Nancy & Les
Nancy & Les
Global HouseSitting Pros provide the best in home-care, pet-pampering, garden-tending, security and peace of mind
About Nancy & Les
Hi, we're Les and Nancy, aka the kitty whisperer (Les) and the chicken wrangler (Nancy). We're caring, competent, animal loving retirees who have whole-heartedly embraced full time house sitting. We would love to get our hands dirty in your garden, take long walks with your pups, snuggle your kitties and keep your house in tip-top condition. ...
Hi, we're Les and Nancy, aka the kitty whisperer (Les) and the chicken wrangler (Nancy). We're caring, competent, animal loving retirees who have whole-heartedly embraced full time house sitting. We would love to get our hands dirty in your garden, take long walks with your pups, snuggle your kitties and keep your house in tip-top condition.
We love traveling, learning about new cultures and sharing ours. We've built homes, owned homes, held successful corporate careers, and raised 3 pretty cool kids. And now we're off to see the world as successful house sitting professionals.
We’re experienced, friendly, detail-oriented retirees with a zest for life, curious minds and and energetic healthy bodies.
Why we want to house sit
As long time homeowners with beloved pets of our own, we know how important it is to find the right person or couple to come into your home and care for your furry family members, your house and your plants with such enthusiasm, respect and considerate care that you (finally!) feel free to go off on a vacation or business trip without worrying if a pipe might break or the plants turn brown. And, best of all, your pets get to stay in the safety and comfort of their own home. We think that's a win for everybody.
We know first hand the benefits of having a great house sitter and that is why we decided to pay it forward by becoming trusted house sitters ourselves.
Seeing the world was right at the top of our retirement dreams. By bringing together all of our real-life experience, the valuable skills we honed in the corporate world, our love of and know-how with animals, and our can-do, roll up your sleeves and get it done attitude, we started house sitting early in 2014 as the Global House Sit pros.
Our experience
We believe that taking excellent care of your beloved pets and home is our most important responsibility.
~ We have an abundance of life, professional and travel experience and we’re very comfortable and adaptable in new surroundings and cultures.
~ We will confidently handle most emergencies with calm, quick-thinking action. If we can’t handle it ourselves, we’ll know who to call. That’s where our management and leadership experiences come in handy!
~ We will be respectful of your home, your possessions and your privacy. We’re homeowners ourselves and will treat yours as if it were our own.
~ We are excellent communicators. We will keep you updated as often as you like so you know everything is in good hands. We love to send photo updates!
~ We love animals of all kinds (sorry not snakes) and have shared our home with dogs, cats, hamsters, white mice, tropical fish. We’ve also learned the fine (and very fun!) art of chicken keeping through several house sits and home exchanges.
~ We’re fun, friendly, detail-oriented retirees with a zest for life, curious minds and and energetic healthy bodies. We welcome the opportunity to get our hands dirty in your garden, take long walks with your pups and keep your house in tip-top condition.
We have enjoyed the benefits of both home exchange and house sitting and we discovered early on that we each brought a unique set of skills that made it easy for us to settle in quickly and easily manage any new situations as they arose. Here's how it usually goes:
Les ~
• handy/Mr. Fix-it
•enjoys puttering in the garden
•chief trash carrier and mail retriever
•good with a vacuum and a mop
•manager of home security
•family chef
•pooper scooper
•kitty cuddler
•extremely organized
Nancy ~
•communication chief – email and photo updates
•loves to garden and has a green thumb
•lead dog walker (Les always seems to tag along) and ball tosser
•keeper of schedules, lists and all other very important details
•chief bottle washer and laundry detail
•chicken wrangler, egg gatherer and poop & coop scooper
•experienced with giving pet meds and care of aging pets
Reviews (9)
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Graham & Beverly - Doncaster, United Kingdom
11 September - 17 September 2018
Nancy & Les recently house sitted for us, looking after our home and two house cats, one of which had recently been diagnosed as diabetic. We cannot praise them enough, two lovely caring people who even took on the medication for our cat. Nancy was excellent in sending us messages and photos ou...
Nancy & Les recently house sitted for us, looking after our home and two house cats, one of which had recently been diagnosed as diabetic. We cannot praise them enough, two lovely caring people who even took on the medication for our cat. Nancy was excellent in sending us messages and photos our cats whilst we were away which was great.
Meeting both Nancy & Les was a lovely experience, two really nice, honest and friendly people.
We went away confident that both our cats and home were in very safe hands.
We would recommend Nancy & Les to anyone considering house/pet sitters.- Organised
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Blair - Tacoma, Washington, United States
25 August - 30 August 2017
Nancy and Les took great care of our home and our dog while we were on vacation for six days. Nancy was incredibly responsive via both email and text messaging before and during their stay. She sent photos of Pepper and kept us updated. They left our home spotless with towels and sheets clean (wh...
Nancy and Les took great care of our home and our dog while we were on vacation for six days. Nancy was incredibly responsive via both email and text messaging before and during their stay. She sent photos of Pepper and kept us updated. They left our home spotless with towels and sheets clean (which is always so amazing to come home to)! Plus our garden, plants and lawn were all well cared for. We couldn't rate them higher or thank them enough for letting us enjoy our vacation so much.
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Leandra - Durham, North Carolina, United States
19 September 2016
Nancy and Les were wonderful house-sitters. We were gone for a week and didn't worry at all about our dogs as we knew they were in good hands. Communication was good and the house was in great shape when we returned. We also enjoyed chatting with them about our various travel adventures. :)
Pash...Nancy and Les were wonderful house-sitters. We were gone for a week and didn't worry at all about our dogs as we knew they were in good hands. Communication was good and the house was in great shape when we returned. We also enjoyed chatting with them about our various travel adventures. :)
Pasha and Riesling seemed to really enjoy their time with them and I would highly recommend Nancy and Les for future house-sits. Thanks guys!- Organised
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About Nancy & Les
Hi, we're Les and Nancy, aka the kitty whisperer (Les) and the chicken wrangler (Nancy). We're caring, competent, animal loving retirees who have whole-heartedly embraced full time house sitting. We would love to get our hands dirty in your garden, take long walks with your pups, snuggle your kitties and keep your house in tip-top condition.
We love traveling, learning about new cultures and sharing ours. We've built homes, owned homes, held successful corporate careers, and raised 3 pretty cool kids. And now we're off to see the world as successful house sitting professionals.
We’re experienced, friendly, detail-oriented retirees with a zest for life, curious minds and and energetic healthy bodies.
Hi, we're Les and Nancy, aka the kitty whisperer (Les) and the chicken wrangler (Nancy). We're caring, competent, animal loving retirees who have whole-heartedly embraced full time house sitting. We would love to get our hands dirty in your garden, take long walks with your pups, snuggle your kitties and keep your house in tip-top condition.
We love traveling, learning about new cultures and sharing ours. We've built homes, owned homes, held successful corporate careers, and raised 3 pretty cool kids. And now we're off to see the world as successful house sitting professionals.
We’re experienced, friendly, detail-oriented retirees with a zest for life, curious minds and and energetic healthy bodies.
Why we want to house sit
As long time homeowners with beloved pets of our own, we know how important it is to find the right person or couple to come into your home and care for your furry family members, your house and your plants with such enthusiasm, respect and considerate care that you (finally!) feel free to go off on a vacation or business trip without worrying if a pipe might break or the plants turn brown. And, best of all, your pets get to stay in the safety and comfort of their own home. We think that's a win for everybody.
We know first hand the benefits of having a great house sitter and that is why we decided to pay it forward by becoming trusted house sitters ourselves.
Seeing the world was right at the top of our retirement dreams. By bringing together all of our real-life experience, the valuable skills we honed in the corporate world, our love of and know-how with animals, and our can-do, roll up your sleeves and get it done attitude, we started house sitting early in 2014 as the Global House Sit pros.
Our experience
We believe that taking excellent care of your beloved pets and home is our most important responsibility.
~ We have an abundance of life, professional and travel experience and we’re very comfortable and adaptable in new surroundings and cultures.
~ We will confidently handle most emergencies with calm, quick-thinking action. If we can’t handle it ourselves, we’ll know who to call. That’s where our management and leadership experiences come in handy!
~ We will be respectful of your home, your possessions and your privacy. We’re homeowners ourselves and will treat yours as if it were our own.
~ We are excellent communicators. We will keep you updated as often as you like so you know everything is in good hands. We love to send photo updates!
~ We love animals of all kinds (sorry not snakes) and have shared our home with dogs, cats, hamsters, white mice, tropical fish. We’ve also learned the fine (and very fun!) art of chicken keeping through several house sits and home exchanges.
~ We’re fun, friendly, detail-oriented retirees with a zest for life, curious minds and and energetic healthy bodies. We welcome the opportunity to get our hands dirty in your garden, take long walks with your pups and keep your house in tip-top condition.
We have enjoyed the benefits of both home exchange and house sitting and we discovered early on that we each brought a unique set of skills that made it easy for us to settle in quickly and easily manage any new situations as they arose. Here's how it usually goes:
Les ~
• handy/Mr. Fix-it
•enjoys puttering in the garden
•chief trash carrier and mail retriever
•good with a vacuum and a mop
•manager of home security
•family chef
•pooper scooper
•kitty cuddler
•extremely organized
Nancy ~
•communication chief – email and photo updates
•loves to garden and has a green thumb
•lead dog walker (Les always seems to tag along) and ball tosser
•keeper of schedules, lists and all other very important details
•chief bottle washer and laundry detail
•chicken wrangler, egg gatherer and poop & coop scooper
•experienced with giving pet meds and care of aging pets
Verifications
Verification level
Basic level
Email Address, Phone Number, External references (16)
Animal Care Experience
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Dogs
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Cats
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Fish
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Poultry
Availability
Preferred Countries
- Belgium
- Canada
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Spain
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Aruba
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belize
- Bermuda
- British Virgin Islands
- Bulgaria
- Chile
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Denmark
- Ecuador
- Guatemala
- Guernsey
- Ireland
- Mexico
- Morocco
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Martin
- Sweden
- United States Minor Outlying Islands
- Uruguay
Profile Details
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Occupation
Travelling as a
Previous house sitting experience
Member benefits
Member since
House & pet sitting timeline
Nancy and Les have done 9 house sits since 2013
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DoncasterUnited KingdomSep 2018 -
TacomaUnited StatesAug 2017 -
DurhamUnited StatesSep 2016 -
McMinnvilleUnited StatesSep 2016 -
McMinnvilleUnited StatesAug 2016
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BandonUnited StatesJan - Mar 2016 -
PortlandUnited StatesDec 2015 -
St. ThomasCanadaMay 2015
