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Preferred locations
Brisbane, Gold Coast & Hinterland

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

About

Mature, trustworthy, loving with animals. I am a mature, non-smoking, professional, reliable single woman in my 50’s who will look after your pets and home with a high degree of care and commitment. I have recently moved back to Brisbane following a few years in Melbourne where a couple of my adult kids (with grandchildren) were based. They moved back to NZ a little while ago (yes, I’m a Kiwi having lived in Australia for over 15 years) and I decided that now is the time to make a start on my own goals to become a full-time traveler in Australia.
There are two reasons I’ve moved into permanent pet and housesitting. I have been renting for over 10 years or so as I moved reasonably regularly for work or to be closer to family. I realized through those years it would be a challenge to have my own pets, but took every opportunity to ‘house/pet sit’ for family and friends, looking after pets such as dogs, cats, chickens, fish … I thought as I embarked on my new lifestyle, that housesitting with much loved pets would fill that gap in my life and it has proven to be true. I do love and care for the houseowner’s pets as I would my own.
I am trustworthy, reliable and respectful of your home, surrounds and your privacy. I am clean and tidy, quiet, sensible, conscientious and practical. You can leave with the peace of mind that your home, property (including your pool) and animals will be cared for with kindness, respect and care and when you return, your home will be exactly as you have left it and your animals happy. I will carry out the watering of plants/garden, pool care, collection of mail, junk mail, putting out and collecting rubbish bins and contact you about any issues that may arise an all other requests that you may have.
I have a Working with Children’s Check and obtained clear Policy Checks (current) as a work requirement. I do work full-time with regular office hours. At present, my work gives me flexibility to work from home but I’m better suited to your pets that don’t need someone at home during week days, every day.
I am always able to provide your dog an early morning and/or evening walk if required. I’m more than happy to keep you updated via Skype etc. text, phone and/or email while you are away.
My reputation as an excellent pet and house-sitter is building and references/endorsements are available. My references are also happy to be contacted.
If you would like to know more about me just message and you are more than welcome to ask me anything.

Kind regards
Sharon

References

It is our pleasure to write this reference/review for Sharon Holloway. Sharon did a house sit and pet sit for us in January 2019 for 3 days and again for 2 weeks in February 2019. We have another upcoming trip in May 2019 and have asked Sharon to house sit again for 10 days. We have found a wonderful sitter and hopefully she will be available for us in the future. Upon meeting Sharon we both felt comfortable and confident that our home and animals would be in safe hands. Sharon was very easy to communicate with and her friendly, honest and practical nature put us at ease. Our labrador dog, Chico, warmed to her immediately and she loved her walks and ball throwing games with Sharon. Our Siamese cat Sushi is very timid around strangers and tends to run and hide. Sharon was able to bond with him and he enjoyed many hours of cuddles on her lap of an evening. That was comforting to us as that was our main concern, whether our cat would spend the 2 weeks hiding. It made our holiday peaceful. Sharon kindly made a visit to our home prior to us going away. We made friends and felt comfortable and relaxed with Sharon immediately. She made us feel she was reliable and committed to her role as a sitter. Thus we had confidence that all our needs were understood and we could go away 'worry free'. Our holiday itinerary in February was a road trip from Brisbane to Sydney for one week and then a cruise out of Sydney and a road trip back home. Due to a family emergency we had to delay our departure for a few days. Sharon was extremely understanding about that and we were very grateful for her compassion and patience. When we finally got on the road Sharon kept in touch via text messages which put us at ease. We were very impressed with the photos of her with our pets and they looked very happy with Sharon. We were thrilled to see a photo of Sushi cat cuddled up to her on their first night together. At the end of our holiday, we loved returning to extremely content and relaxed pets and a lovely clean and welcoming home. Sharon is extremely trustworthy, responsible and caring as a house/pet sitter. We can highly recommend her for her conscientious attention to both home and pet care. We are happy to answer any questions and have verbal communication with anyone considering Sharon as a sitter. We can be contacted on phone number 0431821678. Regards, Lyn and Ray Larter

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Lynette Larter (17/04/2019)

Sharon did a fantastic house sit for us. We came home to a house just as we left it. Our fur baby is a little shy with strangers but she took to Sharon straight away and wasnt stressed when we got home. We recommend Sharon to anyone needing a good reliable sitter. Rick & Jo Mancini

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Rick Mancini (30/01/2019)

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