HOUSE SITTING
Welcome to our HOUSE SITTING page – a positively comprehensive resource of information for anyone interested in combining exploring the world with looking after two, four or even six-plus legged friends. And why wouldn’t you?!
We like to combine the relaxed comforts of house sitting with adventurous bursts of backpacking. But that’s just us. If you haven’t tried house sitting before you might just find that it’s the lifestyle you had no idea existed. And, indeed a lifestyle that’s easier to have than you might think.
Intrigued?
LES CONSTANCIES
36 days
DATES:
29 Aug – 6 Oct 2016
PETS:
Marjie (cat)
PAYROUX
12 days
DATES:
6 – 17 Oct 2016
PETS:
Norman (cat)
SEMBOUES
11 days
DATES:
18 – 26 Oct 2016
PETS:
Plum, Nudger, Lucky (dogs), Boo (cat)
ST CHRISTOPHE
33 days
DATES:
29 Oct – 1 Dec 2016
PETS:
Bertie (dog)
ST AUBIN DES CHATEAUX
3 months
DATES:
5 Jan – 4 Apr 2017
PETS:
Genghis, Lou (dogs), Billy (parrot), 2 Chinese geese, 2 chickens
HALTON VILLAGE
9 days
DATES:
22 – 30 Dec 2016
PETS:
3 Chinese geese, 1 cat
ALFRETON
12 days
DATES:
8 – 20 Apr 2017
PETS:
3 cats
TORTOLA, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
19 weeks
DATES:
3 May – 13 Sep 2017
PETS:
Princess, Lucy, Oscar, Rupert (cats)
LYMM
4 days
DATES:
11 – 14 Oct 2017
PETS:
Cookie (cat)
DUNHAM ON THE HILL
10 days
DATES:
1 – 10 Oct 2017
PETS:
Pippa, Bella (dogs)
LONDON
5 days
DATES:
28 Dec 2016 – 2 Jan 2017
PETS:
Rocky (cat)
NORTH LUFFENHAM
6 days
DATES:
23 – 28 October 2017
PETS:
Jake, Monty (dogs); 3 guinea pigs
ANACORTES
5 months
DATES:
1 Dec 2017 – 5 May 2018
PETS:
None
MEDELLÍN
24 days
DATES:
18 Aug – 11 Sep 2018
PETS:
Sasha, Mollie, Rosa (dogs); Henry, Mooch, No Bibé (cats)
SAN RAMON
26 days
DATES:
15 Sep – 10 Oct 2018 (upcoming sit)
PETS:
tbc
BOQUETE
1 month
DATES:
30 Oct – 29 Nov 2018 (upcoming sit)
PETS:
None
LENGTH OF HOUSESIT
11 weeks
DATES:
31 May – 15 Aug 2018
PETS:
Oscar, Felix (cats)
We’ve travelled extensively over the past three-and-a-half years, including numerous house sitting assignments in Europe and North/Central/South America. Although we’re flexible about where and what type of house sitting assignments we’d like to do in the future, we’d prefer to be around animals, particularly as our lifestyle no longer allows us to have pets of our own.
House sitting provides us with the opportunity to continue exploring the world without the need to rush around from one place to the next. And it gives us the opportunity to once again share our lives with animals – albeit temporarily. And, of course, it allows us to indulge in some of our other interests such as food (cooking and eating), walking and photography.
Our experience comes from 30 years as proud homeowners in a semi-rural part of the UK, with a lifetime of living with and loving our pets.
Having being homeowners for so long we understand what your home means to you. So you can be confident that we’ll treat yours as if it was our own. And you can rest assured that your pets will be left in loving hands, too.
Our house was immaculately clean and tidy when we returned and Cookie had a happy, smug expression which assured us that we had made the right decision in choosing Ian and Nicky for this assignment! If that wasn’t enough, we arrived home to a lovely curry they’d prepared – one of their speciality dishes picked up after many months of travelling the world.
The Mackenzies are a lovely, warm couple with plenty of interesting tales to tell from their travels. We trust them implicitly and wouldn’t hesitate to have them back again or recommend them to anyone looking for house/pet sitters. Ian & Caroline, Lymm, England
With over 20,000 registered homeowners and an annual fee of just $20 for sitters, Mind My House represents great value. Which is one reason why we chose it first to try out housesitting for ourselves. And we continue to use it today.
Trusted Housesitters is THE BIG ONE when it comes to housesitting sites. It has the most homeowners registered, but also the most housesitters. So, obtaining a house sit can be VERY competitive, although the choice is incredible. It costs $119 per year to be a member but you can get a special 20% discount to join by clicking here.
Established back in 2000, House Carers is one of the earliest house sitting sites and competes with Trusted Housesitters as the biggest around. But at $50 per year, it’s more affordable than the latter.
Probably the fastest-growing of all the house sitting sites, Nomador has nearly 60,000 members and costs £89 per year. It’s particularly good for European and especially French sits, but it has a growing selection of assignments all around the world, too. One advantage is that you can apply for your first three assignments free of charge before you commit to the paid membership.
