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  1. kathryn d

    House Sitters

    I'm glad you had a positive experience.
  2. kathryn d

    House Sitters

    Some people don't mind...just need to ask them. We don't have any pets in Australia...so it wasn't an issue for us.
  3. kathryn d

    House Sitters

    awww...thanks It doesn't cost a lot to be happy :)
  4. kathryn d

    House Sitters

    All of our sits have included looking after their pets/farm animals. We never pay any bills..as we are not tenants. On some ads we do notice, home owners ask for money for bills, whether anyone takes them up on their offers, I don't know. Currently we are only looking after a horse and a...
  5. kathryn d

    House Sitters

    We never charge anything.
  6. kathryn d

    House Sitters

    Our van is set up with a double bed, fridge,& cooking. We use campgrounds along the way.Try to take different routes along the way. We schedule our sits to start about a week or so after we arrive in Melbourne. This year we visited Rob's mum for a week, then allotted 5 days to get to...
  7. kathryn d

    House Sitters

    Our longest was 5 months, and our shortest was 8 days. We had a short time frame to fill in between house sits, so the 8 day one worked perfectly for us. The first year, we didn't have our own vehicle in Australia, so the house owners generally picked us up (and delivered us back) to bus...
  8. kathryn d

    House Sitters

    Good to know you have sorted it out. Just ask yourself....At the end of the day, are you looking for a pet sitter, or a house keeper?
  9. kathryn d

    House Sitters

    Here are a couple of sites we use, when looking for house sitting jobs. They are free for home owners. Check the references. Leave the housesitters a list of feeding schedules. Make contact with your vet, to make arrangements for payment (we paid up front for a dog we were caring...
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