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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, Reptile(s), Farm Animals, Horse(s)
  • We both grew up on small farms in Ireland where we had cows and sheep.

Preferred Locations
  • North Island: Bay of Plenty, Gisborne, Hawke's Bay, Manawatū-Whanganui, Northland, Taranaki   South Island: ALL  
Availability
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  • 2024: 7 Oct - 13 Nov | 24 Nov - 1 Dec | 2 Dec - 28 Feb 2025
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House/Petsit with Love and Care

47, online work/ workshop host

45, online work/ workshop host

Hello, we are delighted to share with you a little about who we are and what our values and skill sets are. We hope that they resonate with your own.

OUR BACKGROUND ~ SHORT AND SWEET :

We are a couple whom both grew up on small farms on the west of Ireland. This lifestyle offered us lots of first-hand experiences with animals in our formative years.
We have been in New Zealand since 2008, are now citizens here and call this beautiful land home. Over the latter 9 years, we ran our own Wellness Retreat & Day Spa business in Hanmer Springs where we had a dog, chickens and ducks.

We are very conscientious, caring and trustworthy people with a friendly and open outlook on life. We completely respect other peoples properties and pets. We believe in " what you give out you get back" .

We follow a healthy lifestyle, we do not smoke and are vegetarian/vegan.

After running our own beloved retreat business and appreciating the precious times we got to go away. It brings us great joy and reward to now get to support and help create peace of mind for home owners to rest assured that their beloved pets and property are in great hands.'

In December 2023 we sold our retreat business we had for 9 years in Hanmer Springs. In 2024 our new dream is in building and running our online well-being business while getting to travel to beautiful locations and taking on wonderful house sit opportunities in different locations around NZ.

Thank your for considering us to house/pet sit for you.

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT US:

Myself and Mary Jo launched and ran our own dreamy Vibrant Living Retreat and thriving Mountain View Massage day spa in the beautiful alpine village of Hanmer Springs, South Island NZ. We lived 15.5 amazing years in Hanmer Springs all up. In 2023 we were finally ready for big change and transition after an interesting few years post-COVID and the lockdowns.

Mary Jo's background is in various styles of Yoga, Holistic Massage, Wellness Facilitations and Transformational healing modalities.

Myself, Steves's background is in building, painting and carpentry. Over 9 years of running my own Retreat business with partner Mary Jo, I developed my skills and passions as a Wellness chef, Gardener and as all-around Maintenance guy. Alongside the requirement of running my Retreat business for over 9 years, I pursued my growing passion for Ultra-endurance bike racing and have travelled all over the world to various events.

Myself and my wife Mary Jo consider ourselves to be Irish, Kiwi with Global Hearts. We love to travel, learn, grow, evolve and connect with people from all walks of life, cultures and backgrounds. Travelling in South East Asia, India, Central America and Australia which was part of the catalyst behind eventually creating our well-being retreat.
We have experience in running B&B and Air BNB accommodation if that was something you need looking after.

We believe that life is a wonderful gift and adventure to be embraced with a caring, compassionate, grateful heart and mindful approach.

We know how much it meant to us to have trustworthy and caring capable people look after our beloved retreat and our fur baby doggie when we went away over the years. This is why we are over joyed now to return the favour and pay it forward by taking care of other peoples dream homes and beloved fur baby pet families. Our fur baby doggie made her transition in March 2022.

We are excited to communicate and connect more with potential suitable house-sitting opportunities.

Steve and Mary Jo ( Husband and Wife Team for 27 years )

Reviews (7)
Mary Jo did a sit for us recently for 4 days. We are in the middle of a pool renovation so had trades people coming part of time so appreciate Mary Jo doing the sit. We didn’t get back till late so appreciate Mary Jo staying later in the day to walk and feed Ringo. Overall we were very happy with Mary Jo’s sit.
 
BARB (Tewantin QLD, Oct 2024 - 3 nights) From Aussie House Sitters
It was great to have Mary Jo house sitting for us while we were away. Our pets (a dog and two cockatiels) were well looked after. I would highly recommend Mary Jo to anyone looking for a friendly and reliable house sitter.
 
GEMMA (Buderim QLD, Oct 2024 - 2 nights) From Aussie House Sitters
Steve and MaryJo are a really lovely couple with lots of love to give to our Mo. The house was immaculate when we got home. We had lots of pics sent to us and our wee dog looked extremely happy. We would thoroughly recommend them to look after your House and animals.
 
TONI (MOTUEKA , Jun 2024 - 2 months 2 weeks)
We went away for 7 weeks and left our house, garden, chickens, goats, dog and cat with Mary Jo and Steve. We really liked Mary Jo and Steve from first communication and were really pleased they had applied for our long housesit. We resonated with them on many levels, and it was very easy for us to head off on our long trip, knowing they were taking care of our home and fur babies. They stayed in touch, let us know how things were going, posted many lovely videos of our beloved fur family and ... MORE
 
REBECCA (Granity South Island, Apr 2024 - 1 month 3 weeks)
We were so fortunate to have Steve and Mary Jo look after our home and pets. This was their second sit with us which gave us even more comfort knowing that the cats were already well-adjusted to them. They were very flexible and accommodating and we returned to our home just as we left it with cats seemingly unaware we were away.
 
BETH (Fairhall South Island, Apr 2024 - 1 week 5 nights - 1 of 2 endorsements from this owner )
Steve and Mary Jo were very proactive with their first sit with us. They communicated early and often. We were grateful for the communication and flexibility for a few unexpected deliveries and inspection on newly installed solar. Neither our house or pets suffered from our absence. We appreciate their calm spirits which clearly worked well with our cats, some whom have been fosters (therefore a bit shy). We look forward to welcoming them back for their next sit with us.
 
BETH (Fairhall South Island, Mar 2024 - 1 week 5 nights - 2 of 2 endorsements from this owner )
Steve and Mary Jo were perfect for our house/pet sit. Friendly, happy and relaxed about everything and super easy communication between us before meeting and during my time away. Our pets were well looked after, pix sent every few days and the house was as I left it. Would happily recommend Steve and Mary Jo to anyone needing a house/pet sitter :)
 
ROBYN (Haast South Island, Feb 2024 - 1 week 4 nights)
 
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