Joan & Lauren
Semi-retired couple, well traveled and lovers of animals. We will care for your home and…
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Reviews (8)
Joan and Lauren were fantastic again. We have four needy little fur things who have the best time with them. As before for a weekend or weeks we couldn't…
Lauren and Joan were wonderful. Our home was clean and tidy and the pets happy on our return. They even mowed the lawn. Our home is old and it is not easy…
Joan and Lauren Came to look after our home and wee Yorkie Cookie while we were on our summer holiday. Everything was very well organised in advance and Joan…
Huge thank you, Joan and Lauren, for taking good care of my little Bethany. She was obviously spoiled and had lovely outings. A big thank you for taking her…
Joan and Lauren were exceptional, better than we could ever have imagined. They had to cope with four fluffies, two recalcitrant cats and two demanding…
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I have known Joan for many years during which time both her and her husband occupied senior management positions in the tertiary education sector. She is a…
House & pet sitting reference · 16 February 2014About
We are semi-retired, very active former senior academics, and have lived in Singapore, Japan, Australia, Oman and Bahrain over the course of our academic careers. Our two children are now married and we have four lovely grandchildren, in…
Why we want to house sit
We are keen to keep travelling in our retirement, and love the idea of spending time in local communities, observing and perhaps participating in the everyday way of life. We had a timeshare, but found that the exchanges were usually in…
Our experience
We have a nice home ourselves, Lauren keeps a great garden, and does the general handyman jobs, so we are used to caring for a property. Since our children were born we have always had family dogs, sometimes a cat, and I used to ride. We…
Pet care experience
- Dogs
- Cats
- Fish
- Poultry
- Birds
- Small pets
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Preferred countries
- Australia
- New Zealand
Profile details
- New Zealand
- Canterbury
- Christchurch