Leave home with peace of mind packed in your suitcase

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Introduction

We are a couple in our mid to late 50s who have decided to step off the oil & gas industry treadmill and see what the rest of the world has to offer. We are fit, active, non-smokers, down to earth, reliable, practical and adaptable. We hail from the United Kingdom/New Zealand but are both now Australian citizens and have just built our dream home in Fremantle, Perth. We like to spend our spare time bushwalking, chasing down those elusive relatives on our family trees and dining out. Geoff also enjoys keeping an eye on the Kiwi’s beloved All Blacks. We love most animals but cats would have to be our favourites, especially the big cats, not that we expect to be taking care of one of those!

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Why we want to house sit

We have quite recently retired and are fulfilling our dream of traveling worldwide, chasing the sun, with no fixed abode and no plan. Just let the house sitting take us where it leads us :-) We love having the opportunity to immerse into and really connect with whichever place/culture we might find ourselves in and feel that spending time as pseudo residents gives us that chance more so than being regular tourists might. It also gives us exposure to areas that would otherwise have gone untapped by us, areas that we might never have thought to visit.

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In our more recent work life we have been living full time in company accommodation and this means, unfortunately, no pets. We always had cats in our lives up until then and house sitting, as opposed to hotel hopping, gives us the pleasure of connecting with some furry friends again……. nothing quite like curling up with a good book and a purring cat on your lap or watching them smile as you give them a good brushing.

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And then there’s the scope for meeting, and hopefully making friends with, people from all over the world, including the house owners that we sit for and people from within the communities we spend time in.

Experience & Expertise

Previous House Sitting Experience:

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We have completed several house sits in Australia, New Zealand, UK and Europe. We are proud to have received many glowing references, which you can view by clicking here.

 

Our Background:

 

For the eleven years prior to retiring we had been running our own business providing logistics services to the oil & gas industry and had won contracts with many of the major players in Australia. We specialised in running the onshore base for the duration of a company’s drilling programme, where responding to urgent requests and finding solutions were the order of the day.
We worked together as a team; Geoff liaising closely with the drilling rig, supply vessels, third party suppliers, etc. to ensure everything ran efficiently and smoothly, whilst Lynsey managed the office keeping the lines of communication open to head office and controlling the computer / paperwork administration meticulously.

People often ask how we work so closely together and comment that they could never do it with their partner, but we have done so successfully, and with pleasure, for the past decade and have found it only brought us closer together. We have a hard won reputation in our work life as being the best in the business which has resulted in us being constantly awarded contracts, even when times have been pretty lean in the oil & gas industry. This same level of harmonious team work, professionalism and care is what we will bring to looking after your family pets, house and garden, as it would be applied to any house sitting contract we were honoured enough to be granted.

 

Pet & Animal Experience:

 

Geoff comes from a childhood on a farm and Lynsey’s family home was invariably filled with cats and dogs. As a couple we’ve always had cats in the house, whether they be rescue cats or strays that just wandered in looking for a better life. And a better life is what we think they got; our last fella, CJ, would be demanding his brush each morning almost before his breakfast and this of course after a good night’s sleep on his own couch at the end of our bed!

 

Home Care Experience:

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We have owned our own homes, ranging from double storey, four bedroomed suburbia to inner city apartments, as well as investment properties We understand that your home is your castle and we will treat it accordingly. We have used sitters ourselves and know how important it is to find caring, responsible people. Garden Maintenance Experience: We wouldn’t describe ourselves as “avid” gardeners but we have had homes with large gardens, one of which had 150 palms and flowering plants that we designed from scratch and maintained for 5 years before selling to move into the city for a change of pace. We have also had homes with pools and are fully conversant with their maintenance needs. You can be confident that your garden will be in safe hands during your absence.