Active, adventurous retirees Reviews

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Recently retired couple in their 60s working on a senior gap year (or longer) who are experienced parents of 2 legged and 4 legged family members. We are friendly, practical, reliable, trustworthy and excellent communicators.

We have completed house/pet sits for a variety of pets since joining Mindahome. We have maintained rental properties and our own home, garden and pool over many years. We enjoy walking to explore new locations and are more than happy for your dog(s) to join us. Additionally, we welcome the opportunity to look after cats, fish, chickens or any other animals as required. We will only house-sit in non-smoking premises please.

We are active and energetic, well travelled and have lived and worked in a number of countries. Our interests include bush walking, yoga, music and reading. At this next stage in our lives we are keen to meet new people, seek new interests and volunteer in our community.

When you engage us, you can have peace of mind that your pets and home will be well cared for so that you can relax and enjoy your time away.

Always on the lookout to have fun and to enjoy a laugh!

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“We are quite new to engaging house and dog sitters and have had a wonderful experience. Alex and Kathleen were just great…our house and 2 dogs were beautifully cared for while we were away. Prompt and friendly communication, flexible and our house was perfect on return. Even a homemade soup waiting for us after a delayed flight. We are very appreciative and would highly recommended these lovely house sitters.”

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“Alex & Kathleen are wonderful sitters! Extremely thoughtful, kind and lovely people. Our two dogs loved them both instantly and were very happy & calm. They left our home beautiful and clean, and even left dinner in the fridge for when we returned home late in the evening. We had regular updates and great communication. We highly recommend them and would love to have them back to look after Gus & Monty anytime. Thanks again! :)”

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“Our thanks you to you both for looking after our home. Teddy was definitely loved and cared for. We were glad you enjoyed your time at our home. Hope you don't miss Teddy too much!”

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“EXCEPTIONAL is the only word to describe Alex and Kathleen and their loving and competent care of our home and pets. They dealt with minor emergencies, terrible weather and wifi disruption with commonsense and understanding and left us a delicious welcome home soup and gifts. Great communication from the booking to the completion. Do not look any further for your next MindaHome sitter. Alex and Kathleen will make your holiday even better by instilling in you confidence in their ability to look after your treasured pets and home. Thanks a million!”

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“Kathleen and Alex stayed for 12 days and had great communication throughout. They cared for our home and Banjo very well, leaving everything clean and tidy with sheets washed and left fresh bread and milk for us on our return. We met in person prior to their stay which was very useful so they could see the house and meet Banjo, so we were confident they would be the great trusted sitters that they were! Thank you Kathleen and Alex, your care is very much appreciated.”

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“Alex and Kathleen were fantastic house and pet sitters. They stayed for over 3 weeks in my home and mixed my cavvie, Greta. I arrived home to a happy clean dog and a beautifully clean home. I really appreciated their attention to detai and their great communication style.”

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“We struck house sitting gold when we chose to have Kathleen and Alex look after our pets and home for 8 days while we had a short break. During our time away, I was able to completely relax knowing our dog, cat and home were in excellent caring hands. We came back to a house that was spotless and a yummy home cooked meal. They even bought us some milk and bread. Kathleen and Alex are exemplary house sitters and we could not have been happier with how they managed our property and our much loved pets. If you are considering having these beautiful people look after your home and pets you will find you are in very safe, responsible and caring hands.”

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“Alex and Kathleen were wonderful pet / Housesitter’s . They looked after our dogs so well , I think they were disappointed when we came home . The house was nice and tidy when we got home and they provided regular updates on how are dogs were , which was very reassuring . We highly recommend them for any future housesits and are grateful for their help . Trina”

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