Water_n_surf

More information about this house sitter

We are professionals from Canada/Sweden who travel to Australia for extended work assignments. We usually come to Australia 3-6 months every year for work, as Aly is a permanent resident and has longstanding relationships with researchers in Adelaide. Aly is a marine biology professor, and Karen a retired teacher. We love pets, but our busy travel schedule keeps us from having any of our own. We enjoy finding homes-away-from-home where we can interact and care for pets and explore locally when in Australia. When Aly is working on manuscripts, she can often work remotely and thus we've done many house and pet sits all over the country.

We love gardening and will take good care of your plants. We can also handle most maintenance problems as they arise. We have experience and expertise in pet and farm animal care, flower and veggie gardening, as well as experience maintaining swimming pools and fish ponds. Our motto is to 'treat it like our own,' so you know you will come home to a clean house and happy pets that have been lovingly cared for (and in the case of dogs, well-exercised because we are both keen runners/walkers!)

As people who have owned (and still own) houses ourselves, we understand what it is to keep up a property and leave it in excellent condition. We have owned both urban and rural properties, so we are comfortable in just about any setting.

We are both energetic, outdoor-loving people, non-smokers and non-drinkers who enjoy experiencing new places. We have never gotten a review less than 5 stars, so please just ask for our long list of references.

After 6 wonderful months housesitting in 2019, with the Covid hiatus, we are now looking forward to 2022 and beyond. Although Adelaide based, we are always keen to experience other parts of beautiful Australia - look forward to hearing from you if we can be of assistance! Read more...