Maureen recommends finding a housesitter after losing her beloved Cat at a cattery

I recently went on a holiday to visit family in Melbourne and put my beloved cat into a cattery. I thought 10 days it would be OK to leave her at a cattery. Unfortunately she caught cat flu and after a lot of veterinary care - had to be put to sleep. If you love your animals, as I do, I encourage people to find a house sitter, as I had done previously in the year for a 7 week spell - and came home with my pet still well and the house in order. All I lost then was one plant as opposed to my dear cat. Regards Maureen (maurs02>

Housesit filled recently:
Perth WA Australia
September 22nd till October 2nd. I have a comfortable, roomy 2 bedroom unit in Bassendean with lovely outdoor courtyard dining area. I have an old cat (friendly and takes to people). It is an easy care house and property in a good location. Reverse air conditioning in the lounge and main bedroom. Gas heating in lounge. Would like a clean person who will feed the cat etc. Unit close to river and amenities. Kind regards Maureen

Las Vegas homeonwer makes lifelong friends with house sitters

"We have just completed our first House sitting experience (as the homeowners) and wanted to thank you for the service you provided. We not only found the perfect home sitters, but have made wonderful new friends. Your service gave us exectly the information we needed to select the right sitters and we could not be happier.

Thank you for what you do. It is an amazing service. We will strongly recommend you to our friends. " UserName: rmromito

Housesit Las Vegas, Nevada
Beautiful home in gated community. Heated pool and spa in large xeriscaped yard overlooking desert arroyo park and trails. Fully equipped home gymnasium, home theatre and central music system. Two affectionate indoors-only Burmese cats will need love and attention. 20 minutes from the Las Vegas Strip.

Sitters found for Scottish cottage in beautiful area with lovely coastline

"Just to thank you for this great service - we have housesitters for six months at a time, and the experience has been mutually valuable and great fun! ..."

Housecarers Username kilchristcc

Housesit:
Country = Scotland City = Campbeltown region = argyll

An opportunity to stay in a beautiful area with lovely coastline, in return for some cleaning/caretaking in four small holiday cottages. Preferably couple with transport, rural location.

Housesitter found for Palea Fokaia Attiki (coast outside Athens) Greece

We found a very nice young couple to housesit for us and we are delighted. We hope that all will go well with them. They seem very responsible and able and we feel very
fortunate to have found them through your site.

We thank you once again as do Angus, Halifax, and Frederico, our 3 dogs!

We wish you the best of luck in all your endeavors and God Bless You!


Sincerely,
Fran UserName = halifax

We are looking for a handy couple not requiring internet to housesit for eco home with its back to over 2,500 acres of farmland & hunting grounds and 2 kms. in from beaches and marina. It is slightly secluded, newly built, simple home on 2 floors, has a backup generator, stick shift for all local errands and our 3 dogs. It's on 1/3 acre with manually controlled watering for most trees which need supervision. We are 1'20" from Athens with bus and 15" from Sounion

DreamPainter appreciated by homeowner

Karen stayed at my house for three weeks while I was on holiday.

When I met her for the first time, I was immediately impressed by her lovely kind and happy nature. She did a fantastic job of looking after my two dogs and the house was well taken care of and left in an immaculate condition.

You may rest assured when choosing Karen to look after your home and pets.

Feel free to contact me on 0401 702 654 if you would like further information.

Lynette (nettie01) Upper North Shore Sydney

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Perfect match found for Brisbane Housesit

I would like to say just how great we found this service and as it was the first time for us we didn't know what to expect and we were pleasantly surprised. The quality of the sitters that we interviewed and checked the references was tops and I will not hesitate to use your service or recommend it to others.
Cheers
Yvonne & Don (nes1928)

Housesit:

We are a retired couple who spent the last 12 months travelling Australia and still have more to see. We have no pets but do require some gardening. Our home is a comfortable, clean and spacious 2 story home. Situated in a very quite picturesque parkland area and is within walking distance to the train station.

There is a bike and walking track within 200 mtrs. We are less than 1 km from the main highway that will take you to either North to the Sunshine coast or South to the Gold coast.

In just over an hour you can be at all the fun theme parks or golden beaches that Queensland is famous for. After this short trip we will be off to see Europe for 3 months and if it suited you could stay on and then house sit until early March 2008.

Sitter looking for another sitter to share sitting responsiblities long term

WANTED....partner for long term house sitting
opportunities


I am looking for someone to partner with mostly for
longer term house sits. From my house sitting
experience, I find that the obligation to the home
owner is fine for short terms but can be rather
restrictive for long term. During many long term sits,
especially the international ones, I would like to be
able to travel back to visit family members
occasionally or even travel to different places for
short times. If I had a partner with a similar desire
and live style as mine, we could work together and
cover for each other.


A bit about myself. I am a 57 year old retiree who has
an adventureous spirt. I recently returned from 2
years in Morocco in the Peace Corps working with small
businesses. During my working career, I was the CEO of
a sizeable manufacturing company in Virginia. My
management skills and wide range of experiences lend
themselves to this type of service and lifestyle. I've
completed a background check and am considered to be
very dependable, reliable and trustworthy. I can
supply references and recomondations upon request.


If this situation interests you, please contact via my profile


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Housesitter Orchard47 makes many new friends

"Thankyou for conducting this wonderfull service. I have enjoyed many fabulous housesits, cared for many loving animals and made many new friends.

Keep up the great work.

Regards Lynette (orchard47)

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Siiter found for beautiful Matarau, about 15kms from downtown Whangarei NZ

I love the Maori town names in New Zealand.

"Once again we have quickly found a house sitter through this site. Many thanks. "
Homeowner UserName: kandcw

We are looking for a house sitter to look after our house and two dogs in Matarau, about 15kms from downtown Whangarei. We have four acres, but dont expect anyone to do work outside. All we are after is someone to keep the dogs company each night! We leave 26th October, and we return on the 18th November. We are very flexible for people to stay for a few days either side of our absence if necessary. If you are interested, let us know and we can send you as much information as you require.

House sitter TimandGale report in from Bahamas - comfy small cottage in the palms r

Hey Ian

We thought we would thank you guys for offering a great service

We are currently very comfy in a small cottage in the palms right on the edge of the
Atlantic side of Eleuthera, Bahamas - housecareing for a guy who likes to fly off in his Cessna now and then
while we hang out and feed his dogs...

Thanks again (TimandGale)

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House sitting Kari like a whirlwind from Oklahoma to Kansas

Wanted to take a moment to say "Thank you!".

When I first joined Housecarers.com I wasn't sure exactly what I would find in the way of house/petsits and figured it would only be an occasional thing here and there.

I've been overwhelmed by the number of positions offered both on the site and to me directly! It's been amazing and so very hard to choose sometimes as there are an abundance of exciting opportunities and wonderful people, both homeowners & house carers, that use your website. It's fantastic!

I'm coming to the end of one house-sit here in the next couple weeks and the family has asked if I can return next summer again! In addition, right after this one ends I fly to my next petsit in Oklahoma and then one directly after that for seven months in Kansas! It's a whirlwind and I'm loving it! Many thanks to you for making it possible! Sincerely, Karri (kareezdreamz)

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So Many Places to go in this World - and to return to ...sitter CaringCarol"

We love being a member of housecarers.com. We have done 2 housesits and are going to return to both places this winter. After that we want to try different places so keep the information coming. We are always in awe at how many places there are to go in this world. House sitter CaringCarol

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Retiree house sitter rvbernard sits in homes around the world

I continue to be so grateful for this website and your service to housesitters like me and the people requiring our services. I continue to receive offers to housesit and am spending my retirement housesitting in various homes in Canada, the US and Germany. I haven't broken into UK and Australia yet..but soon.

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THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU from Celeste in Carmichael CA

Thank you Ian, I filled our housesitting dates for January '08. We just had our housesitters from Chicago for a week this month. They were wonderful ! As always, your website is awesome! We have become good friends with our housesitter from January '07. She was wonderful, as well. I will re-activate my membership on our next travel. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU !!!Celeste

Housesit: Carmichael CA
The dates are 1/6/08 to 2/3/08-we have a time share in Cabo San Lucas & love the month there. We have a beautiful home in Carmichael, California (Sacramento)across from a park, 1 block from the American River Bike Trail, for walking,jogging,cycling, etc. Centrally located for all touring San Francisco, Lake Tahoe. We have an 8 yr old male Sheltie & a 2 yr old female Tuxedo cat that need loving care. They don't do well in the kennel.Only pet lovers need apply

Sitter matilmatil connects with 3 months Montreal sit

Ian


Thanks so much for the quick reply.

I am off to Montreal Canada for three months thanks to a connection I made through your site!!!!!

Thanks for the gift of connection.

Sincerely,
Nancy (username matilmatil)

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Winner of NavMan draw at the Sydney Retirement and Lifestyle expo

We are pleased to announce the winner of the NavMAN F20 drawn at 3.00 PM Sunday 27 July 2007 at our stand at the 2007 Sydney Retirement and Lifstyle expo.

The winner was still at the expo when we announced the draw - so photos will follow. It was not a requirement to be there - just another lucky chance.

Drum Roll .... The winner is ....

Suzanne Wilson from Plumpton a suburb os Sydney.. Pics of lucky winner to follow.

You can view the draw/prize details below:

Sydney Retirement and Lifestyle Housecarers draw for F20 NavMan in car navigation

GrandmaLou has fun in retirement and bonds with Grand daughter

"We have loved our house sitting experiences.

This has given us an opportunity to bond with our granddaughter (we live in Michigan, she lives in Oregon) and we have made new friends and have had a chance to explore the beautiful State of Oregon.

We never could have imagined retirement would be this much fun. Thanks, housecarers.com for the service you provide."

Louisa (GrandmaLou)

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Sitter found for housesit on Mary' River1 mile from Oregon State University and downtown Corvallis

"We have found a very nice couple through your website who will house sit for us for the time we will be away. Thank you very much for an easy to use system."
.. Maxine (ovely6acres)

Housesit: Southwest Corvallis Benton Oregon CountyDistrict

My husband and I are planning to be gone for two months in the winter 07/08. We have a lovely 1900 sq ft 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom home on 6 acres, only 1 mile from Oregon State University and downtown Corvallis.

We prefer a mature individual or couple. One or two children would also be ok. The house has an open floor plan with lots of windows. The outside area contains a walnut/hazelnut grove, three huge old sequoia trees, a large back 2-acre field, which can flood during heavy rains.(No danger to the house.) We border the Marys River.

We have a cat that needs some attention. The outside gardens do not need much care during the winter months. Our landscaping is low maintainance Even in the winter, rain or not, we enjoy a lovely space

Sitters Robinsnest sits in Turin Italy then Cornwell UK

Dear Ian

Just to let you know we had two very successful house sits. One in Italy and one in Cornwall. We had some great moments with the animals and met some really lovely people.

We have just renewed for another year.

Thanks for the great service you provide.

Cheers

Rob .. Busselton W.A. (Robinsnest)

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Home Security with fingerprint scanning

A new technology allows entry to home via figerprint scanning. And the house sitters fingerprints can be easily added in.

A lot of standard household locks (including deadlocks) can be beaten within minutes by professional thieves, so this is an interesting development. You can find out more about this available now technology below.

Fingertip unlocks doors - Keeping your Victoria Real Estate Safe. And grant access to your house sitter