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Platinum (36mths+)
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
Preferred Locations
  • South Island: Canterbury (Banks Peninsula, Christchurch), Nelson / Marlborough, Otago (Queenstown Lakes)  

Experienced pet&house sitter

38, Earth plasterer

I am Martin (38) a Slovakian guy who came for a year of working holiday 5 years ago and never left :)

I do have lots of house/pet sitting experiences from 9 different places here in New Zealand, two in Australia and overseas too. It is an amazing experience which gives me an opportunity to get to know the country and its awesome people. I also sitted in Spain, Portugal and Panama too. Please check out my 5star* references from my previous stays, I can provide phone numbers if needed.

I am a non smoker, vegan, keen cyclist, easy going-relaxed person, responsible, organised and ready to take care of your house and pets while you are away. Skilled gardener and handyman, so if there is any work around the house or maintenance required you can rely on me with this :) I come from a small village so I was in contact with pets and farm animal since I was a kid.


Reviews (10)
I cannot recommend Martin enough! He took wonderful care of my home and pets, undertook some gardening work, and kept me posted with cute updates about my pets. I returned to a wonderfully clean and tidy home and garden, and beautiful homemade food in the fridge. I had to return a day early due to covid, and I appreciate his flexibility and understanding that the housesit ended a day early. I loved the opportunity to meet Martin and for him to spend time meeting my pets, and show him around ... MORE
 
RENEE (Paroa South Island, Jan 2024 - 2 weeks 4 nights)
Martin is a great communicator and it was a pleasure having him housesit for us. Bella, our border collie, obviously had a wonderful time with Martin and we would welcome him back. The house looked as we left it other than a couple of vases of beautiful Spring flowers Martin had left and a delicious vegan cake which my daughter would like the recipe for please! Thank you Martin. You made life much easier for us when we had to go away. We hope you enjoyed yourself. We look forward to seeing ... MORE
 
STEPHANIE (Upper Moutere South Island, Sep 2023 - 8 days)
Words cannot express how highly I recommend Martin. Martin was brave enough to take on the care of my 2 puppies (3 and 9 months): one requiring toilet training, the other highly anxious and needing lots of reassurance and physical human contact. Martin entertained both the dogs and my whims in their care, and nothing appeared to be too much trouble. Whilst there was limited garden care need - 'poo patrol' was epic from 2 dogs! The house was very tidy and well cared for in my absence, and I ... MORE
 
LEE (Belmont VIC, Oct 2022 - 6 days) From Aussie House Sitters
We were very happy with Martin as our house/pet sitter. He is very trustworthy and both dog and house were in great shape on our return. We wish him all the best on his travels.
 
HEATHER (East Ballina NSW, Sep 2022) From Aussie House Sitters
We couldn't have wished for anything better then Martin!! What an amazing guy!. Friendly, tidy, great with our dog Bella. He even pruned our fruit trees while we were away. The house was absolutely clean and tidy when we arrived back. We definitely will stay in touch with him and can't recommend him enough..
 
LHELEN & WILLEM (Blenheim/Marlborough South Island, Jun 2022 - 1 month 3 weeks)
Martin & Flo helped us out with a last minute sit due to a cancellation by other sitters. Nothing was a problem. Even though it was so close to Christmas, Martin was flexible about arriving earlier to meet Barkley & get the run down on the house, then took us to the airport (& picked us up on return!). Barkley was happy & relaxed when we got home (we had regular messages & photos of happy walks), the house was tidy & the plants watered. We would highly recommend Martin & Flo as super ... MORE
 
LOUISE (Nelson South South Island, Dec 2021 - 5 days)
It was such a pleasure to our last sitting job for Louise and Jeremy looking after Mr. Barkley and they wonderful place. We spend our Xmas getaway in Nelson and it was superb. All the instructions and meeting were very clear and straight forward, we had a friendly lunch and catch up before leaving ... MORE
A big thanks to Martin for making our time away relaxing and free from worry. House was left lovely for us on our return and all communications nice and clear. There was plenty for him to look after including new baby chickens, a bottle-fed lamb, senior dogs and some stock. Also seedlings for the garden. We appreciated the meet up prior to housesitting and he also adjusted is schedule so that he was there on our return. Thanks Martin, really appreciate it! We enjoyed meeting you and wish you ... MORE
 
KERRY (Nelson South Island, Oct 2020 - 1 week 5 days)
Martin was great our dog cat chickens and home was very well looked after! Thank you so much !
 
LIZ (Southshore South Island, Jul 2020 - 8 days)
Martin was absolutely fantastic, Easy to communicate with and we have even kept in contact since. He was great with our 3 dogs and took great care of them (even sent us photos). We highly recommend Martin.
 
JULES (Dunedin South Island, Dec 2019 - 1 month)
From the first time we met Martin we felt confident that he would look after our house and our dog as we would , or maybe better. And he did! The house was immaculate when we got home, Izzy, our huntaway, looked very content and well exercised and the plants were watered, Martin also kept in touch while we were away so that we knew Izzy was happy. We would definitely recommend Martin to any other house sitter and are just sorry he is not staying in Hawke's Bay for longer!
 
KIRSTY & ANDREW (Breckenridge North Island, Aug 2019 - 3 + weeks)
 
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