Airbnb Superhosts Emma and Luke

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More information about this house sitter

CURRENT AVAILABILITY April 2023 onwards - PAID and INSURED Service ( references and further reviews can be provided upon request)


Our diary is now closed for national pet sits for the rest of 2022 and early 2023, with the exception of sits within reasonable distance of our home in Cumbria. We may consider national sits from April 2023 onwards.

We have our own dog Blue, a well socialised and placid female rescue Greyhound aged 12 who comes with us by mutual agreement. If you are able to consider this please read on.

We are Emma and Luke from the Lake District. We are airbnb superhosts with over 60 reviews from our guests. Over the years we have had our own dogs, cats, chickens and ducks, all rescued from rescue centres/charities. We are firm believers in adopt don't shop where possible. Luke would love to open a dog rescue centre of his own in the future.

We got married in October 2021 and from the end of November 2021 we have travelled the UK in our camper van interspersed with house and pet sitting with our dog Blue, a female Greyhound aged 12.

We have a grown up daughter and baby granddaughter whom we visit when back in the Lakes between house sits.

Luke's mum Liz was a house and pet sitter for many years and so inspired by her stories of the places she stayed and the friends she made we decided to sign up ! We gave notice on our home and sold all our possessions with the exception of the items we deemed essential to squeeze into the van.

Luke's necessities include his Star Wars paraphernalia and mine are my carefully curated library of books. One of which is "The Forever Dog" ! We value our health and that of our dog, so our diet, lifestyle and nature are important to us.

Some people assume this means we are vegan?! We are not, we love animals but we also choose to eat meat, so if you're not comfortable with this we are perhaps not for you. We are non smokers.

Longer term we are considering moving out of the Lake District so are keen to get a feel of different locations before we commit to somewhere new after our travels. Luke loves trees and Emma is a water baby and loves wild swimming, her dream is to live by the sea and Luke's is close to forests and woodland so we are hoping to find a compromise!

Emma is a former police officer having worked for Cumbria Police for 12 years until 2018 before leaving to reclaim her sleep, sanity and social life !

Luke has over 12 years of experience of maintaining holiday accommodation and second homes, including gardens and pools, during his time living on the Greek island of Kefalonia. He now works as a freelance video editor and has his own youtube channel and enjoys photography,

Emma writes, teaches Pilates, mentors clients and loves to read, journal and meditate.

We set out on this journey in November 2021 using using several "match making" platforms, and although that gave us a great start and valuable experience, we have now set up our own house and pet sitting business . To date we have completed 15 sits all over the UK taking care of

24 dogs
12 cats
4 flocks of chickens,
1 flock of ducks
Turkeys
Geese
2 Shetland ponies
3 Alpacas
2 flocks of sheep
3 pigs
5 Goats
Airbnbs
Vegetable gardens

Our house sitting rates start at £45 per day which includes staying in your home overnight to ensure security and maintenance, watering of plants, putting out the bins and bringing in mail and parcels. We charge per 24 hour period. Charges for pet sitting are bespoke as no two pets are the same, and depend on the needs and responsibilties for the pets in our care. The more information you can give us the better.

We have used two other house sitting platforms from which we have 5 star reviews we can send and references. We can also send you a link to our airbnb profile so that you can read our reviews there too.

Any location and pets are considered, however our preference is for rural homes with somewhere safe that we can park our small camper van.

If you have airbnb or holiday accommodation we can also assist with this and we offer a deep cleaning service for an additional fee.

Luke also offers pet photography, where with your permission he will take pictures of your animals, provide a free print, and you have the option of purchasing more if you wish.

To apply for our services please send us a message, we will then send you our enquiry form to complete from which we will provide you with a quote along with a copy of our terms and conditions and insurance certificicate, and offer a no obligation video call, if upon review of the terms and video call, both parties are happy to proceed we will send you an agreement along with invoice for an advance payment of 50 %, with the balance payable 28 days in advance of the sit. Read more...