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Preferred locations
South Coast, South Eastern
Additional Info
References available, Non smoker, Experience with Domestic Animals, Experience with Farm Animals
About
I have recently retired so I can spend more time writing, and travelling with my partner Larry. I was a Professor of Management, teaching for an Australian university. My partner Larry is Canadian/Australian and also a retired educator, as well as a Cordon Bleu-trained cook and landscape gardener, who has built two houses. Our own homes have included two owner-built houses on acreage, and renovating others; inner-city townhouses, plus owning and maintaining land and inground swimming pools.
Wherever we stay or housesit, we like to offer more than just caring for any precious pets or what was requested: in addition to any fur babysitting we can take care of your garden, do basic maintenance and jobs, know how to look after a pool or spa, and keep your neighbours happy with our presence.
We enjoy travelling, meeting people and immersing ourselves like a local; and housesitting gives us that opportunity. We both study and read a lot (writing, gastronomy, history, languages etc) and staying in a home environment allows us to do this in comfort, whilst enjoying many hours in the company of affectionate pets who are missing their family. We also enjoy gardening and this is another reason why housesitting suits our lifestyle.
We have experience house and pet sitting (cats, dogs, rabbits, birds, chooks, goats and sheep) in Australia, New Zealand, France and Canada, as well as having had several pets in our family (cats, dogs, goats, rabbits, fish, hens and birds).
We are non-smokers and up to date with Covid vaccinations. More references from other house sitting sites are available.