Summer Down by the River Amongst Nature
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Introduction
We are Mike and Celie (semi and fully retired but always busy!). We are looking for caring and reliable sitters while we are away for much of the summer. We would ask you please to look after our home, feed our hedgehog(s), resident wild…
Home & location
Our home is an extended 19th century weather boarded former mill cottage by the River Blackwater, on a small island on the edge of the villages of Feering and Kelvedon (with shops, a couple of nice cafes, pubs and restaurants and a mainline…
Amenities
Responsibilities
We don't have a dog at the moment but by the time of your stay we hope our hedgehog will have woken up from its winter sleep, so ongoing responsibilities will be feeding and watering him nightly, keeping his quarters clean, and keeping our…
Meet the pets
Wild and Water Birds
Sitter reviews (11)
What a wonderful house sit and such a lovely couple! We thoroughly enjoyed meeting Celie and Mike the evening beforehand where we enjoyed a meal together…
Celie and Mike are the kindest souls you’ll ever meet! We had a really rough time when we got to the UK and they were the biggest support we had. We are so…
We were so excited to be returning to Celie and Mike’s tranquil riverside mill house for the second time, to look after the hedgehog, the birds and the house…
We had such an enjoyable month looking after Mike and Celie’s home and garden in Essex. The house is in a wonderful setting next to a mill pond and…
From the outset, Celie and Mike were really welcoming, generous and friendly. We felt at home straight away and they showed us where everything was and how…