In-Home Sitting
Catherine will take care of your home for the duration of your trip — keeping it secure, lived-in, and well-tended.
Trusted house sitting since the 1980s
Your home,
lovingly looked after.
Catherine has 40+ years of caring for homes — and the lives inside them — while families are away. Discreet, attentive, and unmistakably professional.
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Serving Nelson, Castlegar, Trail & surrounding area
Meet Catherine
Four decades of caring for the homes people love most.
For more than forty years, Catherine has been the quiet person families turn to when they leave town. Not a service, not an agency — a trusted neighbor who treats every home as her own.
Her work is built on three things: discretion, attentiveness, and an almost old-fashioned sense of responsibility. Plants are watered the way you would water them. Mail is brought in and sorted. Small problems are quietly handled before they grow. The home you come back to feels like the one you left — only a little more cared for.
Catherine doesn't take on more than she can give her full attention to, and that's exactly why her clients return year after year.
What's included
Thoughtful care, while you're away.
Every contract is shaped around your home and your trip. These are the things Catherine does best.
Home Check-Ins
Scheduled visits for shorter absences. Mail, lights, a walk-through of the home, and a careful eye on anything that might need attention.
General House Duties
Plants, bins, deliveries, light tidying, and the small daily rhythms that make a home feel cared for while you're away.
Traveling with pets at home?
Animal care can be included as part of your house-sitting contract when it's the right fit. Catherine will discuss your specific animals and needs during the quote process to make sure she's the right person for them. She doesn't offer standalone pet sitting — animal care lives inside the house-sitting agreement.
Kind words
From families across the Kootenays.
“Catherine has looked after our home for three trips now. We come back to plants thriving, mail neatly stacked, and the house feeling exactly as we left it. She's the only person we trust with our keys.”
“Two weeks in Europe and not a single worry. Catherine sent a thoughtful note partway through with a small photo of our cat napping. Forty years of experience shows in every detail.”
“Professional, calm, and genuinely warm. Catherine treats your home the way you wish everyone would. We had a small plumbing issue and she handled it without us ever having to interrupt our holiday.”
“After years of asking neighbors for favors we finally found Catherine. The peace of mind alone is worth it. Our older cat got his routine, his medication, and a lot of company.”
“Discreet, dependable, and an absolute pleasure to work with. Our home was spotless on return and the woodstove had been kept going through a cold snap. Highly recommended.”
40+ years of experience
Local to the Kootenays
Discreet & reliable
Treats your home as her own
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