International Housesitting and Tourist Visas – By Gobsmacked at Gatwick (Prt 2)
Housesitters often ask us about the need for housesitting visas or tourist visas when committing to international housesit assignments. We explain that there are no such things as ‘housesitting visas’. Instead we say they must always check with their destination country visa office regarding their entry and requirements for tourist visas. There will always be […]
How to be a responsible dog owner as a Student
Being a responsible dog owner with all the benefits of a comfortable lifestyle for you and your pet is a challenge. Responsible dog ownership means that you should always find a way to ensure your pet doesn’t lose out because you are living a student lifestyle. Owning dogs is a real privilege and one that […]
Home renovation and installing cameras
Housesitting as a collaborative arrangement is based on trust, increasingly with home renovations and new constructions construction cameras and spy cameras are being introduced into a domestic environment. Housesitters and homeowners have varied feelings on the matter. We stand neutral as a housesitting platform, however, we understand the need for cameras in some instances, most […]
Protect your home in Winter
Protect Your Home Before Winter Sets In In the Northern hemisphere we are already feeling the changing seasons. It’ is definitely time to protect your home in Winter, before the cold weather really sets in. There are various ways to do this ahead of the harsh weather. We can insulate, make our windows, walls and […]
Housesitting Family – HouseSitChat Interview
Housesitting offers a range of fantastic opportunities for affordable travel and living like a local while you care for pets and property of your hosts. One housesitting family we’ve been following carefully for the five years they have been on the road kindly offered to talk to us in an interview. Tracey and Rob and […]
International Housesitting and Tourist Visas – By Gobsmacked at Gatwick (Prt 1)
We are often asked about international housesitting and the need for tourist visas as a housesitting network offering international housesits. As members will know we have always offered appropriate links to the latest in country visa requirements via our member pages. And while every case is individual, we would like to share the experience of […]
International housesitters NatnJodie talk pets and bucketlists
nternational housesitters NatnJodie have been travelling around the world by housesitting and petsitting since 2013. In a recent interview hosted on our weekly @Housesitmatch Twitter #HouseSitChat session, we asked them a series of questions about their love of petsitting, how they started travelling by housesitting, and how they support themselves as digital nomads by generating […]
Home Roofing Tornado Top Tips
As any homeowner will know their home roofing is a vital protection against wind, rain and any inhospitable storms, including extreme weather events like tornadoes. The condition of the house roof is as important as the state of the rest of the property especially when the homeowners are away from home and dependent on neighbours […]
Landscape design for your home
For many Homeowners there are many ways we like to make a property our home, such as goid landscape design. We personalise it, we make it comfortable a place to relax and feel nurtured when we are in our own property both inside and in the land outside. Many of us also like to feel […]
Happy Housesits in Europe with Michelle and Eddie
Now some of you might find the notion of housesitting a little unusual, having a stranger in your home to look after your property and pets your most precious possessions. However, Michelle the housesitter can go one better than that, she takes her dog Eddie with her wherever she goes! And yes, they’ve enjoyed many […]