ABOUT US Going away on a holiday and looking for an alternative to house sitting? Need someone to check on your place and pets while you take a trip? Want a local you can trust to check on your holiday house on the Mornington Peninsula? Minding Houses is your answer. We mind homes on the Mornington Peninsula, when you can’t. We look after your own home, and we can keep an eye on your holiday house or even rent it out for you – and we do all the work. We are Ben and Ann Wells, and we live at lovely McCrae on the Southern end of Mornington Peninsula. We have teamed up with our long time friends Noel and Maria Davies who live at Mt Eliza to mind houses on the northern end of the Mornington Peninsula. After organising our first big overseas trip since our retirement from full-time work, we realised that there was no easy option for someone to look after our place while we travelled. Our kids are grown up, with lives and families of their own, and we’d heard all the horror stories around bad house sitting experiences. Plus we had the dogs! Our option was to ask a friend’s son to look after our place while we headed on our travels, but not everyone has that same luxury (or as good a kid that they can rely on!). And so Minding Houses was born. Meander through our website, find out more about us, as an alternative to house sitting and the tailored packages we offer, then give us a call to have a chat about your situation. Senior Card Discounts will apply to prices shown. SERVICES We mind homes on the Mornington Peninsula, when you can’t. We look after your own home, and we can even keep an eye on your holiday house or even rent your holiday house out and we do all the work. Our service is an alternative to House Sitting. We acknowledge how personal the family home is and Minding Houses looks after your property like you would, without invading your private spaces. We offer a range of services from basic stuff like taking in the mail, to mowing the lawns, pet minding, to looking after your finance. We can even pick you up at the airport and have a meal ready to put in microwave after you get home.The cost of our service is only small in comparison to the cost of your holiday. The peace of mind in knowing that you are coming home to your place in the same condition as you left it makes the holiday so much more enjoyable. A feature of our service is you will receive a weekly report of what’s happening back at your place. In the event of any unforeseen accident or incident like storm damage you will be notified immediately and we will seek instructions as to how to proceed. The Packages We know that everyone has different aspects of their home and lifestyle that are important to them. To ensure simplicity and transparency, we offer a range of packages that you can choose from and add onto it, to ensure we have everything covered that you care about. Start and end with The Basics Package. Or build on the Basic One by adding your choice of any of the below: The Cleaning Package The Maintenance Package The Pet Minding Package The Transport Package The Holiday Rental Support Package and/or The Financial Package We are flexible and open to discussion around the different packages. Please give us a call or email us for more information. For all enquiries contact us today!