Vanessa & Ian
Full time house sitters passionate about pets & cuddles
Our experience
10+ years
Please note: We are unavailable for sits now until November 2025. SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE: Over 150 international housesits, all with 5* reviews (100 sits on THS), pet care inc. rescues, young and old; luxury property care; remote…
Ned
australian cattle dog
Cared for
Reviews (100)
If I could give them 10 stars I would! Vanessa and Ian were great from the very first introductory call. It's obvious that they have been doing house sits…
Just brilliant !! Best of all, Vanessa and Ian managed to win over our cat very quickly. Our cat being very shy of strangers. We can't thank them enough !!!
It was wonderful to see Ian and Vanessa again and they looked after the dogs brilliantly. Perfect amount of comms while we were away and the house was neat…
6 month old Poppy had the special treat of Ian and Vanessa coming to stay for 10 days. She had an abundance of TLC and fun with them. Poppy discovered…
I had the best near 3 weeks holiday knowing that our home was in the very safe hands of the lovely Ian and Vanessa. This is the second time they have done…
References (6)
Val
We cannot praise Ian and Vanessa highly enough. They did an absolutely fantastic job of looking after our property/pool and beloved pet cat for 3 months whilst we were in the UK. Barbados is not an easy climate, with a mixture of very hot sun, high rainfall, high winds, lots of dust and high humidity. Cleaning and gardening are major tasks.They had many issues to deal with during this hurricane season including dealing with spells of no electricity, a broken washing machine that was waiting for spare parts from the USA and our car that started with a/c problems just before we left , they coped with it all in a calm and efficient manner and kept us updated regularly. We would have no hesitation in recommending them to look after your home and pets.
Home/pet sitting reference
03 November 2017
About Vanessa & Ian
House sitting is our lifestyle by choice. We are happy, relaxed, financially independent and positively motivated. We're also friendly, reliable and extremely trustworthy. Most importantly, your pets will love having us around to play…
Ian
Why we want to house sit
We find the value exchange around trust and respect, extremely rewarding - we also need animals in our lives. While house sitting has allowed us to travel all over the world, we value just as much the time we get to spend with pets along…