Welcome to Bestish Life
Just a couple of digital nomads traveling New Zealand as professional house sitters trying to live our best life on the road.
Kia ora!
We're Brian & Gemma and at the start of 2021 we started imagining a life where we could spend as much time as possible exploring our beautiful planet together.
We're now lucky enough to provide house sitting services in New Zealand and exploring some of the best places in the world. Follow our socials for all of our adventures!
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Uninhabited islands to explore? Sure are.
Golden sand beaches without another soul in sight? Just another day.
Lush forests filled with incredible wildlife and scenery? Hell yeah...even if we do get lost quite regularly which probably isn't recommended!
We try not to take ourselves too seriously and hope you enjoy our unique insights into travelling around this beautiful country.
House Sitting Adventures
We love house sitting and will be sharing a bit of wisdom about what we do for homeowners and how we work on the road for inquisitive homeowners and prospective house sitters alike. There's no reason you can't do it too, with a little work and flexibility.
Why Bestish Life?
When we told our friends, family and colleagues about our plans to completely change our way of living, we were often met with the comment “so you’re off to New Zealand to live your best life?”. Our answer was always ‘Best-ish life…but yeah’. Because while this may seem on the face of it to be all sunshine and lollipops, this lifestyle still comes with its fair share of monotonous life admin and obstacles we have to overcome on a regular basis…hence the ish. Hopefully sharing some obstacles with our typical sense of humour will offer some entertainment and help others avoid some common pitfalls on the road.
160 Animals Lovingly Cared For
$30M Worth of Property Looked After
$30M Worth of Property Looked After
While we're definitely cat people, we've loved looking after everything from dogs, tortoises, cows, fish, cows, sheep, chickens and even alpacas.
$30M Worth of Property Looked After
$30M Worth of Property Looked After
$30M Worth of Property Looked After
We firmly believe that no one should return from a trip away to a pile of housework. We strive to ensure it's all taken care of, from garden maintenance, to happy animals and a spotlessly clean home.
37 Acres Caringly Maintained
$30M Worth of Property Looked After
37 Acres Caringly Maintained
We're used to maintaining lifestyle blocks or small orchards, all the way to large manicured sections or small vegetable gardens. While we're not professional gardeners, we're not shy about getting our hands dirty.
20 Clients So Far
$30M Worth of Property Looked After
37 Acres Caringly Maintained
We've never pulled out of a sit so our homeowners can plan their holidays with peace of mind. Clients are so happy with us that the number is only low due to the amount of repeat sits that we do.