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  • 0 - 1 week, 1 - 2 weeks, 2 - 4 weeks, 1 - 2 months, 2 months +
  • Dog(s), Cat(s), Fish, Bird(s), Chickens/Ducks/Geese
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  • QLD: South Eastern - Gold Coast & Hinterland
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Respectful Honest Kiwi couple

68, Retired motel owner

73, Retired motel owner

We are a retired non smoking couple who have been house minding in Queensland for 8 years now. We prefer to house mind on the Gold Coast area over our New Zealand winter. We have had many successful years minding houses, pets and gardens where the owners have enjoyed having us mind their precious property. Now the owners contact us for suitable dates for their holidays.
Sandy loves gardening (within reason). Greg is happy looking after lawns, pool etc. We have been married 44yrs and have 2 independent children 34 and 36yr old one who lives in Mermaid Beach GC with our grandson and the other in ChCh NZ.
Greg was a member of North Beach Surf Life Saving Club where he is now a life member after doing many years of volunteer work. We are both active golfers.
We live in beautiful Hanmer Springs in NZ. Greg does volunteer work at our local golf course. As the weather can get to -10 we like to live in a warmer climate for the winter hence coming to Australia between May and September.
Prior to retiring we owned our own 18 unit motel in Christchurch for 9 years that had 4.5 stars out of 5 stars.
We are very respectful of people's property, animals etc.
The dog "Maddie" in the photo is who we looked after for 3 weeks while houseminding in Sydney . Looked after house, dog, pool and garden.
We love walking on the GC and always walk the dogs daily, send pictures to the owners while they are away as we realise we are looking after their baby (babies).

Reviews (7)
No rating We returned to happy and relaxed pets, the house was immaculately clean and even our windows had been cleaned (and there's plenty of them). Sandy and Greg were wonderful housesitters and stayed until our return to say their goodbyes. We couldn't recommend any one more trust worthy, respectful and kind hearted. We hope they can housesit again in the future and we wish them all the happiness in the world. Thanks again Sandy and Greg.
SHELLEY (Varsity Lakes QLD, Aug 2018 - 1 week 1 day)
Sandy and Greg are warm, generous, kind and thoughtful people who provided outstanding care for our home, garden and somewhat tricky cat while we were overseas. We returned to an immaculate home and garden, a happy cat and many thoughtful touches like groceries to see us through the first hazy days of jetlag! I cannot recommend them highly enough.
 
HELEN (Burleigh QLD, Dec 2022 - 3 weeks)
Greg & Sandy are a couple who are in another league of house sitters to any we're experienced before. They are just incredible people - caring, genuine, dedicated to the care of our dog and home. So easy to think of them as friends. We arrived home to find the tiled floors steam cleaned, lawns mowed, a tray of delicious slice in the fridge, and a meal ready to cook! Unbelievable. Highly recommend Sandy & Greg with no reservations and highest praise.
 
ROSS & JAN (Robina QLD, May 2021 - 3 weeks)
Thanks guys it was our pleasure.
Sandy and Greg looked after our house and our dog Evie for almost a month. This was our first experience with house sitters. We were blown away with their professionalism, caring of Evie and respect for our home. On our return on Monday night, our house was sparkling clean and a beautiful meal was prepared. Sandy and Greg are a very likeable couple, very friendly and aim to please. It is a shame they live in NZ and only house sit when they come to Australia during our winter months. I ... MORE
 
NANETTE (Thornlands QLD, Jul 2018 - 3 weeks)
No rating We were so fortunate and privileged to have Greg and Sandy house sit for us for 3.5 weeks in June/July. They went above and beyond in caring for our pets (Labrador and goldfish) and our home. Upon return the house was immaculate along with the yard. This was our first time with housesitters and we couldn't have been happier with our experience. Sandy and Greg are honest, reliable and friendly people who we have no hesitation in recommending or using again.
KYLIE-ANN (Greenbank QLD, Jun 2018 - 3 weeks)
No rating Sandy & Greg were the most fabulous house sitters, delightful couple, nothing too much trouble for them. They kept us up to date with what was going on via pm at home whilst away & on retuning found everything just as we had left it. .Lovely to come home to our fur babies who were spoilt rotten & our chickens who had been laying better than before we went away. Would highly recommend them & look forward to having them again when we next travel. Thankyou guys for the wonderful peace of mind you ... MORE
KERRY (Bundamba QLD, Jul 2017 - 1 month 1 week)
No rating We used Sandy and Greg to look after our home, 2 cats and 5 chooks while we were away. I can't recommend them enough. We got regular updates emails and pics while we were away. Put our minds at ease that everything was going well. The house was left beautiful and clean. We started off as strangers and the day we said goodbye was like saying goodbye to family. Would definitely use them again and highly recommend them to anyone.
MELISSA (Park Ridge QLD, Jun 2016 - 3 weeks)
 
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