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Nick Nelson (29/01/2021)

Chrissie and Graham are wonderful, trustworthy housesitters and lovely people. It felt so good to go overseas, knowing everything was taken care of. They communicated well while I was away, giving me updates on my grumpy cat (who always throws tantrums when I go away). I really appreciated knowing she was well looked after in my absence. I came home to a spotless house that was in better condition than I left it. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Chrissie and Graham to anyone looking for capable, friendly, reliable petsitters.

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Jo Stewart (04/03/2020)

Chrissie and Graham recently looked after our 2 dogs, plants and gardens for 4 weeks and I hope they will be available for our future dog/house sitting needs. They were attentive and caring. They sent regular photos and updates, which was very reassuring. They emailed questions when they weren't sure about things. We have an extensive array of house plants and they took very good care of all of them - they were thriving upon our return. They left the house spotless, made our beds and bought us bread, milk, butter and eggs for our arrival. I am almost a bit reluctant to share this review because I don’t want even more competition next time we hope to have them stay!! Sarah 0414514186

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Sarah Shteir (01/02/2020)

Ref - Christine & Graham.pdf

Stephanie's reference from Kew housesit (29/01/2018)

We can not recommend Chrissie and Graham highly enough. They are fantastic people, reliable and great communicators. It was our first time using happy house sitters and I was a bit nervous about the process but Chrissie was so helpful and reassuring. I have 2 beautiful cats that are very shy around strangers and Chrissie and Graham took such great care of them. They sent me some lovely photos of them so I knew they were in good hands. We were overseas for 5 weeks and I honestly did not worry about the cats and house at all. It was lovely to come home to a clean house and happy, healthy animals. I hope next time we travel, Chrissie and Graham are available!

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Anne Martin (29/01/2018)

Christine and Graham did a great job looking after our house and our pets. They are very friendly. Always kept us up to date. We came home to a clean and tidy home and happy pets. Highly recommend them and would be happy for them to mind our pets and home in the future. Thanks for choosing our home!

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Matthew O'Halloran (27/01/2018)

Christine and Graham did a fantastic job house sitting while looking after our cat Leia. Their communication was excellent and when we returned we found the house to be in a better condition than when we left.

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Milla Mihailova (18/01/2017)

Reference Christine and Graham Wood.pdf

Reference 2: Graham and Chrissie Wood (18/01/2016)

Graham and Crissy's Ref.pdf

Reference Christine & Graham Wood (17/01/2016)

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