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Sophie & Dean

Animal-loving, married Irish couple

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Our experience

10+ years

We started using Trusted House Sitters while backing packing for a year and have had a very positive experiences in New Zealand and Australia house sitting. We have regularly looked after pets of our family and friends when they go away

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Reviews (4)

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Peter

Sophie and dean were great. Very thorough with their questions before arriving so they could care for my animals the best way possible. Lovely couple to

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Ballarat, VIC, Australia · 23 Mar - 29 Mar 2023
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Tiaan

Sophie and Dean were absolutely amazing! They looked after our house and Zep as if they were their own. I would recommend them to anyone looking for someone

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Wellington, New Zealand · 10 Feb - 12 Feb 2023
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Colm

Sophie and Dean are a lovely couple. They really took care of Heidi spending time with her and playing with her. She loved them. They were also really well

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Lower Hutt, New Zealand · 03 Feb - 06 Feb 2023
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Jacqui

Sophie and Dean were excellent communicators and reliably contacted us before the house sit then turned up when they said they would. We could tell when we

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Rolleston, New Zealand · 30 Dec 2022 - 04 Jan 2023

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Jennifer

Sophie is a trustworthy, responsible and caring person. She has never let us down and takes the responsibility of her job very seriously. I would highly recommend Sophie to anyone who should require her services. I cannot rate her highly enough.

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23 November 2022

About Sophie & Dean

Hello! My name is Sophie, I'm 32 and a primary school teacher from Ireland. I will be house-sitting with my husband Dean. We started house sitting when we took a year off to travel the world and loved it. We are back in Ireland now working

Sophie

Age32OccupationPrimary School TeacherLives inEnniscorthy, Ireland
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Dean

Age29OccupationEngineering Technician

Why we want to house sit

While travelling, we have loved getting to know different people and learning about the local cultures and daily life so staying in homes gives us a better insight into daily life in a new place rather than staying in a hotel. We love

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