Flexible and Reliable Couple

About this sitter

We have both done may jobs individually over the years including solicitor, shop manager, lorry driver and the armed forces. We then spent 9 years working together on holiday parks as wardens and managers in Devon, Cornwall and the Cotswolds and worked on a country estate in West Sussex as housekeeper and maintenance.
We enjoy camping and visited Australia in May 2018 where we hired a camper van and travelled round and drove across Europe to Croatia.
We hare now living a more conventional lifestyle, Bob as Instructor for HGV drivers and Security Close Protection Operative and Cath as Police Staff. We both have current DBS Certificates and are full security vetting. We are looking forward to being able to retire in the next couple of years when we want to be able to travel more and return to housesitting tasks in the UK and Europe.

Why they want to house sit

In preparation for our retirement we like to be able to housesit around our current working pattern, explore different places, meet people and have the opportunity to look after a selection of pets.

Their experience

During a couple of winters we have also carried out housesitting assignment in Spain, on for 6 weeks on the Costa Del Sol and one near Caspe in Northern Space. The latter was for almost 3 months where the property was quite remote and the owner was concerned about the security of the house. There was also a lovely springer spaniel who enjoyed lots of long walks.
We also spent a week on the Yorkshire/Cumbria border taking care of 2 Golden Retrievers one of whom suffered from arthritis and 3 cats one of whom was diabetic and needed daily insulin injections.
We are confident in looking after a wide variety of pets and in the past have also taken care of ducks and chickens.
We have also done a couple of local housesits looking after a couple of cats in one for a weekend and the other for the 2 week Christmas period with 2 border collies. We also regularly house sit and look after dogs, a springer and a lurcher for two families

What can they bring to the assignment

We will look after your home and animals as thought they were our own. We will carry out requested tasks and and can be relied upon to go the extra mile and do everything to the best of our ability. We both love animals and will keep to their routines and although they will miss you we will aim to keep this to a minimum.
Rob has a security background and will make all checks to ensure the property is safe and secure.