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36, Massage therapist, child minder, house keeper, receptionist.

Dear house owners,

I am an honest and conscientious young woman and mother of Russian/German background in my mid 30ies. I have been living in New Zealand since 2008.

After becoming mother and being mainly involved in caring for and upbringing my beautiful son Andrea in Germany close to my family, I returned with Andrea back to New Zealand in 2018. The strong call to live again in beautiful Aotearoa had never left me.

For some house owners to let in a 7 year old child into their homes might be something rather to think about twice which I understand and tolerate.
Andrea is gorgeous. He is a healthy, clever and well behaved little boy - simply full of love and light and joy to be around. He adores animals more than I do (which is quite impossible ;)...)
We will simply enjoy taking the best care of your house, pets and garden with all the respect and appreciation.

Few more introductory words about me.
I was granted the NZ permanent residency in 2009 while living mainly in Auckland. Besides experiencing the urban Auckland lifestyle I travelled in New Zealand staying often in the country, experiencing a beautiful and enriching exchange through wwoofing, doing house and hostel sits. Simply enjoying the local lifestyle and character with its places and activities of interests. I love animals and enjoy the life of more quiet areas and cleaner environment. I grew up in a little town around my family's and neighbors pet. I am definitively eco-friendly trying to live a more natural and healthy lifestyle with a strong interest in self growth.
Child care has been a major long standing personal interest and source of income for me in Germany, Australia and New Zealand. I worked for the Parnell Trust as child minder and I have also plenty of excellent references as a free lance nanny and housekeeper. I am a free lance massage therapist as well; in 2010 I attained the certificate in relaxation massage at Wellpark College of Natural Therapies in Auckland. As such I worked for several retreat centres around New Zealand.
I lived and worked, on and off for a few years, in the retreat-centre & eco-village "Kawai Purapura" in Albany (Auckland) as a residential assistant.There I enjoyed a community alike lifestyle and the different tasks involved in it including cleaning, gardening and general indoor and outdoor maintenance tasks. During this time I also had the opportunity to built up managing skills being more closely involved within the busy management department of the Centre.

We have been doing various house sits with great pleasure! Please, refer to some of the feedbacks house owners had shared.

Police and driving clearances, or any more detailed personal information and references are available on request.

We do look forward to hearing from you!
Katya and Andrea

Reviews (10)
Katja and her son Andrea did a great job of house sitting. Excellent communication throughout. My house was lovely and clean when I came home and the animals had been well looked after.
 
MICHAELA (allandale , Apr 2021 - 3 days)
Katya and Andrea took great care of the house and pets. If anyone is unsure about a child doing be. Andrea is a lovely little boy who was super kind to our dog and cat and the house was tidier when we returned than it was when we left. Thank you Katya and Andrea
 
EVAN (Kaiteriteri South Island, Mar 2020 - 1 week)
Katya and her son Andrea did a fantastic job looking after our home and pets. Communication was excellent throughout and we came home to a clean and tidy house. Would happily have them back - thanks again guys!
 
KIRSTY (Waimairi Beach , Feb 2020 - 1 week 5 days)
An excellent house sit from Katya and Andrea! Came home to happy pets and a nice clean house. Highly recommend!
 
SARAH (Southshore South Island, Feb 2020 - 3 days)
Katya & Andrea did a great job house and dog sitting for us. The house was immaculate when we got back home, communication was great. Highly recommend!
 
JACKIE (Dannemora North Island, Jan 2020 - 3 days)
Katya was a fantastic housesitter - she and Andrea took great care of our cat Indie, and kept our garden watered while we were away over the holiday period! The house was well looked after and left tidy and clean. She communicated with us regularly over the week, and even sent a few photos! Thanks Katya, and Andrea, for looking after our home for us :)
 
ASHLEIGH (New Lynn North Island, Dec 2019 - 1 week)
Katya and her son left our house very clean and tidy, we were thrilled to come home to a nearly immaculate house. We received regular updates from Katya which was good. However, we were a little disappointed that some of our detailed instructions around our cats were not followed. This was not communicated to us until we got home and read her note detailing this. With a little more understanding of our instructions - or clarifying where needed - we would be happy to have her and her son ... MORE
 
TALLULAH (Panmure North Island, Dec 2019 - 1 week 3 days)
No rating Loved having Katya and her beautiful little boy housesit for us. Great communication and came home to lovely clean and tidy house and more importantly, pets all happy and content. Thanks so much, would love to have you come again,.
JEANETTE (Governors Bay South Island, Nov 2019 - 3 days)
No rating Katya, Wonderful lady. Kept all the animals happy and fed. House clean n tidy when we came home. Would love to have her sit for us again some time
MYRA (Oamaru South Island, Feb 2018 - 2 weeks 3 days)
No rating I couldn't have asked for better house and animal sitters - AMAZING!!!!! Katja and Bruno managed brilliantly looking after my four dogs (including 2 great danes), 2 cats, 3 donkeys and 20 doves. The animals adored them and missed them when they left. I would not hesitate in recommending Katja and Bruno as trustworthy, fantastic housesitters. I just wish they were available all the time as feel they are now part of our family. They also kept the house immaculate and went above and beyond ... MORE
JULIETTE (Washdyke, South Island, Jul 2014 - 2 weeks)
 
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