We are looking to start doing some house sitting. Would like some feedback on websites and how people go about getting house sitting opportunities.
in transit said
06:43 PM Aug 16, 2015
I just typed House sitters in Queensland (where else would you want to house sit?) and got a heap of different options.
Google is your friend.
Dunmowin said
07:26 PM Aug 16, 2015
Wendy Woo wrote:
We are looking to start doing some house sitting. Would like some feedback on websites and how people go about getting house sitting opportunities.
Wendy Woo, welcome to the forum. Check out the classifieds on this site. http://thegreynomads.com.au/classifieds/ We advertise here, and get plenty of house sits. There are also people who want house sitters who advertise here. We have been house/farm sitting for a couple of years now using this site. Good luck, and have fun.
JohnR said
10:25 PM Aug 16, 2015
Check out aussiehousesitters and look at find a sitter. Check Jenny & John Rodwell profile to find an example of how to set up a profile.
We are booked to early 2016. Currently at Karratha WA after doing sits in Perth for a month. We are on a holiday from a holiday.
JohnR
Bruce and Bev said
10:54 AM Aug 17, 2015
We also use aussiehousesitters. You can view the total site at no cost, but if you want to answer house owners adverts and put up a profile, then it costs $65 a year.
We have been on a 200 acre farm at Batemans Bay beside the Clyde River - the historic house is being renovated, but we use the shower, toilet and washing machine. Costs us nothing.
We leave here in about 3 weeks (after 8 weeks on the farm) and house sit a WA Wheatbelt farm. Over Xmas and January we sit a house in metro Perth and then the Wheatbelt farmers want us to return after January and stay for as long as we want. Again no cost to us (including free power etc, internet etc)
Most house owners are looking for someone to primarily look after their pets as they've had bad experiences in the past with kennels. Some only want you to stay a few days or a week and others for up to a year or more if they have just got an overseas job.
Its important to write a friendly and inviting profile and smokers arent that popular (and it doesn't pay to say you are a party animal lol). We only joined 2 months ago and you can see the success we have had - ended up with multiple house offers for the same time. We have also had about 6-7 house owners from various parts of NSW read our profile and ask us to sit their places.
A few get a bit carried away and want to meet you in advance in person (difficult if youre a nomad and in a different part of the country), national police checks (which cost and only good for a year), references from previous house sit jobs and one even wanted a working with children permit for the benefit of the neighbourhood - doubt if this guy got a sitter because it shows he will be difficult to deal with.
But most house owners are easy to deal with - often they have had sitters before
RodLainie said
03:28 PM Aug 17, 2015
Hi Wendy Woo
We have been on aussiehousesitters for over 3 years and been great
and all that Bruce and Bev said is true,but we are smokers and we only smoke outside and the owners have been fine with that
Just look after the place as if you own it
We also have passed on some to others on this site
Hope all goes well for you
Rod
Bruce and Bev said
05:39 PM Aug 18, 2015
oh - and many hose owners, including young people, prefer older nomads as they are less likely to trash their house, manufacture drugs and/or have wild parties LOL
Where we are at Batemans Bay, we were only required to use a ride-on mower to keep the 2 acres of lawn under control. Instead, we decided to restore the many gardens here (the owners didn't ask us to do it). As a result, they want us here forever to care for the gardens.....and we wont need to mow the lawns in the 3 weeks before we leave here to go back to WA.
Woody2 said
06:27 PM Aug 19, 2015
G-Day Wendy Woo. We have been members of mind a home for about 6 mths ,find it a great site.You can look free but need to join to get details of
houses or farms looking for sitters. We are booked untill end of feb 2016. Hope this helps.
regards woody2
We are looking to start doing some house sitting. Would like some feedback on websites and how people go about getting house sitting opportunities.
Google is your friend.
Wendy Woo, welcome to the forum. Check out the classifieds on this site. http://thegreynomads.com.au/classifieds/ We advertise here, and get plenty of house sits. There are also people who want house sitters who advertise here. We have been house/farm sitting for a couple of years now using this site. Good luck, and have fun.
Check out aussiehousesitters and look at find a sitter. Check Jenny & John Rodwell profile to find an example of how to set up a profile.
We are booked to early 2016. Currently at Karratha WA after doing sits in Perth for a month. We are on a holiday from a holiday.
JohnR
We have been on a 200 acre farm at Batemans Bay beside the Clyde River - the historic house is being renovated, but we use the shower, toilet and washing machine. Costs us nothing.
We leave here in about 3 weeks (after 8 weeks on the farm) and house sit a WA Wheatbelt farm. Over Xmas and January we sit a house in metro Perth and then the Wheatbelt farmers want us to return after January and stay for as long as we want. Again no cost to us (including free power etc, internet etc)
Most house owners are looking for someone to primarily look after their pets as they've had bad experiences in the past with kennels. Some only want you to stay a few days or a week and others for up to a year or more if they have just got an overseas job.
Its important to write a friendly and inviting profile and smokers arent that popular (and it doesn't pay to say you are a party animal lol). We only joined 2 months ago and you can see the success we have had - ended up with multiple house offers for the same time. We have also had about 6-7 house owners from various parts of NSW read our profile and ask us to sit their places.
A few get a bit carried away and want to meet you in advance in person (difficult if youre a nomad and in a different part of the country), national police checks (which cost and only good for a year), references from previous house sit jobs and one even wanted a working with children permit for the benefit of the neighbourhood - doubt if this guy got a sitter because it shows he will be difficult to deal with.
But most house owners are easy to deal with - often they have had sitters before
We have been on aussiehousesitters for over 3 years and been great
and all that Bruce and Bev said is true,but we are smokers and we only smoke outside and the owners have been fine with that
Just look after the place as if you own it
We also have passed on some to others on this site
Hope all goes well for you
Rod
Where we are at Batemans Bay, we were only required to use a ride-on mower to keep the 2 acres of lawn under control. Instead, we decided to restore the many gardens here (the owners didn't ask us to do it). As a result, they want us here forever to care for the gardens.....and we wont need to mow the lawns in the 3 weeks before we leave here to go back to WA.
houses or farms looking for sitters. We are booked untill end of feb 2016. Hope this helps.
regards woody2