Dog Sitters in Pontesbury

Carys
-36% off
7.2 miles away
Limited time deal
4.75
• 8 reviews
/night 47.00
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First off, Carys is absolutely LOVELY and so it's difficult (and uncomfortable) to write a negative review, but for us, this house sit was disappointing. We had originally advertised for a cat sitter, but our circumstances changed prior to the sit (no cat now), and instead we needed someone to be there just to water the plants. We have two well stocked courtyards of plants back and front of the house. Carys was happy to do this. The brief was to water and deadhead the plants DAILY. We returned to find the plants in the front courtyard absolutely parched. Soil completely dried out in most pots, plants limp and most of the flowers in our two window boxes dead. Nothing had been deadheaded. The front courtyard certainly hadn't been watered in a while. (The back courtyard at least had been watered, which was good). Whilst Carys had left the house relatively tidy, it hadn't been cleaned (ie: cleaning products used to wipe down the kitchen surfaces, cooker, bathroom, wash the floor, polish furniture etc). After being in the house for 3 weeks we would expect the house sitter to do a thorough clean throughout the house for our return. Not leave us to have to start doing it when we arrive back. It was disappointing. Carys is lovely and had been kind enough to leave us a note, flowers and a bottle of wine, but I feel she needs a better understanding of what taking care of a home fully entails. I'm sure this will be a learning curve for her, and our comments will be taken forward for future sits. Carys we really wish you well.

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Beth
Christi was absolutely AMAZING! She was very self sufficient and extremely attentive to my two dogs. She sent enough updates over the course of the 2 weeks to put my mind at ease but not overwhelm me. It was the perfect amount. She also helped with getting the garbage cans out and back in, without any reminders. The icing on the cake was coming home to a spotless home, with fresh sheets so we could jump right into bed after our long day of traveling. We highly recommend Christi and hope she will come back and stay with us. You will be lucky to have her!!!
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Virginie
Super nice to have Marie stay with Chaplin for those couple of days and night, very communicative and nice to talk to. Our home was left very neat and tidy, as well as Chaplin's food and litter.
We highly recommend Mary.
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Blakesley
Faith was such a wonderful sitter for our kitty Willow! She was super communicative and left our house in better shape than before she arrived. She’s highly recommend and we can’t wait to have her sit again. Thank you !
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Kira
Kira and Rock were great to communicate with and their doggies are so loving!! I had such a great time with them and the home is amazing well. Thank you and hope to sit Nunu and Lilo soon!

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