John

Kiwi Veterinarian - Professional Pet and/or Property Care

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
14 Reviews

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My experience

I am a previous home and smallholding owner with Veterinary experience in small animal and farm practice as well as some exotic animal experience. Also have basic handyman skills, have maintained a 25m community swimming pool, enjoy

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Reviews (14)

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Paul

John took excellent care of Billy. He took him for lots of nice long walks and sent us daily pictures of their walks. He was polite, friendly, and

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London, United Kingdom · 14 Feb - 02 Mar 2025
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Hermione

John took care of the dogs for over 3 weeks while we were on holiday and was always helpful and quick to respond to any concerns we had about the house and

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Wimbledon Park, United Kingdom · 20 Jan - 14 Feb 2025
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Eveline

John was our first ever pet sitter we have had through trusted house sitters and I couldn’t have asked for a better experience. John was friendly, reliable

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Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom · 14 Dec 2024 - 08 Jan 2025
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Karen

John and the dogs bonded instantly which is a great relief when you are leaving your pets with someone you haven’t met. The house was extremely clean and

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Washington, United Kingdom · 19 Nov - 05 Dec 2024
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Wayne

We were very pleased with John. He looked after the dogs well and the house was left tidy. John even mowed the lawns for us. We would definitely use John

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Auckland, New Zealand · 15 Dec 2022 - 08 Jan 2023

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Gary

John, is a tenant in one of my properties (and has been for years). I trust him implicitly and have never had an issue with non payment of rent or damage to the property. I have no problem recommending him as a tenant or houses sitter.

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15 May 2022

About

I am a retired Kiwi Veterinarian and lived in UK for 14 of past 22 years - returned to New Zealand in 2015. I am back to the UK November 2024 until early 2025. I have previous long and short-term housesitting experience in the UK, New

Why I want to house sit

I have been looking at visiting various parts of New Zealand before deciding where I will settle and now returning to the UK for a season. I am keen to help out by providing care and companionship for precious pets or husbandry for farm

Preferred countries

New Zealand

Profile details

Age
65+
Occupation
Veterinarian