Ian & Vanessa
World travelers looking to slow down and take care of your pets and property
Our experience
I have owned a house for the last 18 years and had a restaurant for almost 20 years. Being in the mountains, the house required constant upkeep, especially after the brutal winters here. The restaurant was even more work. Over the years I…
Reviews (55)

Very clean sitter and very kind and responsive

We invited Ian to look after Bennie earlier this year and he did such a brilliant job we invited him back again in December, and were very glad when…

Ian was an amazing house sitter for Bennie from start to finish. He was super communicative and flexible when planning the stay and ensured that Bennie had a…

Vanessa was our cat sitter for one week and I found her very reliable, trustworthy, and friendly. From the very beginning, she was very communicative with…

Vanessa was a GREAT sitter for Wellington! She sent beautiful update photos of him with little msg about how he was doing. She was quick to reply to any…
References (4)
Jilly
Vanessa and Ian came a second year running and all the superlatives in the dictionary will not cover their care and attention to detail with our three cats. Two are unrelated Bengal house cats and a visiting male ginger cat who was born without eyes. Each cat has their issues and they dealt with them superbly and lovingly so much so that when we returned they preferred to sleep with our cat sitters rather than us. We also have a B and B and they very keenly looked after one regular and some couples that came in our absence. We have no hesitation in recommending them for future work and you will be so lucky if they accept your house sitting job. You may contact me in person if you need to talk about this reference They love walking so dogs are their passion too and they looked after the property very well even changing their bed and putting on new sheets before they left. Ian takes great portrait photos of their four and once three legged friends and sends them by email or keeps in touch by phone to reassure us that all is going well. 100%
Character reference
15 November 2015
About Ian & Vanessa
Vanessa and Ian first met whilst living and working in a ski resort in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. Although Ian is originally from England and Vanessa from Brazil, we lived there for a long time. We liked to take full advantage of the…
Vanessa
Why we want to house sit
House sitting provides us with the ideal excuse to slow our pace of travel down a little, or a lot. Moving from city to city, hotel to hotel every few days gets old quickly. Reading guide books or being on-line trying to figure out what to…