Grateful Homeowner returns home to two loved doggies, fires lit, soup on and detailed handover

We recently went away leaving our two loved doggies and 15 chickens with
Harry (Highlander) our wonderful housesitter.

We came home to discover that in our absence the snow had fallen out of the sky, it had plummeted temperatures to sub zero and on top of it all we had hoped to have finished reasonably large building projects which had left pile of mud for as far as the eye could see.

We returned home to Harry who lit the fires, put a pot of soup on and ran through a detailed handover before leaving us to unpack and land back at home.

It was wonderful knowing that all would be taken care of so well while we were away. I have no hesitation recomending Harry or his lovely wife Jill who we met as well but did not house sit as she had
work commitments.

Rachael and Anna, username liefie, Rura: Laggan, Crookwell NSW

Trusted housesitter found for Bendigo VIC housesitter in historic Goldfields area

"hi we had a first experience at having house sitters
we got a terrific couple who took care of everything as it was there own, a big thank you to lollipop, "


House Sitter found for 10 acred property Goldfields area Bendigo VIC

Globetrotting Brit sees the world while Housesitting - sure beats hotels

"Dear Ian,
Just to say how much I have enjoyed being a member of Housecarers this last year.

Last August I spent 5 wonderful weeks in rural Scotland. At this very moment I am currently house-sitting in Israel. When I get back to the UK I have a 3 week house-sit on the Scottish/English borders! It's all go but a great way to see the world!

Regards,

Paul Harris (UK) "
View profile for globe trotting Brit, Paul Harris - username trinity3

Terrigal Cat Lover was at wit's end

"Just writing to say thank you for your service.

I found a lovely house sitter for my home and precious cat.

I was at my wit's end before finding your site!!
Will use you again I'm sure!! ... Baliforever16


View Catloving cat-sitter found ad for Terrigal NSW

Trish & Bernie get excellent results within two hours of placing confidential housesitter required add

"Once again excellent result within two hours of placing our add on your website we got a fananastic result. You are NO 1 in this area and we cannot thank you enough for your excellent service you provide to us homeowners.
We really tell everyone about your service and our neighbours have used it with great results as well. Once again a big thank you to a job well done."

Trish & Bernie ...Rollands Plains near Port MacQuarie NSW



View housesitter found ad for Rollands Plains near Port MacQuarie NSW

South Auckland homeowners easily find the Right Housesitter for home close to Hunua South Auckland on 2 acre lifestyle block modern brick/tile home, and 3yo female bull mastif ("she is as quiet as")

"Thank you for registering and advertising my house sit requirements. We had response almost immediately and we were able to choose someone to look after our property.

The process was very straight forward and there was plenty of information provided by housecarers.com to help us in selecting the right sitters for us.

I will use their services again when next wwe need a sitter
Many thanks."

John (jn44fc88)

View Housesitter Found - housesit filled, Ad for Housesit Hunua South Auckland NZ

Mornington Peninsula VIC homeowners easily find useful Housesitter for home opposite beach with sea views

"Thank you, I have been successful in finding a suitable house sitter and have found your service very useful and easy to use
Cheers..."

Housesit in popular seaside resort area Mornington with numerous cafes, pier, boating and beaches

View Mornington Peninsula Vic housesit

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House sitters aussienomads retire early and travel affordably to amazing housesits around the world

"Thanks for all your help your website has given us the freedom to travel and the affordability to retire early and some amazing sits around the world, thanks again"... Sue and aussienomads AussieNomads

Housecarers: "Great news about the housesits - it is always good to hear stories like yours. Where have the housesits been?"

AussieNomads
"Williamstown VIC Australia, Chelsea, England Uk and two in Maple Ridge Canada"

View profile for housesitters AussieNomads

Housecarers interviews a successful housesitter - who lines up housesits across New Zealand

"I'd like to thank HouseCarers.com for the most amazing year. You have enabled me to travel around New Zealand, doing what I love, looking after
people's pets whilst they take a carefree holiday.

A match made in Heaven. Thank you... Sue (icare88)
View profile for sitter icare88

Housecarers
"Hi Sue Great news about the housesits. It is always good to hear stories like yours.
Where have the housesits been = locations?"

Sue (icare88)
Hi Ian
Housesits since last October

"Kaukapakapa, Auckland
St Johns, Auckland
Kumeu, Auckland
Havelock North, Hawkes Bay
Stillwater, Auckland
Christchurch
Makarau, Auckland
Lake Tekapo - Till August
Blenheim - In August" Regards Sue

Housecarers
"Hi Sue,

Wow - that is very impressive.
Do you have any tips for successfully applying for
a housesit? regards Ian"

Sue (icare88)
"Hi Ian

Well, I have actually only been 'unsuccessful' with about 5 applications.
The first I never heard back from (which was rather rude), the second accepted me but gave the position to someone else without telling me - so I was very grateful not to be going there! The others were not happy about me taking my dog Dante with me - so that was OK.

When I am applying for a job, I try to read between the lines for what the owner is looking for. Mostly, I believe my success is due my love of animals. Dog lovers want someone who will take care of their dogs like they are their own, they are like their children and they really worry about them. So I make the animals my priority. I have also built a reputation for looking after the properties and leaving them in immaculate condition. And I have built up my references with contact numbers so that owners can call and check them out. I know that helps. However, I do have an attitude of trusting that I will be in the right place at the right time and I have been pretty flexible about travelling. I get a gut feeling for the places I want to apply for and only apply for the ones that feel right.

I hope that helps.

Regards
Sue"

View profile for House sitter icare88

More tips for house sitters

Yet More tips from a successful house sitter

Panthereyes74 finds perfect animal loving sitter for inner west Sydney home to cover for Ski Trip

"We have registered with a couple of house sitting places and we have never found the best canidates from any other site. We have placed an ad on here and we have had a good response and the interviewing process was very long and we have found a wonderful young lady , who loves animals.

We are so happy she will be looking after the dogs and when we go away again in February for skiing , we will maybe use the same person.thanks to your site." .. Panthereyes74




House Sitter found profile - Inner West Sydney

Santa Barbara, CA Homeowner finds great housesitter for lovely little cottage in Santa Barbara on the Mesa with views of the ocean

"HI Ian,

I found a great-sounding housesitter. I received many responses in 2 days. They all sounded good; it was a hard choice. We have now emailed several times, exchanged pictures and will speak on the phone tomorrow.

This is a great site.

Thank-you,
Catherine

View House Sitter found ad for Santa Barbera CA with 3 minute bicycle ride to the beach or a 10 minute walk.

Auckland NZ homeowner pleased with response from Housesitters for Waterview, 2 bdr flat sunny & bright, very close to motorway & bus/rail transport

" was very pleased with the response from my Ad I will continue to use this site . Thank You Christine (UserName = Jimmy9d)

View sitter found Ad for 6 weeks housesit Auckland New Zealand

SunnySpain finds house sitter for house with large garden and magnificent views over the town and countryside near Malaga Spain

"Thank you for a very good service. I shall certainly use you again and also let people know of your service.

Thank you again" sunnyspain5

View housesit filled ad - housesitter found for Countryside near Malga Spain

Noosa hinterland, Sunshine Coast homeowner gets quality applications quickly

"Hi Just wanted to say this is a great service and I was really pleased with the high quality of applicants i recieved and the speed of response. I also like the fact that communication is via the housecarers site. "
UserName = baradja

View housesit - house sitter found for Cooroy, Noosa Hinternland, sunshine Coast QLD

Website down time - functions being restored to a better place

Website down time - functions being restored to a better place

We apologise for the downtime experienced recently. Our web server crashed and had to be replaced by a new more powerful web server.

All customer profiles and information are kept on a separate data base server which was not impacted. So all information is intact.

We are still bringing up functionality such as mail so apology for any unanswered customer requests. There may be intermittent problems and some functions such as picture upload now working while we restore all the functions.

The good news is the replacement web server is more powerful and has more recent robust software - so a little pain and a lot of gain.

Our system engineers have been working around the clock to restore things as quickly as possible . Downtime at housecarers.com is very rare and I appreciate your patience while we bring back housecarers stronger and better than ever


Ian

Homeowner from Cambria California back again for new House Sitters

"I am back at housecarers.com to find housesitters. I posted an ad in 2006 and found a fabulous couple! They have sat for us 5 times now. This year we finally have conflicting dates and I need new ones. Love your site, keep up the great work! DeDe.. Cambria CA


View House Sitter needed ad for Cambria CA

.. in the pines a short walk/drive from the ocean in beautiful Cambri.. The central coast is usually cool and foggy in the summer. We are about 6 miles south of the Hearst Castle...

Whitsundays Homeowner for the 2nd year in a row, finds housesitter for tropical paradise.

"Hi

Just to say that for the second year running we have successfully found a housesitter with your site. Last year we had a couple who were just so lovely that we are still writing to them and consider them to be friends found through your site. So thanks very much for a great service. I think I have taken care of all the applicants and have now switched off our ad.
Till next time," Mary


View House Sitter required ad for Whitsundays - house sit filled, until next time

"We have just moved into a wonderful house sit position in Mandurah at one of the canal homes. It has been a delight to negotiate with the owners and it's wonderful to have a roof over our heads whilst our own place is being built.

We had just re-activated our membership in order to get another position for September and October, and already have an interested party. Thank you for such an efficient and easily navigable web-site. "
Kind regards,
Andrew and Glenda .. username Keen2care4u

View profile for Manurah housesitters, Keen2care4u

Siiter found for idylic location in Mauritius: . . Find out why Mauritius is known as Paradise Island

"We have today had confirmation of house sitters for our home in Mauritius. Many thanks for your helpful website. I will certainly recommend it to any friends who are in the same position as us.

Again many thanks."
Tony


View Housesit Posting for Mauritius (housesitter found)