Advice for home owners
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Register with MindMyHouse as a member. It's free, simple and fast, all you need is an email address and password. |
Login to your personal homepage on MindMyHouse at any time to search our database of registered house sitters. | Contact a shortlist of candidates to discuss your house sitting assignment further. Or create your own online advert and let house sitters contact you through our site. The choice is yours. | Use the sample forms and information in our Advice Centre to help make the whole process run smoothly. Sorted! | |||||||
Benefits – How can you benefit from our service?
Save money!
- put your cheque book away – the service is free and the majority of our house sitters work for free too (and they'll pay for their share of utility bills)
- save a bundle on pet care fees while you're at it
- prevent your home owner's insurance premium from going through the roof
Find exactly who you want
- find the perfect person by searching our database of sitter available adverts
- create your own sitter wanted advert and have house sitters contact you through a blank form
- create/edit/show/hide your advert instantly
- set up an email alert – find out immediately when new house sitters become available in your area
Remain secure
- remain anonymous until you choose to reveal your identity
- work with fully informed house sitters
- download our plain-English house sitting agreement and Before you go! checklists
Be informed
- search our FAQs for the answers to any question you may have
- write to us for 24-hour customer support in real time
- contribute your own story to our community area or just leave a comment
- enjoy reading about others' experiences in our blogsite
- stay informed on the MindMyHouse project - receive our monthly e-newsletter
Make new friends!
To find out more about house sitting, you can read our article 'What are the advantages of having a house sitter rather than leaving my house empty?', or make our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) database your first port of call. You can browse the links below, or search the FAQs yourself using our search engine.
If it's legal information, a sample house sitting agreement or simply a sample security lodgement form your after, look no further than our Legal advice section.
Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
FAQs - House sitting
- For owners: What are the advantages of having a house sitter rather than a paying tenant in my home?
- For owners: Can I have a house sitter stay in my rented accommodation?
- For owners: Why should I find a house sitter through your site when I could ask a friend or family member to house sit for me?
- For sitters: I'm an academic who will be needing accommodation for a very specific period of time while I'm on sabbatical. What are my chances of getting a house sitting assignment to fit my schedule?
- For owners: What are the advantages of having a house sitter rather than leaving my house empty?
- For owners: What information do I need to leave for my house sitter?
- What's the difference between property caretaking and house sitting?
- How do your security deposit lodgement and security deposit refund forms work?
- For sitters: Can we house sit with our own pets?
- For sitters: Do I need to provide references to the home owner?
FAQs - Legal & security
- How do I avoid becoming the victim of online fraud?
- What is a cookie? Why is it required?
- For owners: Can I have a house sitter stay in my rented accommodation?
- For owners: Will having a house sitter affect the cost of my home and contents insurance?
- For owners: What are the advantages of having a house sitter rather than leaving my house empty?
- How do your security deposit lodgement and security deposit refund forms work?
- What can I do to help keep my personal information on MindMyHouse more secure?
- For sitters: Do I need to provide references to the home owner?
- For sitters: How do I organise a police background check on myself to show home owners?
- For sitters: How do I organise a police background check on myself to show home owners?
