Caretakers With Heart

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Hello! We are Jean Marie & VJ - NEW on Mind A Home

**available as of June 2026**

Caretakers with heart. We cultivate joy, simplicity and harmony in all our endeavours. Home and hearth are always our #1 priority wherever we find ourselves in the world. We are a mature, high calibre, experienced team with integrity and a great love of life, seeking mutually beneficial life scenarios of exchange.

Since 1999, we have been on an adventure into possibilities - travelling & living across Australia and the USA, Jean Marie’s homeland.

We both worked in the Australian music industry in the early 90’s. Jean Marie as a writer & producer of electronic music and VJ as a live sound engineer. We met and married in Melbourne, Australia in 1998.
With loads of enthusiasm, energy and a strong desire to look around the world, we set out to discover novel ways to travel and live a high quality life. Having a keen work ethic, a good eye for detail and an “all rounder” skill set, plus really good personalities, helped us find our way into House Sitting, Care Taking and Accommodation Management.

In short, we are vibrant, unique & creative individuals with a great love for life!

We have been enjoying this way of life now for almost 15 years.

We are both interested in philosophy, music, natural foods, wellbeing and enjoy a contemplative, quiet lifestyle.

Our skill set includes:
General property & home maintenance, cleaning, gardening, topiary, hedges, wood management ( we are handy with a chainsaw ), interior painting, vegetarian cooking, animal care, technology management including websites, all devices Apple, Windows & Linux and human engagement - we have good people skills!

Also, a keen eye for detail, creating and maintaining beautiful clean spaces and bringing harmony to all our endeavours. We are house-proud and seek partnerships with house-proud, like minded folks.

Our experience includes:


Resident Management of upmarket Apartment Communities - Eugene, Oregon & Madison, Wisconsin USA



Boutique Resort Management in Apollo Bay, Victoria



B&B Relief Management in Tasmania



Technology Management and design of websites, bookings sites and associated IT and Admin



Property Care Taking & Assistance in Tasmania and Victoria



House Sitting - USA, Australia

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We come with good energy, good health, integrity and genuine attention to detail and loving care in all we do.

VJ grew up with a country Vet as a dad and has lots of experience with animals of all kinds - they always adore him.

We promise respect, confidentiality and an appreciation of privacy and personal boundaries.

We keep an immaculate home & property wherever we find ourselves and are clean living home lovers!

We come with excellent references and credentials which we can email or text to you in PDF.

We adore and are highly skilled in remote / rural properties.

Tid Bits:

* Jean Marie is a dual American / Australian citizen
* VJ is skilled in animal Shiatsu
* Jean Marie & VJ are vegetarians and skilled home cooks
* We adore all animals and treat them as our valued friends




Let us know if there is anything else we may share with you!

**Currently we are seeking a beautiful abode and animal friends to care for from June 2026 onwards - LONGER TERM preferred - in the Adelaide Hills region of SA and open to beautiful new options too.

We love the Yarra Ranges and Valley of Victoria - especially in winter.

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