Heike & Stefan
Dettenheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
About Heike & Stefan
60 years old
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Solicitor assistant
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As a couple/duo
If you are looking for a reliable and experienced housesitter couple anywhere around the world get in touch. We will take care for your pets and look after your property free of charge in exchange for accommodation. Also happy for longterm sits.
Since joining the housesitting community on various platforms in 2016, we have been absolutely thrilled and fortunate enough to complete almost 70 fantastic housesits worldwide with unique and wonderful pets, all of which have received excellent 5-star reviews from our hosts.
We are Heike and Stefan, an early retired couple (electrical engineer and solicitor assistant) from southwest Germany. Both in the early sixties, married with two grown up children. This gives us the great opportunity and freedom to travel with a flexible schedule to our worldwide house and pet sits.
In the past we looked after pets and homes of friends and neighbours, including their dogs and cats. Our children had a small zoo with an African Grey parrot, two budgies, a guinea pig, and fish.
We are both healthy, love animals and gardening, are reliable, honest, calm, well-organized, tidy, friendly and non-smokers.
We enjoy hiking, swimming, gardening, playing board games, reading, cooking and visiting local markets, museums and small concerts. Heike is also a passionate sourdough bread baker and she has worked furthermore in a community vegetable garden a couple of years while Stefan is an enthusiastic homebrewer who brews craft beer with his self-built stainless steel brewing system.
Housesitting is a wonderful way for us to feel at home while exploring the world, to live like locals in new places and to improve our language skills (we speak English, a little French and Italian).
Caring for your pets, as well as maintaining your home and garden, is an important part of our work. They are precious and will be treated with love and care, so you don't have to worry while you are away.
As homeowners ourselves (we renovated our house step by step in the past), we have practical experience with all kinds of home repairs and garden work. Therefore, we also understand the specific characteristics of older properties.
Both of us have a clean German and international driving license and we are experienced drivers of both sides of the road.
You may have more questions. If you do, please have a closer look at our reviews or get in contact on this website.
More of our references you can find here:
https://trustworthy-housesitters.jimdofree.com/
My travel companions
Stefan, 62 years old, electrical engineer, Spouse / Partner
Language(s) spoken
English
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German
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French
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Spanish
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Italian
Dates already booked
- From 03/07/2026 to 25/07/2026
Compliments received
Community opinion
Montreux, Switzerland - July 2026
Quel plaisir d’avoir rencontré Heike & Stefan, malgré le fait que nous ne parlions pas la même langue nous nous sommes entendus à merveille et même notre Loumia a compris la langue de Goethe… car les animaux et les chats en particulier comprennent toutes les langues quand elles renferment douceur, attention, gentillesse ! Et nos sitters étaient tout cela! Nous sommes donc partis durant ces quelques jours confiants et rassurés! Ils ont fait de leur vie et de la garde d’animaux une nouvelle philosophie de vie et par là même bien entendu le voyage, la découverte de l’autre, des cultures et des coutumes! Et cela fait envie et débouche sur de nombreux échanges intéressants ! C’est avec plaisir qu’on espère les revoir à l’occasion de nos pérégrinations futures Merci encore 😻 Dominique et Guy
The Hague, Netherlands - June 2026
Heike and Stefan are very experienced house sitters, and it shows. They thought of and anticipated on every detail, resulting in a carefree trip for us, as well as a pleasant return. Everything was taken care of - even our outside plants were tended to. In addition, they're just really nice people. Highly recommended.
Blois, France - September 2025
Deux anges gardiens ont pris soin de notre maison et de nos animaux avec le plus grands soin. Je suis très très reconnaissante de cette rencontre précieuse. Nous sommes partis pour plus de deux mois et ce n’est pas si simple de trouver des personnes de confiances pour un si long séjour. Le contact a été très facile et très agréable, je suis partie très sereine. Au retour un merveilleux dîner et ils sont venus nous chercher à la gare. J’ai retrouvé toutes mes affaires exactement a leur place et Heike et Stefan ont été très méticuleux avec nos affaires. Soyez donc totalement en confiance si ils se proposent. Encore mille fois merci à vous deux 🙏🏻
Bagneux, France - May 2023
Cela a été un plaisir de confier notre maison et notre chat, Luna, à Heike et Stefan. Nous sommes partis en toute confiance pendant trois semaines à plus de 11h d'avion de la France et nous avons eu des nouvelles régulières de Luna et du jardin. Heike et Stephan ont même construit des petits jeux pour distraire Luna qui n'a pas paru du tout traumatisée par notre absence! La maison sentait bon la cire quand nous sommes rentrés et le jardin et notre mini potager resplendissaient. Une belle rencontre, merci à eux.
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