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Silver (12mths)
House Sitting Preferences
  • 2 - 4 weeks, 1 - 2 months, 2 months +
  • Dog(s), Cat(s), Fish, Bird(s), Rabbit(s)/Guinea Pig(s), Chickens/Ducks/Geese, Farm Animals
  • Yes
Preferred Locations
  • North Island: Auckland  

Family of 4 traveling full time in a caravan

25, E-Commerce

47, E-Commerce

My fiancee John, our 2 toddlers Kryon (3 years) and Erde(earth,2 year) have recently moved from Auckland Central to the south Island in October 2022 to travel full time. We love the life on the road and so do our kids!
Prior to having our kids (in Nelson) John and I were traveling/living in our motorhome and due to covid after a couple years break, we are excited to be back on the road!
We all love being in nature, exploring and traveling.
we are all pet lovers and our boy Kryon has recently fallen in love with dogs - he cant get enough of them (or stop talking about them!)
John grew up around animals all his life (dogs, chickens, cats and also owned horses) and has bread and owned several dogs who have now sadly passed away :(
I grew up with multiple rabbits as well as a cat and have always found opportunities to take friends and neighbours dogs for walks.
We are extremely flexible in regards to times and places as we can be anywhere we want to be whenever we want to - the beauty of traveling!
We work online, running our own e-commerce store oldsoulzgifts.com and can manage it from anywhere, as we have a portable internet connection with us at all times.
We are both musicians too and are working towards opening our own independent record label in the very near future.
Our only condition in regards to house sitting is that we need to have space to park our off road caravan (including tow hitch 7 meters long), apart from that we can adapt to pretty much anything!
We love the whole idea of give and take and will happily take care of your home and/or your beloved pets in return for free accomodation (it is nice to have a change and a little bit of space every now and then when you live in a caravan with 2 toddlers!).



Reviews (6)
Melanie and John and their family are amazing. Super loving dog care, and house and garden all wonderful. All in fabulous condition upon our return. Great communication as and when needed, Melanie and John are positive, good problem solvers (extended power cut occurred during their house-sit), responsible and considerate. They made sure we could be in contact and meet before our departure. Melanie and John will be the first people we will contact if we need dog and house sitting in the future.
 
RIA (Waharau North Island, Aug 2024 - 1 month 1 week)
Melanie and John looked after our place beautifully while we were away, They kept in touch while we were on our travels and it was a pleasure to come home to a sparkling house, very happy dog and chooks and the garden looking lovely. I highly recommend them as house sitters and look forward to them hopefully staying again in the future. Thank you from Keith and Lyn
 
LYN (Pukekohe North Island, May 2024 - 1 month 1 week)
Melanie and John and their two children were at house for two weeks taking care of our house and two large dogs and our two cats. They came to meet us prior to sit which was reassuring and communicated well throughout. We came home to a lovely tidy house and happy and well looked after pets. I would certainly ask them back for a future house-sit.
 
JODIE (Matamata North Island, Apr 2024 - 2 weeks)
Melanie, John and kids took great care of my cat and the lawns looked super tidy when I got back. While away for 3 weeks, I got 2 updates about the cat but only when I asked for it. The house was not how I left it, but kids are kids and there is no way they can avoid and foresee everything that will happen. Thanks for looking after my baby.
 
BETTINA (Te Aroha North Island, Mar 2024 - 3 weeks)
Melanie, John & family looked after our home for 10 weeks in winter 2023, We live on a farmlet (85 acres). They looked after a handful of stock and our precious dog Sadie. We had not long moved in and left not fully knowing the place. There were lots of winter garden jobs unfinished. Having them come stay was the best decision. They are kind, caring and conscientious. They looked after everything better than I could have imagined, and went above and beyond to do unfinished tasks I hadn't ... MORE
 
SARAH (Gore South Island, Feb 2024 - 2 nights)
Melanie, John and their two sons were our first housesitters and it was a great experience. Melanie was easy to communicate with and kept in contact whenever they weren't sure on anything. The dogs absolutely loved them and we returned to happy dogs, sheep and our house plants and veggie gardens were all thriving. We returned to a clean and tidy house and they even left a few toys behind for our son which he loved! We would happily have them stay again :)
 
ROSIE (Fernside South Island, Dec 2022 - Just under 4 weeks)
 
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