Italian Travel Dreams come True for Aussie house sitters Celeste and Bob

"Hi Ian,

Dreams do come true,we are off to italy to house sit for six weeks.

It is in the south of Italy in between Rome and Naples in a village called Roccasecca which is in the provence of Frosinone. It is also a medival village and not to far from naples and the ferry to Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast line which is just beautiful. It is all unknown territory for us but feel the fear and just do it we say. Will contact you when we get back."

Celeste and Bob
View profile for house sitters Celeste and Bob UserName, casabella, House Sitting in Roccasecca, Frosinone Southern Italy

View housesit filled (house sitter found) posting for Roccasecca, Frosinone Southern Italy

Homeowners from St-Lazare, Quebec Canada is very happy with quality of applicants for home with X-skiing very close by.

I have found a sitter. Very happy with the quality of the
respondents.

Thank you.

Dominique5559

housesit filled - Quebec Canada - Housesitter found for X-skiing very close by.

Relieved Goulburn NSW homeonwers finds a Housecarer efficiently.

"I have found a carer already. I had 2 positive responses to my ad which was posted less than a week ago. I am relieved because it is not much more than 3 weeks notice and I did not expect such a quick response. The system is efficient and I want to thank you for your managment of it."

Regards,
Stephanie.
sjm51ssanz.




View housesitter found ad for housesit Goulburn Rural NSW

House and Dog sitter found for housesit Canillas de Aceituno, Malaga, Spain

"Hello. Just wanted to write and say thanks and congratulations on an excellent service. We have been able to find sitters for our house and dogs
within a few days of posting our ad and will definitely use the service again whenever we will be away from home.

The extra services such as the guides and written agreement are an added bonus.

Well done and thanks again." Jo, (MontanaEspana).

View house sitter found ad for Canillas de Aceituno, Malaga, Spain House Sitting

Quality Applicants for A recently renovated 3 bedroom stone house rurally situated on 10 acres, in a quiet hamlet, in the Medoc area 1hr 10 mins north of Bordeaux France

We were taken totally by surprise by the number and quality of responses we had to our housesitting ad.

Hopefully we have chosen well!!

We look forward to using your site again and shall be recommending it to friends.

King regards

Jane

View housesitter found ad for housesitting Bordeaux France.

Eastern Tasmanian homeowners (Coles Bay) choose the Early Bird

"We just wanted to say a sincere thank you for the wonderful service that you offer and at NO cost to those seeking a house-sitter! We advertised for the first time last Saturday and within 48 hours had 14 applicants with more since(who says Tasmania has no appeal in late Autumn/Winter!).

The standard was extremely high and it was a difficult choice but we eventually settled on a wonderful couple who come with great references from previous house-sits. They were also the FIRST to apply......which just shows that the early bird catches the worm!

Many thanks again & we will undoubtedly use your services next time. Best regards EASTERNTAS


View Housesit Details - housesitter found for Coles Bay, Eastern Tasmania Australis

House sitter found for Las Palmas Spain - in the south of the island and enjoys better weather than Las Palmas

"Dear Ian, I have been so very impressed with your web site and the professional way things have happened.

I am so relieved and happy to have found someone who sounds just right !

I will not hesitate to use your site and to recommend to any one else who may be in need.

Kindest regards Diana"


View house sitter found ad for Las Palmas Spain house sitting

Property Owner from North Central Idaho in the foothills of the Clearwater Mtns finds a housesitter in remarkable short order.

"Wanted to take the time to thank you again for a great site. Once again, we've found a house sitter thru your site in remarkable short order. Thanks! Till the next time..." pete (mushhuskies)

LocAtion: North Central Idaho in the foothills of the Clearwater Mtns. We have sixty acres of timbered property and are located atop a spur ridge with a view overlooking the Palouse farm lands and the distant Blues (a mountain range in Washington state).

View house sitter found ad for housesitting in North Central Idaho 40 min from Kendrick Remote Mountain Property

Homeowner from Orange Central West NSW returns to 4 contented Cats

"I have just returned from a two week holiday. I was very fortunate to have a House Sitter find me through an ad I had placed & it was every bit as successful as I hoped it would be.

I had real concerns about leaving my 4 cats with anyone for that length of time but the woman that looked after them was marvellous.
I cannot recommend your service highly enough & will use again in the future.
Many Thanks, Lee... UserName:Chookette, Orange Central West NSW

house sitter found profile for Orange, Central West NSW


..beautiful town in the Central West. Great restaurants, vineyards, historical sites both here & in nearby towns.

Nimbin NSW Couple pleased with sitter annieV house minding and looking after the Chooks and Billy the Dog

"we had a House Sitter annieV looking after our house in august it was a pleasure to have her here she looked after the Choocks and Billy the dog. We would have her again any time and would recomend her to any one...

Ron & Janet (username hoppys)

View House sitter wanted ad fro 5 Acres Nimbin NSW hoppys - housesit filled

Carnelia takes a welcome break, looking after two cats in London for her first housesit assignment

Carnelia:
"Thank you. I am on my first assignment, looking after two cats in London Can't afford to look around here but the change of scenery is a welcome break. Cats and owner (in her additional house in France) seem happy. All's well. Thank you again"

Ian (Ed)
"Great news about the housesit. Where in London is the housesit located?
Out of interest what is your prime reason for housesitting?"

Carnelia:
"The apartment is in Fulham. My main reason was to get away from domesticity and have freedom of thought to perhaps broaden my mind to some creative writing, meet new people perhaps visiting a speech club"

View profile for London Housesitter, Carnelia, username gemma1

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Canberra Homeowner finds wonderful couple to care for her dogs and home within walking distance to the city.

"Just to let you know that I have found the most wonderful couple to care for my dogs and home while I am away. I have found this site and service quite amazing - well done!.. Many thanks, Cynthia (UserName = Siddles)


View profile - housesitter found for AINSLIE Canberra ACT

House Sitter kontentedkatz constantly in demand for housesits in Turkey, France Mid Pyranees and worldwide

"Thank you for your site. Since joining Housecarers, I have been constantly in demand to housesit. 10 long years of experience helps I guess.

I have just completed 6 weeks minding three boisterous hunting dogs in Turkish North Cyprus. Now I am off to France to mind 11 cats and 3 chickens in the Midi Pyrenees. I am looking for a short term housesit for another month after that before I go home to Australia in November."

.... House sitter Heln (kontentedkatz)
View profile for housesitter kontentedkatz

Grateful Irish Homeowner from rural sitting, Athy Leinster, Kildare .returns to relaxed animals

"We can't speak highly enough of this site and the Housesitting experience.

We found a wonderful housesitter through your site who most importantly cared for our animals and also our home for the first 2 weeks of August. We couldn't have asked for a nicer carer and and it was wonderful to see our animals so relaxed on our return.

Indeed it is likely that we will keep in contact in the future. Thank you for providing the means of contact. Regards Richard & Annelies (rharris245)"

...Rural setting but only 4 miles from Athy and 7 from Carlow. Close to Barrow River and towns such as Kilkenny and Portlaoise within half hour. Dublin only 1 hour by motorway

View housesit profile Athy Leinster, Kildare Ireland - housesitter found

Hastings, Minnesota Homeowne ( on the Mississippi and Vermillion River ) is very please with responses for 6 week housesit

"Hello Ian,
Your service has been fabulous! I have successfully arranged for a housesitter and have been very pleased with the responses that I have received and the interesting people I have communicated with.

I will definitely recommend you service to friends and relatives and use it again when we take an extended trip next summer. Thanks so much and have a great year."


View house sitter found ad for Hastings, Minnesota (on the Mississippi and Vermillion River) USA housesit

Retiree enjoy meeting people, their pets and exploring areas (8 housesits) all made possible through Housecarers membership

"I have enjoyed meeting people, their pets and exploring areas which would not be possible if I was not a member.

Through housecarers we have been to Toowoomba, Boyne Island (2), Buscia, Slade Point, Bundaberg, St Andrews Vic, Katoomba NSW, looking after domestic animals over the past 2 years.

I will renew my membership when I return from a six week cruise in Nov.
Bev... roadrunners9ssanz"

View profile for retiree housesitters Bev... roadrunners9ssanz

Identify with the needs of the homeonwer First - when applying for a housesit

Good advise from a homeonwer for housesitter applications:
"Please note that we will not be responding to every person as we ask specifically for candidates who have experience giving insulin shots to animals to note this in their message to us, and if they do not, we will not be contacting them.

Please understand that we are getting messages only about how this will be good for the sitter/what they want, and that is not how we envision this service working: it needs to be a mutually beneficial relationship.

It is actually quite alarming to us how every candidate who has contacted us so far only talks about their needs"

We have already recommended to first identify with the needs of the homeowner - see below:

I recommend you try some different approaches to increase your response.
It is important to identify with the needs of the homeowner and show them how to help.
Initially don't talk too much about your own requirements and overload
them with questions - that can come latter. And don't just say see my profile I'm interested.

We ask homeowners to respond to all applications and send weekly reminders asking them
to do this. However sometimes they are pressed for time and only reply to the outstanding
applications - so it is important to make your applications stand out.

To view your applications please click the sent link from messages after login. If the username
in the sent message is red the message has been read by the homeowner.

It is also important to include all your favoured cities towns and city areas on your profile as many
homeowners search directly.

Loading up pictures, police clearances, certificates references etc and updating your calendar and Preferences also helps- the
more information accessible by the homeowner the better.

All the references, police clearances etc are placed in your private reference library that can only be accessed by
homeowners or homeowners you apply to.

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