Hi, we’re Jess & Tom

We’ve always preferred life ‘on the road’ and in 2022 we took a leap of faith by beginning a journey of housesitting full time. We look after peoples’ homes and pets whilst moving from place to place. A sustainable and interesting way of travelling the world whilst being as green as possible, we have found this way of living rewarding, fulfilling and exciting. We want to inspire you to take your next adventure; whether that’s a hike, a city break or long term travel!

Tom is an accountant for a remote company and Jess is a writer. Jess likes to…

The book:
The Housesitter’s Guide to the Galaxy

Once Jess took the plunge, quit her “career” job and began housesitting full time, she realised that this was a way to travel, work remotely and reconnect with nature and animals, so she wrote a book to let everyone else know how to do it!

Her book is full of the essentials needed to start housesitting as well as hilarious anecdotes from her time looking after other people’s homes and pets.

Read more about it here.

Our journey

After years of working hard to attain our dream careers, we both both felt a nagging that conventional life wasn’t for us. In our early twenties we’d travelled the globe, doing the traditional backpacker thing, and it had set our souls alight with the intrinsic need to move around. We realised we were both nomadic people, and we’d never feel comfortable settled down.

We took the plunge and got remote jobs in 2022. Jess had to quit her job in Major Crime in the Police - a decision she agonised over - and embark on a new career as a writer, something she’d always wanted to do.

We now housesit full time around the world.

There’s lots more stuff that happened in between, but those are the headlines.

Get in touch.

We’d love to hear from you. If we’re nearby, we’ll happily meet up for a chat!

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