James & Clare

Your pets, your property ... our priortiy 200+ completed sits worldwid

Whakatane, New Zealand
45 Reviews

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Our experience

10+ years

We bring many tools and knowledge to house sitting opportunities: YOUR PETS * As pet owners for most of our lives, we understand the importance of your pet/s to you. We will take the time to really get to know them, enjoying their company

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Reviews (45)

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Emma

James and Clare were fabulous. The house was immaculate and the dogs and cats couldn’t have been more content. Clare had made delicious bolognaise, sour

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  • cat
Nayland, United Kingdom · 07 Oct - 26 Oct 2023
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Alison

It was clear, from the moment I spoke to them, that James and Clare were reliable and experienced. They were very straightforward and easy to talk to in the

  • dog
Woodbridge, United Kingdom · 03 Aug - 12 Aug 2022
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Sarah

James and Claire were really helpful when they arrived and made our departure on holiday all the smoother. I have to thank them for being so good with our

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  • cat
  • fish
Borgue, United Kingdom · 15 Jul - 25 Jul 2022
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Caroline and David

Being virgins to house sitters we entered into it with a certain amount of fear and in-trepidation. James and Clare came with glowing recommendations but

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  • cat
York, United Kingdom · 09 Oct - 09 Nov 2019
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Pam

Really lovely couple who completely put us at ease as it was our first time with Trusted Housesitters. Our dogs had a great time with loads of love and

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Richmond, United Kingdom · 29 Sep - 06 Oct 2019

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Erika

We started looking for house sitters a year in advance: James and Clare were the first to answer and the ones that convinced us more than all the others. We were not wrong. We followed keeping in contact through Skype, waiting the time of our holidays. We had planned to stay away 2 months and half and for the first time we'd have left home our 2 dogs and 1 cat: we felt really worried about that, so we wanted to be sure to let them in good hands. James and Clare arrived some days before our departure to introduce them to the pets and sharing informations. Our animals liked them from the beginning and we felt soon secure after meeting them. During our holidays they sent us pictures and news about life at home regularly and they could manage some issues regarding our car and fixing problems in the house by themselves, thanks to their experience. James and Clare are very reliable and we could spend a really relaxing time knowing our beloved pets were with them. Thanks for your help! Erika and Fabio

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12 September 2016

About

We are a couple of animal loving 59 year olds from the UK and New Zealand who enjoy travel and experiencing anything and everything our globe trotting life has to throw at us. We have house and pet sitting experience in many countries, from

Why we want to house sit

As passionate travellers and animal lovers we find that house and pet sitting combines these two loves perfectly. We prefer to live as locals wherever we travel and looking after your house and property is a great way to do this at the

Preferred countries

AfghanistanAland IslandsAlbaniaAlgeriaAmerican SamoaAndorra

Profile details

Age
James 59 and Clare 59
Occupation
(Both retired) Teacher/ gardener/handyman and Pool & Gym Manager/Owner
Travelling
With a partner