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Platinum (36mths+)
House Sitting Preferences
  • 0 - 1 week, 1 - 2 weeks, 2 - 4 weeks
  • Dog(s), Cat(s), Fish, Bird(s), Rabbit(s)/Guinea Pig(s), Reptile(s), Farm Animals
Preferred Locations
  • NSW: North Coast, Regional NSW, South Coast, Sydney (Blue Mountains, Canterbury-Bankstown, Eastern Suburbs, Inner West, Lower North Shore, Northern Beaches, Northern Suburbs, Sydney City)  

Offering the care your pets and home deserve

55, Health Professional

68, Aircraft Mechanic

You won't be disappointed if you entrust your home and pets with us. We delight in the companionship that animals offer and treat them with kindness, love and attentive care.

We are a married couple, highly experienced housesitters and animal lovers; both having grown up with dogs as pets. Keen gardeners & veggie growers, with a few green thumbs between us!

Both fully Covid-vaxxed, non-smokers, social drinkers, reliable, responsible, trustworthy, easy going, highly respectful, good troubleshooters with a sense of humour.

You can rest assured if you book us as your sitters we will turn up as arranged and attend to whatever care of your animals and property is needed, including collecting mail, putting bins out, mowing lawns and pool maintenance. We value and seek clean, uncluttered environments and your place will by left spic 'n' span upon your return.

We've completed many housesits through word of mouth and this website, including repeat sits. Have previously cared for dogs, cats, birds, alpacas, rabbits, cattle, sheep, chooks, fish, crayfish and worm farms.

We love any opportunity to enjoy hanging out with, exercising and snuggling pets. Pets are family as far as we are concerned! Happy to keep you updated on your pet's progress (SMS/email/photos) whilst you are away to offer you peace of mind. Confident and experienced in administering any type of medication for your domestic pets, along with caring for anxious/timid dogs.

We enjoy exploring Australia and staying in various places to enjoy the unique attributes of the local area. Love holidays where we can relax, bushwalk, read a book, cook, enjoy the animals and potter around the place. We've made some great new two and four-legged friends this way!

We both are fit, active and very practically-minded, with Bert having an array of trade/handyman skills and ability to turn his hand to anything. We value actively contributing to local community life, including volunteering with the Rural Fire Service and supporting social justice projects.

We hold current police checks and can also supply further pet/housesit references not listed here. Our ID has been verified through this website.

As long term home owners we fully appreciate the importance of treating your home and pets as if they were our very own. We're happy to answer any of your questions via phone, email or Zoom for a live chat.

Please don't hesitate to make contact to begin a conversation with us. We look forward to it....
Thanks for reading our profile,
Irene & Bert

Reviews (11)
Irene and Bert are amazing. We felt totally at ease leaving our home and our dog Mo with them. We received regular updates and photos and Mo looked very happy. Arriving home to a clean house and washing already done, plants water was very thoughtful and much appreciated. They even left us a little welcome home presents! Went over and above to look after our dog and our home. I would recommend Irene and Bert for any house sit.
 
AMANDA (Shell Cove NSW, Jan 2024 - 6 nights)
Irene and Bert were exceptionally easy to communicate with right from the start when they came to our home a few weeks before the scheduled house sit to meet our fur baby and see the local area. They bought toys for our dog, played with him every day and walked him even though we live on a property. We were kept informed via text and photos of his activities. The flower and vegie gardens were well maintained with trimming and weed pulling and the lawns and whipper snipping were an extra ... MORE
 
SUZANNE & ROBERT (Colo Vale NSW, Dec 2021 - 1 week 3 days)
House was amazingly kept while we were away and we came back to a really clean apartment, Irene had even put the sheets in the wash and changed our bed, amazing! Millie (the cat) was well looked after and was happy on our return. Communication throughout was great. Thanks again Irene!!
 
GEORGIA (Randwick NSW, Jan 2020 - 4 days)
Thank you Irene & Bert for taking such good care of our cat and flocks of birds. Our home was well taken care of and we came home to a well stocked fridge, very clean house and would highly recommend Irene and Bert as house sitters. Thank you also for the parting gift.
 
VIRGINIA (Cumbalum NSW, Dec 2019 - 1 week 2 days)
Irene was wonderful with my fur babies - I think they miss her! She was very easy to communicate with, very accommodating and it was an enormous relief to me to know that our asthmatic little man (Cena) was left in very capable hands and still able to receive his meds every day. Irene left our house tidier than she found it - and left milk and eggs in the fridge bless her. I would not hesitate to recommend Irene for house/pet sitting in the future and when we next go on a holiday, she'll be the ... MORE
 
HYACINTH (Coogee NSW, Sep 2019 - 5 days)
We are extremely grateful to Irene for looking after our house and fur-babies while we were away. From the outset, communication was prompt and effortless, which we really appreciated. Irene is a wonderful housesitter and took care of everything. She instantly bonded with Marlo (dog), and Toby the cat so we could enjoy our holiday with peace of mind. Irene sent us daily photos and updates of Marlo and Toby - they couldn't have looked happier! We enjoyed hearing all about their ... MORE
 
CHRIS (Lyons NT, Jul 2019 - 6 days)
It was a delight to have Irene look after our puppies. We could relax and enjoy being away knowing they were in such great hands. Great communication, house was left cleaner than when they arrived (and I thought it was tidy then) and most importantly the puppies were happy. Thanks so much Irene.
 
JULIE (Lane Cove North NSW, Jul 2019 - 2 days)
Irene and Bert were excellent house sitters. We felt completely relaxed leaving our dogs, including Rosie who needs extra attention, in their competent and experienced hands. We came home to happy dogs and a wonderfully tidy house. Thanks Irene and Bert! I hope you feel like another getaway sometime!
 
ALLY (Blackheath NSW, May 2019 - 3 days)
Irene & Bert were absolutely wonderful, they took on all the chores we set for them including checking on our 20 cattle, feeding our 16 alpacas, 2 cats, 1 dog, 2 rabbits, 11 chooks & many aviary birds. They left our house as they found it nice & tidy & clean. We also came home to a lovely bunch of flowers on our dining room table with a "Welcome Home" note attached. Even a little note thanking us for trusting them to look after our menagerie & house & that they had really enjoyed doing it. ... MORE
 
ROBYN (Springton SA, Nov 2018 - 4 days)
I am completely new to using house sitters but was fortunate enough to have Irene & Bert respond to my ad. Fortunate enough for her promptness but also the fact that they live so close to me that we were able to organise a couple of meet and greets with our cats and dog prior to going away. This certainly helped with us entrusting a complete stranger with our 9 yo Boxer who has a few behavioural issues when going on walks. And then to throw a spanner in the works Axel the boxer suddenly became ... MORE
 
KATE (Hazelbrook NSW, Nov 2018 - 3 days)
Thanks a lot, Kate. I appreciate your positive feedback. I enjoyed hanging out with your pets during the housesit and was enormously pleased Axel, your beautiful Boxer, returned to good health before you returned.
No rating Irene and Bert were great housesitters. They were very easy to communicate with and took very good care of our house and dog. Would not hesitate to reccomend them!
KELLY (Mount Hawthorn WA, Aug 2017 - 2 weeks)
 
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