Respectful and competent housesitting couple (retired)

Username Drakelands  

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Age
56 - 64 years
Availability
Jan 15,2025
Occupation
Retired
Gender
Male
Status
Married/Partnered
Term
1 - 6 Days, 7 - 21 Days, 3 - 6 Weeks, 6 - 8 Weeks, 2 - 3 Months, 3 + Months
References (10) Reviews (1) Phone Verified (2)

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One of us has recently retired from post of dual head teacher and is now looking forward to making the most of life through new experiences and travel. The other has spent their past life self-employed as a structural designer/project engineer. but isn't quite sure what's next.

We've been together for 35 years and make a competent team. We've personally renovated a couple of houses in our time and appreciate the great trust that people must put in a prospective house sitter. I'm extremely practical around the house and garden and rarely do I need to call out a tradesperson to fix something. We are both meticulous in our standard of cleanliness and neither of us smoke.

We had been looking at long term vacation options when we came across this and thought that this is something that we would be very well suited for.

Our first sit was Oct-Nov '23 for 6 weeks in Brisbane Australia. We looked after the Garden and home whilst our hosts vacationed in their motorhome. That sit was through this site.

Our second sit we organised through , whist sitting in Brisbane. That sit was near Hamilton N.Z. for just over 3 weeks from Dec '23 to Jan '24, and again we looked after a home and garden, as well as some hens (the sheep looked after themselves). This garden was however considerably larger than the first.

Our third sit in Arizona (arranged again through ) was for three months from Jul '24 to Aug '24, and once more we looked after a home and garden.

I’ve added a screenshot of our N.Z. & Arizona reviews which were arranged through a different site.

Before housesitting we have rented many private properties through well known private holiday letting sites. We treat these homes with complete respect as if they were our own.  I’ve added screenshots of these reviews too for reference.

 (p.s. We haven't verified our profile with copies of driving licenses or passports as I'm not so sure that's appropriate to be putting out for public viewing. However, these can be made available for private viewing at the appropriate time. Thanks for your understanding.)

Homeowner Feedback / endorsements (1)

“ Wonderful people, Alec and Heather, who were mainly asked to look after our garden. ”

Sit Dates Oct-25-23 - Dec-4-23 Homeowner MakingTracks, Member Since Mar-21-23

Location Redland City QLD Australia

Alec and Heather answered our ad, and were great communicators from day one.  They understood perfectly what we were after and gave us some inside in their background and lifestyle by talking to us via video chat, and by showing us their house and surrounds.  

They were constantly in touch with us to keep us up to date with what was going on in the garden and weatherwise.  They were pro-active in looking after everything.  They even found some extra jobs to finish around the house and garden! What treasures they were!

And of course, upon our return, the garden was flourishing, the house spic & span and my car as shiny as when I left it.

In short: we can highly recommended them.  Lovely people who could easily become good friends, and we would not hesitate to ask them again would the need arise. However, taking into acount the distance between us I don't expect to ever be lucky enough to see them back in Australia. One can only live in hope... ;-)

Thank you so very much, Alec and Heather. 

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