Housesitting in Retirement – HouseSitChat Interview
Housesitting in retirement offers a range of fantastic opportunities for affordable travel and living like a local while you care for pets and property of your hosts. Bev and John, fun loving pet lovers from the USA, recently registered as housesitters on HousesitMatch and shared some of their fun petsitting and travel experiences on our […]
Housesitting and Brexit – HouseSitChat
Occasionally, Lamia Walker our founder is asked to take part in an interview about how and why she founded HouseSitMatch.com and to explain ‘What is Housesitting’. Recently, Lamia was asked to take part in a Twitter Q&A which was a fun and rapid fire set of interactions. She talked about why she loves housesitting and Brexit, […]
HouseSitChat with Kemkem
Recently, one of our home and pet owners KemKem author of the travel blog Nextbiteoflife.com joined in our Twitter series #HouseSitChat. #HouseSitChat is a Twitter chat about housesitting that takes place on a weekly basis. By answering some of our Questions on housesitting from a homeowner perspective she helps us understand her worries as a […]
Housesitting Conference Photo Diary 21-22 September 2019
The first ever housesitting conference was held on 21-22 September 2019 in Swindon UK. The conference was founded and hosted by Vanessa Anderson (Housesitting Magazine) and Ian Usher ( A life Unlimited). HouseSitMatch were honoured to be sponsors of this inaugural event. We attended the full weekend programme. In addition, we were able to meet […]
Top 10 Affordable Things to Do in London
London is one of the most interesting, vibrant and eclectic cities in the world. There is so much to see and do and take in it. As a Pet and House Sitter you may have limited time to see the sites, depending upon feeding routines, walking and cuddle schedules, however, in my experience even London […]
Healthy cats are happy cats
Healthy cats are happy cats – By and large the adage that a healthy pet is a happy pet is pretty much true, as any pet owner can attest. With cats it may be harder to detect the degree of happiness, there is very rarely a wagging tail or lolling tongue waving at you with […]
House sale taking too long? A housesitter can help
When we make the huge step of trying to sell our home it can be an emotional and physical upheaval. Then when the house sale takes far longer than expected that can take its toll. Here are some ideas about how you can optimise your chances of a speedy house sale. Why Isn’t my House […]
House for sale? Here’s what you need to consider
Before anyone puts their house for sale and invites strangers in to view their home there is usually a consideration of market value, curb appeal and what one might do to prepare the home for a profitable sale. Whether or not we spend the time and invest in that process depends on our personal circumstances […]
Family housesitting in Spain – Top Tips
Family housesitting, for those unfamiliar with this lifestyle, may seem a challenge to negotiate in any season let alone at the height of the Summer season. Not so! We find that many homeowners are actually happy to welcome families. There are many advantages not least of which is the children’s adoration and care for the […]
Seniors active and less mobile often sleep in a recliner
Seniors whether they are active or less mobile often like sleeping in a recliner. As a senior if you are housesitting you may well be used to taking certain creature comforts with you; a pillow; a bolster cushion. We all have our favourite indulgences. Finding a recliner in the house can be a real boost. […]