Advice for house sitters
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Register with MindMyHouse as a member. It's cheap, simple and fast. You just need the annual membership fee (US$20 or equivalent), an email address and password. |
Login to your personal homepage on our site. From here you can create and update your own sitter available advert – instantly. Home owners can then contact you directly. | Search our database for house sitting assignments. Contact home owners by email through our site and sell yourself as the right person for the job. | Use the sample forms and information in our Advice Centre to help make the whole process run smoothly. Happy house sitting! | |||||||
Benefits – how can you benefit from our service?
Save money
- take out a membership today – house sitter members pay the lowest annual fee on the web
- enjoy free holiday accommodation
- save your rental payments and treat yourself on whatever!
- exchange your house sitting services for free accommodation
Find more of the unexpected
- savour the companionship of resident animals
- find yourself in a whole new part of the country (or world!)
Find what you're looking for
- find that interesting house sitting assignment by searching our database of sitter wanted adverts
- advertise your house and pet sitting services to an audience of millions
- create/edit/hide/show your advert instantly
- upload your best digital images to your advert
- automatically receive an email alert when a new house sitting assignment becomes available in your area
Be informed
- work with fully informed home owners
- download our plain-English house sitting agreement
- use our Before you go! checklists to get oriented
- 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 'Why should I become a house sitter?' 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?
