Malcolm & Janet
About Malcolm & Janet
We are an active retired couple from Sydney, who enjoy travelling and outdoor pursuits after an extensive career in the IT services industry. We travel between Australia and Europe and enjoy looking after others homes and pets along the way. We raised our own children to appreciate and care for pets and wildlife, and managed an ever evolving ...
We are an active retired couple from Sydney, who enjoy travelling and outdoor pursuits after an extensive career in the IT services industry. We travel between Australia and Europe and enjoy looking after others homes and pets along the way. We raised our own children to appreciate and care for pets and wildlife, and managed an ever evolving menagerie through that time.
Pastimes include walking, sailing and adventure motorcycling when time and place permit, and, getting to know new areas, people and cultures.
We occupy a small and tidy footprint, and, being house owners for 40years, enjoy gardening and fixing things. You would never know we had been living in your home, except for the happy pets and tidy gardens and pools.
Would love to hear from you and see if we can help you better enjoy your time away.
Why we want to house sit
Housesitting enables us to spend time getting to know new areas and townships, and getting to know, and sometimes understand, new and colourful companions...!
At the end of the day, we get great satisfaction from happy, healthy pets and owners having had a worry free time away.
Our experience
Over the last four years we have cared for a wide range of animals, from axolotls, exotic fish and tortoises, through to chickens, sheep and alpaca's. Including numerous wonderful cats and dogs, from young and exuberant working dogs to frail and aged cats. Everything from fluffy kittens and Chihuahuas through to terriers, cattle dogs and a Newfoundland.....we have enjoyed them all.
Our house sits have taken us to many parts of Australia and southern England as we alternate our time now between Australia and Europe.
We are equally at home looking after an inner city terrace, or a remote off the grid country home and grounds. As a period home owner in Sydney, we are very considerate of owners homes and gardens, and comfortable undertaking routine maintenance, garden and pool care.
Reviews (4)
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Katherine - Nice, France
30 December - 25 January 2018
we were so fortunate to have malcolm and janet stay with our feathered ones while we went off on vacation. they are an interesting and fun couple, and everything that is so good about trusted housesitters. we returned to happy, well cared for birds, plants, and apartment. we certainly look for...
we were so fortunate to have malcolm and janet stay with our feathered ones while we went off on vacation. they are an interesting and fun couple, and everything that is so good about trusted housesitters. we returned to happy, well cared for birds, plants, and apartment. we certainly look forward to welcoming them for a return visit in future. and the prosecco on our return was a lovely surprise. thanks, guys.
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Kathryn - Ware, United Kingdom
15 December - 23 December 2017
Malcolm and Jan were a charming couple who have life long friends in the UK that they like to visit every year.
They looked after our house before Christmas for a week while we went on holiday.
Before they arrived they did a pre visit to learn about our animals and house, then picked up the keys ...Malcolm and Jan were a charming couple who have life long friends in the UK that they like to visit every year.
They looked after our house before Christmas for a week while we went on holiday.
Before they arrived they did a pre visit to learn about our animals and house, then picked up the keys they day before we left.
We learned that Jan practices Reiki on animals so felt quite happy leaving our pets with them.
When we returned, Malcolm and Jan had left for Christmas at some more friends. However they made sure that we were on our flight and left the house in a far better state than we had left it.
The animals were all happy and it was lovely to return home to flowers and a spotless kitchen.
They are very welcome to return here for another sit next time they are in UK. Just lets us know your dates and we can have a look at holidays for us.
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Charlie - Effingham, United Kingdom
20 October - 28 October 2017
Malcom and Janet were perfect. Can anyone be perfect?! Great communication (we should have been better - sorry!) punctual, confident, respectful. I could go on. House was immaculate when we returned with a happy bouncy dog to greet us. Thanks so much and I hope you had a great stay. We love where...
Malcom and Janet were perfect. Can anyone be perfect?! Great communication (we should have been better - sorry!) punctual, confident, respectful. I could go on. House was immaculate when we returned with a happy bouncy dog to greet us. Thanks so much and I hope you had a great stay. We love where we live and hope you enjoyed what it has to offer. All the best, Charlie, Cat, Nicole, Daniel and Merlin - woof!
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- Self-sufficient
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- Tidy
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- Pet care
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About Malcolm & Janet
We are an active retired couple from Sydney, who enjoy travelling and outdoor pursuits after an extensive career in the IT services industry. We travel between Australia and Europe and enjoy looking after others homes and pets along the way. We raised our own children to appreciate and care for pets and wildlife, and managed an ever evolving menagerie through that time.
Pastimes include walking, sailing and adventure motorcycling when time and place permit, and, getting to know new areas, people and cultures.
We occupy a small and tidy footprint, and, being house owners for 40years, enjoy gardening and fixing things. You would never know we had been living in your home, except for the happy pets and tidy gardens and pools.
Would love to hear from you and see if we can help you better enjoy your time away.
We are an active retired couple from Sydney, who enjoy travelling and outdoor pursuits after an extensive career in the IT services industry. We travel between Australia and Europe and enjoy looking after others homes and pets along the way. We raised our own children to appreciate and care for pets and wildlife, and managed an ever evolving menagerie through that time.
Pastimes include walking, sailing and adventure motorcycling when time and place permit, and, getting to know new areas, people and cultures.
We occupy a small and tidy footprint, and, being house owners for 40years, enjoy gardening and fixing things. You would never know we had been living in your home, except for the happy pets and tidy gardens and pools.
Would love to hear from you and see if we can help you better enjoy your time away.
Why we want to house sit
Housesitting enables us to spend time getting to know new areas and townships, and getting to know, and sometimes understand, new and colourful companions...!
At the end of the day, we get great satisfaction from happy, healthy pets and owners having had a worry free time away.
Our experience
Over the last four years we have cared for a wide range of animals, from axolotls, exotic fish and tortoises, through to chickens, sheep and alpaca's. Including numerous wonderful cats and dogs, from young and exuberant working dogs to frail and aged cats. Everything from fluffy kittens and Chihuahuas through to terriers, cattle dogs and a Newfoundland.....we have enjoyed them all.
Our house sits have taken us to many parts of Australia and southern England as we alternate our time now between Australia and Europe.
We are equally at home looking after an inner city terrace, or a remote off the grid country home and grounds. As a period home owner in Sydney, we are very considerate of owners homes and gardens, and comfortable undertaking routine maintenance, garden and pool care.
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Animal Care Experience
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Dogs
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Cats
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Poultry
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Small pet
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Profile Details
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Travelling as a
Previous house sitting experience
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House & pet sitting timeline
Malcolm and Janet have done 5 house sits since 2017
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ChichesterUnited KingdomFeb 2018 -
NiceFranceDec 2017 - Jan 2018 -
WareUnited KingdomDec 2017 -
EffinghamUnited KingdomOct 2017
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BlackheathAustraliaJul - Aug 2017
