Stunning Cornish location, with 2 easy cats to look after.
Introduction
Beautiful house in Falmouth, Cornwall with just two cats look after! Hi, we are husband and wife living in a beautiful area of Cornwall. Falmouth is on the coast with beaches in 15 minutes walk. We are very house proud and we are just finishing restoring this house. We prefer couples.
Show more...Home & location
The house is situated in the centre of Falmouth, with Penmere Station 4 minutes' walk away which goes to Truro which connects to the mainline to London. The town is a 10-minute walk away, but it is uphill on the way back! We are also well connected by buses and boats to local places of interest. The house is a 1930's architect designed 3 bed home, although we have converted one to an office. We have lovely gardens surrounding the house and evening sun in the back garden.
Show more...Responsibilities
The cats are quite sociable and Smithy is known as a "legend" by most of our sitters, he loves the outside! Betsy is quite old and needs liquid drugs on a bit of chicken twice a day. They both love a fuss and curling up in front of the logburner!
Show more...Meet the pets
Betsy
17 years
Smithy
3 years
Sitter Reviews (15)
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We were warmly welcomed by Teresa and Mark. It was lovely to meet them and their adorable cats. Their handover was very efficient and thorough leaving us feeling confident to care for the cats and house. Smithy is such a warm character. He's in and out all the time bounding in to meet you if you've been out exploring. He's very chatty and will wind around your legs purring, so happy to see you. Bestie is a gentle little old lady. A bit more reserved but happily purrs if you gently stroke her. Giving her her medication was unproblematic. The house is fab. It's spacious and very comfortable, in an excellent location. Too many places to visit to detail here but Theresa and Mark gave us some excellent suggestions and tailored them to the weather, too. Communication was very good. We highly recommend this sit and hope to return. Thanks Teresa and Mark x
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What a fabulous sit this was! Teresa and Mark were absolutely lovely, so warm and welcoming. On arrival, we had a very helpful look at all the animals and discussion of what we would need to do followed by a delicious dinner, cooked by Teresa and accompanied by Mark's delicious home brew. Teresa and Mark's home is extremely comfortable, clean, well appointed and in a beautiful location. The animals were a delight to look after - the chickens and ducks kept us fully supplied with delicious fresh eggs and the 4 goats were a revelation - friendly, well behaved and very pretty! Smithy and Betsy the 2 cats were lovely, very independent but with strokes and cuddles as required. Our time there was absolutely perfect and we'd be very happy to go back.
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We went to stay at Teresa’s and Marks beautiful home in Helston . This is a gem of a house sit. If you love being in a lovely location in a beautiful house with some awesome animals to look after then this is the sit for you! We thoroughly enjoyed caring for Teresa’s and Marks goats, ducks and chickens as well as Smithie and Betsy the cats who are great and will come and see you in the evenings for a cuddle . Teresa and Mark have it very well set up so all the animals are safe, comfy and well cared for . This sit also allows you to care for the animals morning and evening then you are free to explore some wonderful places in Cornwall . We visited the Eden project, St Michaels Mount , Kynance Cove and a cider farm . Teresa and Mark are friendly , kind and made us feel so welcome in their home . It would be a pleasure to sit for them again one day .
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Mark & Teresa were wonderful hosts they made us a lovely evening meal and made us feel like part of the family from the get go. We were given a very thorough hand over and notes were left. We learnt so much. As you can imagine the goats were great fun, they were happy to be brushed and loved the ginger nuts as a treat. It was amazing to have fresh eggs everyday from the chickens. Betsy and Smithy the cats kept us in check with meal times, even prompting us when it was medication time. The house is very comfortable and clean. We would happily return and highly recommend this sit to others.
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Teresa and Mark were the most wonderfully welcoming hosts! They kindly invited us to stay the evening before and made us a delicious dinner washed down with some amazing home brewed beer. It was a real pleasure getting to know them and they made us feel at home straight away. Their home is beautiful and has everything you could ever need. Even though we were a little unlucky with the weather we stayed warm and cosy by the fire every night! The animals were all a joy to look after and we really enjoyed eating fresh eggs every morning. We loved brushing the goats and seeing their eyes light up with a wave of a ginger biscuit! Smithy was super affectionate from the start but the 2 older ladies Gizzy and Betsy took a little longer to warm up to us. After a few nights though they joined us in the living room after dinner to sit by the fire which was lovely! We had such a wonderful time at Mark and Teresa’s and cannot recommend this sit enough. The only complaint we have is the extra weight we put on after all their amazing foodie recommendations in the local area! We cannot wait to come back :)
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