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melina & Richard

Country Teachers avaliable NSW school holidays

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Our experience

10+ years

We have been housesitting since 1996 in a number of our school holidays. We have looked after various homes and pets.( We also had a great housesit where, we were to stay so the family's teenage children could not come back to throw pool…

dogDogsdogPuppiesdogSenior dogscatCatscatKittenscatSenior catsfishFishpoultryPoultrybirdBirdssmall-petsSmall petsAdministering medication

  • Kobe

    cavalier king charles spaniel

    Cared for

  • Frida

    i don't know

    Currently owns

  • coco

    tonkinese

    Cared for

  • Coco

    tonkinese

    Cared for

  • Magic

    russian blue

    Cared for

Reviews (5)

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Sally

We were so lucky that Melina & Richard were available to sit for us again recently! Once again they were the perfect sitters, taking beautiful care of our…

  • dog
  • cat
Sydney, NSW, Australia · 18 Apr - 25 Apr 2022
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Sally

Melina and Richard are a lovely, reliable couple who did a fantastic job looking after our dog, cat and house for 8 nights. They were organised, thorough…

  • dog
  • cat
Sydney, NSW, Australia · 08 Jan - 16 Jan 2022
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Chris

We were delighted with Melina and her husband being able to pet sit for us for 10 days. It was our first time leaving our cats for an extended period of time…

  • cat
Sydney, NSW, Australia · 26 Sep - 07 Oct 2020
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Brigit

My pets loved being looked after By Melina and Richard. I came back to 2 healthy and happy cats and a Super tidy house. Melina and Richard provided regular…

  • cat
Sydney, NSW, Australia · 24 Dec - 31 Dec 2019
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Eve

Melina and Richard looked after our two slightly mad dogs, the cat and our fish while we were overseas in Bali. They did the most amazing job - leaving the…

  • dog
  • cat
  • fish
Sydney, NSW, Australia · 11 Jul - 19 Jul 2018

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Pauline

melina & Richard looked after Pauline’s pets & home

Melina and Richard are excellent house and pet sitters. I cannot recommend them highly enough. They are great with animals and fabulous house guests. We have come home to a happy and contented cavoodle and spotless house every time.

Animal-lover

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Caring

Home/pet sitting reference

12 December 2023

About melina & Richard

We are two country teachers; my partner is the Deputy Principal at our school, and I am the Careers Teacher. We will both be on holidays and would love to look after your house and pets. We are extremely experienced and have had many house…

melina

Age – 56Occupation – High School TeacherLives in – Griffith, Australia
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Richard

Age – 61Occupation – Deputy Principal

Why we want to house sit

Originally, we began house sitting to assist a TAFE teacher who posted an ad in our teacher magazine, seeking someone to care for her house and cats in Stanmore. I thought to myself, 'I could do that.' It was my first encounter with house…

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