Nicole-mature, friendly & conscientious

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Hello there, I am new to house sitting but as I’m virtually retired (for now anyway!) I would love to start taking some positions whilst in between finding somewhere to settle in the Northern Brisbane region.
I currently live in Griffin near North Lakes and hope to find a sitter job around the North Brisbane area initially but will consider areas not too far outside of these places for 2025.
I am an easy going, conscientious lady who is up to speed on what it takes to look after a house and home. I will be committed to keeping it clean and tidy, respectfully residing in your home and looking after pets just as you would like me to. I know people have different levels of spoiling their animals!
I am up for slower, gentle walks a couple of times a day more so rather than long country hikes. Hugs and company I can definitely provide!
I have a common sense approach to life and although I love walking and outdoor activities I consider myself a bit of a homebody, happily staying home the majority of the days. I like to read, crochet, sew and do a few other little craft projects, also listening to music. I enjoy gardening and being outside enjoying the lovely south east Queensland areas.
I have two adult children and three grandchildren. I have no pets for now but am a grand babysitter for Murphy, a Cavoodle pup and Wilfred, a Sheep a doodle pup. Both fur balls are under 12mths and I’m confident and competent in handling their training needs and needs for pats and love when their families go away.
I babysit one of my grandchildren every Wednesday until the end of this school year (except for school holidays) so will need to leave the pets at home for the Wednesday for most of the day, 7.30am - 4pm roughly. It's for this reason I am looking for North Brisbane areas for now as it's closer to my granddaughter and has less travel time. Please consider this if you think your pet would stress being left that long.
I am experienced with different types of animals having owned a poultry farm for 20 years in the past, having acreage we also had cows, a horse, dogs, cats and birds. I have housetrained puppies and understand the need to be consistent, gentle, loving and to watch out for them as they get into everything!! I hope housesitting can become my way of having a pet until I am settled enough to perhaps get one of my own when I finally decide where to settle down.
I have a current police check and a reference for a past sit I did for a friend. I hope to get more references as people give me go :)
Thanks for reading my profile and please don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions. Kind regards, Nicole. Read more...