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Wandering McIntosh's

75, Retired Handy at many things

67, Retired Secondary Teacher

We are a retired couple, Warwick has retired from doing lots of different jobs and is a great handyman. Chris is retired from being a Home Economics and Textiles teacher. Warwick has always been a handyman around the house and vehicles and loves the challenge of repairing/rebuilding things, Chris loves a potter in the garden - one of our regrets when packing everything into a huge storage shed is all her plants collected over 40 years plus were sold or given away. We started our house sitting more than 8 years ago travelling with our daughter who has a disability and her companion dog, Naomi is now in fulltime supported care with our dog keeping her company in Shepparton which is close to her 5 brothers.
We have travelled to the Northern Territory in July a number of times in the last 9 years and would like to do that again next year after missing out over the pandemic years.
We travel in a Mercedes Sprinter that I have converted from a 15 seater bus into a campervan and is set up so that we could sleep in it for short house sits.
We have completed housesits involving 2 terriers - 2 Huskies - 3 Labs - 3 dogs (sausage dogs) - 2 horses and 2 cats - 2 dogs and 4 hens and rooster, 14 goats and 4 horses recently. We have done a 3 week stint with about 50 cattle, 6 horses and 2 dog along with a cat, learnt how use a tractor to feed the round bales to the cattle. Twice we have cared for horses with special needs.
During all the Covid lockdowns in Vic and NSW we based ourselves in Swan Bay near Karuah and Newcastle as volunteers at a Drug and Alcohol Rehab for men running the kitchen and associated service and care and moved on from there April 2022. We finished a 15 month job June 1st 2023 on a property near Tamworth as caretakers for a homestead, 2 cottages and an AirBNB plus gardening at 2 other properties as well.
Each year we have an annual catering job for a large harvest crew north of Moree, NSW and over the summer months could do short term house sits along the Qld - NSW coast.
But we are adaptable and will consider any house/pet sits, not just dogs and cats but feel comfortable around horses and cattle anywhere in Australia. Tassie is a problem in the peak times because of the cost of getting our van across.
Phone references are possible as a lot of our housesits have been from word of mouth and previous sits that we return to.

Reviews (7)
Warwick and Chris were fantastic house sitters, they took wonderful care of our animals, house and garden while we were away, allowing us to have a worry free break away. We had not moved into the house yet so it was very sparsely furnished and they were thrown in the deep end with pool care and caring for our many animals and large secluded rural property. They took everything in their stride and coped beautiully, the pool and garden were in much better shape when we returned than they had ... MORE
 
KERRIE (Medowie NSW, Mar 2020 - 1 week 4 days)
What a phenomenal couple! Warwick and Chris took great care of my girl and went above and beyond with the cleaning and gardening, it was such a beautiful surprise! Thank you both very much for all your efforts.
 
ALISON (Kyneton VIC, Mar 2024 - 1 week)
Would highly recommend Warwick and Chris. They took great care of our dog and house whilst we were away. Will be in contact in the future for further sits :)
 
SHELLEY (Bonville NSW, Dec 2023 - 2 nights)
Chris and Warwick did a great job looking after our place while we were away, they coped with everything including a sick dog, a huge storm, a power failure, and the house and garden were in good order when we got home! They communicated with us when needed and we felt that everything was in good hands while we were away. We would be happy to have them back again!
 
JUDITH (Benalla VIC, Jan 2020 - 2 weeks 4 days)
Warwick and family were a delight to deal with, especially since it was our first time leaving the dog and house with House sitters. The house and garden were in great condition and the dog was calm and happy. We would be delighted to have them mind the house and dog again next time we get a chance to travel. Definitely highly recommended by us.
 
ANDREW (Bonnells Bay NSW, Sep 2019 - 4 weeks)
Thank you Warwick and Chris for looking after our home and animals last March. We returned to our home as we left it and the animals had been well cared for. We would welcome you to house sit for us at another time without hesitation.
 
LORRAINE (Goonengerry NSW, Mar 2019 - 1 week)
We would welcome Warwick and Chris back any time. Our puppy dog was well looked after and the house was clean and tidy upon our return. No hesitation in recommending them!
 
ELIZABETH (Brightwaters NSW, Sep 2018 - 2 weeks)
 
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