Clive and Ali are simply the best. I cannot recommend them more highly.

They came to see us a few weeks before we left on holiday and filled in a spreadsheet with all the details for the care of our house, dogs and chickens. A few days later they sent it back to us for verification. They really understood what was important to us and took it all on board.

We have a large and complicated house and two dogs who expect long and varied walks! They managed this and a security system effortlessly.

After we departed they sent us Whatsapps of the dogs on walks which was lovely and let us enjoy our holiday without worry.

On our return we came home to an immaculate house and very happy dogs. It was overwhelming!

They are truly kind and very organised people and if you are lucky to have them, then you have got the very best.

I feel they are part of our family now and the dogs definitely do too.

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Extract from post sit email

We live on the Northern Beaches of Sydney and recently decided to leave our home and puppy for a week whilst we went on holiday. We've not used house-sitters before however Clive and Ali were recommended to us. 

Even a recommendation can still leave you with lingering thoughts however a cup of tea with Clive and Ali a few weeks before we went overseas soon put those thoughts out of our mind. They also stayed with us the night before we left to go on holiday which enabled us to have dinner with them and a chance to get to know them a little better.

They are a very warm, genuine and fun couple and we had absolutely no concerns with leaving them in our house with car keys, alarm codes etc etc. Just as importantly, they immediately formed a real bond with Lucas our ten month old chocolate lab and we knew he would be in safe hands.

Clive and Ali were generous enough to drive us to the airport (early) in the morning and then pick us up on their return, this was a real help as loading a taxi up with baby-gear, car seat included is not much fun. Clive and Ali obviously spent a lot of time with Lucas, swimming, running around at the dog park, fetching balls and just generally having fun, I've seen the photos and videos and I would say Lucas has more fun with Clive and Ali than us!

When we returned to the house we found it spotless, including clean sheets on the bed and even cold beers in the fridge - perfect. The only downside was that Lucas missed them for at least a week and soon resumed his digging in the garden, none of which happened while we were away, no doubt as he was having too much fun.

Hopefully Clive and Ali will be in Australia the next time we go away and in return hopefully we will be away a little longer so that they can enjoy living in Sydney for a little longer than a week!