Pet Lover and Professional House Sitter
Hi: My name is Lyn. I am a mature lady (non-smoker) and a full-time professional house and pet sitter based in Melbourne.
I have been a full time House and Pet Sitter for 7 years and have been fortunate to conduct sits in Melbourne (primarily), Brisbane, NSW and NZ and have made many wonderful new connections through this site and others.
A broad range of beautiful dogs, cats, chickens, lizards and even a bunny rabbit have all had the pleasure of my genuine loving care to date and I have also worked as a Volunteer Dog Socialiser for the RSPCA - which was an extremely enjoyable and rewarding experience.
So: if you are looking for a reliable, honest and trustworthy lady who will lovingly care for your home, pets and property, you need look no further.
I look forward to hearing from you.
'Pet Lover Lyn'
Reviews (20)
Lyn was absolutely incredible. She looked after our house and our adorable (though quite anxious) dog for 4 weeks. She was amazing with our dog - she sent regular texts and photo updates which were so reassuring and I even received a message from our neighbour commenting on how frequently she saw Lyn out walking our dog! Our dog is even walking noticeably better on the lead.
Our house was also spotlessly clean when we returned. Lyn is a really kind and generous person who seems to genuinely ... MORELyn was absolutely incredible. She looked after our house and our adorable (though quite anxious) dog for 4 weeks. She was amazing with our dog - she sent regular texts and photo updates which were so reassuring and I even received a message from our neighbour commenting on how frequently she saw Lyn out walking our dog! Our dog is even walking noticeably better on the lead.
Our house was also spotlessly clean when we returned. Lyn is a really kind and generous person who seems to genuinely love animals and housesitting. I couldn't recommend her more highly (though I secretly don't want her to get too busy as I want her to come back when we next go on holidays...!).
CAITLIN (Footscray VIC, May 2018 - 3 weeks)
Couldn’t rave about Lyn more, she took such good care of our cat and our house was cleaner than when we left it! She watered and took care of our garden daily and communication was top notch! I got the perfect amount of updates from Lyn on our how little girl was going as well as photos and videos of her and knew she was comfortable when Lyn told us our cat was cuddling up to her every night! Thank you so much Lyn, hopefully will have you stay at ours again in the future!!! 🤗🤗🤗
LAURA (Papanui South Island, Feb 2024 - 4 nights)
From Kiwi House Sitters
It was an absolute delight to have Lyn at our home. We have two demanding Birman cats whom she fell in love with. We also received fantastic updates of their antics. The care of the home and garden was exceptional and lyn treated our home with the utmost respect. So much so, we are having her back and we would highly recommend Lyn to any other prospective position.
RICHARD (Harewood South Island, Dec 2022 - 2 weeks 5 days)
From Kiwi House Sitters
Lyn was amazing. Super friendly, great communication and Cookie just adored her.
SHARIN (East Melbourne VIC, Nov 2022 - 1 week)
Lyn was absolutely fabulous as a house sitter. Friendly, warm, trustworthy, reliable. I have absolutely no hesitation in recommending Lyn to look after your place.
MARK (Thornbury VIC, Mar 2022 - 4 days)
Lyn is the most marvellous pet, house and garden sitter. She is very experienced and it shows as she can sum up a situation accurately and confident to act. She takes her responsibilities seriously and absolutely loves my dog Stella and vica versa. I received regular progress reports. When I returned home everything was spick and span and rubbish bins out! I recommend Lyn 100%, she is great.
ISABELLE (ASCOT VALE VIC, Nov 2019 - 1 week 5 days)
Lyn is fantastic, great communication, happy pets and extremely tidy home. Went over and above expectations.
Would definitely use her again. Thanks Lyn!
TORI (Wainoni South Island, Oct 2019 - 6 days)
From Kiwi House Sitters
Lyn is a very warm and friendly person who looked after our home and dog for 5 weeks recently. She sent regular updates and photos of our fur baby out and about and having a lovely time, very reassuring! We came home to a happy dog and a clean and tidy house. Thanks so much Lyn, we will be delighted to have you stay again! (ditto Tommy)
KAY (Albert Park VIC, Sep 2019 - 1 month 1 week)
Lynn was an amazing housesitter, who looked after our house and dog during July 2019. Lynn was excellent in minding Aggie (our dog) and went above and beyond in taking Aggie to the vet to get eye drops put in every day for a week, suggested a solution for Aggie's leash pulling and generally loved and looked after Aggie so well! She also left our house immaculately clean, communicated with us appropriately during her stay and was completely trustworthy and reliable. I totally recommend her for ... MORELynn was an amazing housesitter, who looked after our house and dog during July 2019. Lynn was excellent in minding Aggie (our dog) and went above and beyond in taking Aggie to the vet to get eye drops put in every day for a week, suggested a solution for Aggie's leash pulling and generally loved and looked after Aggie so well! She also left our house immaculately clean, communicated with us appropriately during her stay and was completely trustworthy and reliable. I totally recommend her for housesitting.
MATT (Alphington VIC, Jul 2019 - 2 weeks 3 days)
Lyn was just brilliant. Couldn't have asked for anything more. She is a wonderful woman and was full of love for our little dog Sam. Would certainly recommend and have her back.
RACHAEL (Bentleigh VIC, May 2019 - 5 days)
Lyn was amazing she looked after our 4 fur babies like they were her own. My home and all the animals were so well looked after . It was wonderful going away knowing they were all being so well cared for . Lyn's communication was excellent. Thanks so much Lyn would love to have you back.
CLAUDINE (Soverign Lakes South Island, Feb 2019 - 1 week)
From Kiwi House Sitters
Lyn was an absolute dream! She took amazing care of Coco and our house and kept me up to date on everything.
I couldn't recommend Lyn more and will definitely be using her as our sitter again!
NICOLE (Prahran VIC, Aug 2017 - 3 days)
We can not thank or endorse Lyn enough.
She looked after our home and 1 year old dog while we were away for 3 weeks. Lyn took a big interest in his personality, schedule and preference for toys to play with :P.
She left our home spotless, gave our doggie a lot of love and plenty of exercise, just as we asked. She also sent us updates on how he was going with photos when we were missing him! We will be using her again and thoroughly enjoyed our holiday knowing our little man and our home were ... MOREWe can not thank or endorse Lyn enough.
She looked after our home and 1 year old dog while we were away for 3 weeks. Lyn took a big interest in his personality, schedule and preference for toys to play with :P.
She left our home spotless, gave our doggie a lot of love and plenty of exercise, just as we asked. She also sent us updates on how he was going with photos when we were missing him! We will be using her again and thoroughly enjoyed our holiday knowing our little man and our home were in such good hands.
MICHELLE (Preston VIC, Jul 2017 - 2 weeks 3 days)
Lyn house sat for our little dog Charlie for ten days and we can't recommend her highly enough. She is vivacious, helpful and caring and LOVES animals. She took the time to ask about Charlie's routines and quirks, spent a lot of time with him and left our house spotless. We will be using her again and again- she is the perfect animal and house minder!
JAN (Essendon VIC, Mar 2017 - 1 week 4 days)
Lyn did and amazing job looking after our dog and cat while we were overseas for a couple of weeks. She made the process simple from start to finish, even taking care of a vet visit! She also kept us updated by sending us photos of the pair so we didn't miss them too badly.
She left the house absolutely spotless, and has a brilliant bubbly personality.
We would highly recommend Lyn to anyone looking for a quality housesitter.
LAUREN & PAUL (Pascoe Vale VIC, Dec 2016 - 1 week 4 days)
Lyn took care of our three pets- an elderly cat and dog and vibrant middle-aged dog, all small. Lyn is a caring and thoughtful pet carer, who also keeps a clean house! Our pets were happy, clean, well tended and nurtured. Her skills are at executive level and any decision-making for our pets was easy as her common-sense and life experience add up to a person who should be top of the list in house caring and management. I have no hesitation at all in recommending Lyn and would love to have her ... MORELyn took care of our three pets- an elderly cat and dog and vibrant middle-aged dog, all small. Lyn is a caring and thoughtful pet carer, who also keeps a clean house! Our pets were happy, clean, well tended and nurtured. Her skills are at executive level and any decision-making for our pets was easy as her common-sense and life experience add up to a person who should be top of the list in house caring and management. I have no hesitation at all in recommending Lyn and would love to have her take care of our pets and home again.
LESLEY (Greensborough VIC, Aug 2016)
Lyn house-sat for us for two weeks in June 2016 whilst we went OS. We left her looking after our cat, three chickens and our fish, and the house. From the very start it was clear that Lyn was a very caring and enthusiastic house sitter and I didn't hesitate to recruit her. Shes one of lifes good eggs and grabs life by the horns. Communication before hand was great. Shes organised and punctual. She absolutely adored our menagerie of pets and looked after them really well. If our cat could talk, ... MORELyn house-sat for us for two weeks in June 2016 whilst we went OS. We left her looking after our cat, three chickens and our fish, and the house. From the very start it was clear that Lyn was a very caring and enthusiastic house sitter and I didn't hesitate to recruit her. Shes one of lifes good eggs and grabs life by the horns. Communication before hand was great. Shes organised and punctual. She absolutely adored our menagerie of pets and looked after them really well. If our cat could talk, I'm sure he'd express his disappointment of our return. Lyn left our house cleaner than we'd left it with everything in place, so no hunting around for things in my own home on our return!! I'd have no hesitation to call on her again. In fact I've already recommended her to friends.
TERESA (Essendon VIC, Jun 2016 - 2 weeks 1 day)
Lyn was looking after our house and two precious cats when we went on holiday for three weeks. From the moment we met Lyn we knew that we made the right decision by leaving our pets in her safe hands. She has genuine love of animals and clearly enjoys spending time with them. Our cats are on different diets and Lyn diligently followed instructions regarding their complicated feeding regime. She didn't have any trouble giving medications to one of the cats. While we were away Lyn kept us updated ... MORELyn was looking after our house and two precious cats when we went on holiday for three weeks. From the moment we met Lyn we knew that we made the right decision by leaving our pets in her safe hands. She has genuine love of animals and clearly enjoys spending time with them. Our cats are on different diets and Lyn diligently followed instructions regarding their complicated feeding regime. She didn't have any trouble giving medications to one of the cats. While we were away Lyn kept us updated by sending detailed emails. We came back to a spotless house and two very happy felines who were clearly very comfortable around Lyn.
I can unreservedly recommend Lyn to anyone who is considering engaging a house sitter. If she is available when we go away next time we will definitely ask her to house-sit for us again.
NINA (Glen Iris VIC, Jun 2016 - 2 weeks 6 days)
Lyn is such a warm and wonderful lady !! I was thrilled to meet her and know that my cats were in great hands while I was away I would totally recommend her as a trusted house sitter and would have her sit again anytime
SHELLEY (Briar Hill VIC, Feb 2016 - 3 days)
Lyn was an excellent cat sitter and took great care of our house as well. She was very affectionate towards our cats.
LEESA (Coburg VIC, Jan 2016 - 4 days)
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