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• thoughts on “11 Best House Sitting Websites Reviewed and Ranked”
• Our Rating of Pawshake
• Quiet home in Los Gatos with calm dog May 23-June 9 / walking distance to town
• Dog sitting in Brighton UK
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• Sitter wanter from the end of May 24 for 6 to 8 weeks for 2 cats in rural SW France

I suggest new housesitters try house sitting locally first (it helps you build up those super important reviews!). There are also fantastic international house-sitting websites that help bring together housesitters and homeowners, with yearly fees between $40 and $220. Search for house sitters who are willing to travel for house sitting assignments. So far we have only come across one house sitting site with an app. We loved using the app for replying to homeowners as well as bringing up the house sitting guide. Sometimes you just quickly need to know something like; what the vet’s number is or which plants need to be watered daily.

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House sitter members pay the lowest annual fee on the web. Once we have used and landed sits on the platforms we have not at this stage will update this post to reflect our experience for everyone to read about. Being a paid website, homeowners seem to take it a lot more seriously. There are a lot less last-minute changes and cancellations by homeowners.

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We love Trusted House sitters and have used it the most out of all the platforms on this list. We liked that we could also look at the house-sitting guide the homeowner provided. It is handy to pull up all the information you might need, such as which plants need daily watering, which days the bins need to go out, or what the phone number is for the neighbor.

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Our Rating of Pawshake

In fact, London is where we started our house-sitting journey. Our friend was using Trusted House Sitters and recommended we should too! She was currently on a 4 month house sit in an incredible home in Kentish Town with a gorgeous Groodle (she found that sit on Trusted House Sitters)So we signed up and started applying! We didn’t have any references, so we used a screenshot of our 30+ positive reviews on Airbnb. We managed to land a 2-week house sit in Finsbury Park and haven’t looked back. So when friends, family or any other one ask, we recommend THS to them.

Quiet home in Los Gatos with calm dog May 23-June 9 / walking distance to town

We launched our service from a tiny flat in London, UK in February 2005 when we were one of only four online house sitting matching sites with a global userbase. We have many kind, Responsible pet-loving, Live-in Housesitter members, interested in your area who would love to care for your home and pets and gardens (if applicable). Your Pets may miss you - but their environment and routines remain intact - that is why live-in Housesitters provide a perfect win-win for both sides. Post your housesit Ad and we will circulate to matching sitters, and forward applications to you. Communicate and get to know candidates via our secure messaging system.

But there aren’t many house-sitting platforms just for The USA.If you plan on traveling and looking for housesitters in and outside of America, we recommend Trusted House Sitters. However, if you are just looking for a house that sits in America, it is worth looking at House Sitters America (plus, you only need to pay $49 per year). Not only that, but their sister sites, House Sitters UK and Aussie House Sitters, offer a discount to sign up with them. It used to be that for every new listing on the platform, more house and pet sitters joined.

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You can set up filters with alert notifications for certain criteria, such as assignments in certain locations, duration, and types of animals. When a house sit listing that fits those criteria comes up, you get a notification. This allows you to apply immediately, which really helps with your chances of landing an interview with the homeowner. MindMyHouse is something of a different creature to those other house sitting matching services you will find on the Internet.

Sitter wanter from the end of May 24 for 6 to 8 weeks for 2 cats in rural SW France

Gaining reviews will help you land more gigs in better properties. We find that Mindahome always has lots of options within Australia! From dog walking to looking after an apartment with no pets and a pool, Mindahome has an available house-sit for house-sitters anywhere in Australia. There is a dedicated team of over 60 people to help with your house-sitting journey. Plus, there is a community forum on Discord that allows members and non-members to interact with each other and the team at Trusted House Sitters. On the forum, you can discuss everything from house sitting, pet sitting, and travel.

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By searching our database you may be able to find that perfect 'change of scene' you've been looking for. House sitting can be a free arrangement that benefits all parties. House sitting is built on trust and a review/reference system. So the more house sits someone has done the more reviews they gain.

Although there are no compulsory ID checks, you do have the option to upload your own files. Here, you can add your police checks, past house sitting jobs, reviews, and references. Mindahome also allows you to link your own YouTube video, which is not available on all advertising sites. Like all other platforms, you can add lots of photos showing off your experience with different pets, houses, responsibilities, and credibility. I have found that Nomador is a fantastic house sitting site for Europe. I have completed five house sits with Nomador, all of which have been in Europe.

By searching our database you may be able to find that perfect person you've been looking for. House sitting can be a free arrangement that benefits all parties (especially Fluffy). By searching our database you may be able to find that perfect person you’ve been looking for.

Kiwi House Sitters have the exact same look, feel, and user experience as Aussie House Sitters. Again, it is free for homeowners to sign up, but we have never had an issue with homeowners not following through and taking it seriously. Homeowners can select home protection and/or sit cancellation coverage, while sitters can choose from 3rd party liability or sit cancellation insurance.

Mind My House also has an alert option, so you can never miss a listing in your favorite locations.They are an international website. However, most listings are in the United States or Europe. House sitting has been a very positive experience for us on the whole, the odd glitch but over 15 years hardly surprising! With many animals and an off grid farm we have attracted lots of different folk and several are still in touch with us as friends.

From our point of view, House Carers is a must-join site for any house and pet sitter. Since there are fewer people looking for house sitting jobs on this platform, it is not uncommon for homeowners to contact you for house sitting opportunities. We're an established global matching service dedicated to bringing house sitters and home owners together online.

Overall we think Pawshake is the best paid house sitting website in Australia. It has lots of great features that rank it right up there with the non paid websites, with the added bonus of making money for your house sitting services. To start off with we never used paid house sitting sites because we thought they were a bit scammy, but Pawshake changed our minds on that.