Chris & Deborah

We are a happy, easy going, reliable, active, non-smoking couple enjoying our retirement travelling and experiencing new adventures. Our large grown-up family are now dispersed across Australia which allows us to enjoy travel between them. The other part of our family, Maia and Rhia our 2 dogs, and Oscar and Julian our 2 cats, have passed away after living long and happy lives. Due to our travels, we are unable to have pets of our own, but love animals, especially cats and dogs.

Having recently retired we are travelling more now and have noticed the best and most interesting times have been when staying in other peoples homes and living in their communities. We like experiencing someone else's lifestyle and choices. It gives us a feeling of accomplishment and self-worth to be able to help other people whilst we indulge our passion for travel and the enjoyment we get from new found furry friends.

Aussie House Sitters have been a great way for us to travel. We have now completed 9 sits, most of them as returning clients which we really love to do.

We have spent the last year 4 years house and pet sitting with Trusted House Sitters. It is often difficult to get house sits where and when we want them so have decided to give Aussie House Sitters a go to see if we can spend more time "on the road"

We have had 18 house sits with Trusted Housesitters in the past 4 years and all have given us 5 Star reviews and excellent references which I can forward on request.

I have personally owner built our previous family home and have trade skills so we can usually fix things if they go wrong. Deborah often asks me to stand beside her if she's having trouble with something because things "just work" for me. Perhaps having worked as a Chief Engineer on ships for 30 years has something to do with that!

Caring for our own dogs and cats, plus having a hobby breeding cattle on our farm has given us both invaluable experience, knowledge and great joy. Whilst being practical and resourceful, we believe that patience and a sense of humour prevail in most situations.

We also had a large garden and swimming pool to maintain so I can take care of any unforeseen problems that may occur.

We remember what it feels like to go on holiday and leave our loved ones behind. It was always a great relief and peace of mind when they were left in capable and trusted care. We wish now to provide that for others.