Top 7 Housesitter Cleaning Tips for Easy Clean Up
Most homeowners and pet owners organise themselves to keep a clean and tidy home, whether they have help of do it themselves. We can always learn more about how to do both the deep cleaning or the easy clean up with greater efficiency and who better to learn from than full time housesitters and petsitters […]
Dog Car Safety: Things NOT To Do
Whether we are dog owners or petsitters caring for dogs on a HousesitMatch assignment, it is important to be mindful of dog car safety for the well being of our canine pets. Naturally, your practice will vary depending on the pet’s size, age and character. However, there are some essential guidelines that are important to […]
Top Tips for Taking Good Care of the Fish
Care of the fish in any home is a much overlooked theme, but all the more important for it. As a housesitting platform at HouseSitMatch we occasionally get asked by housesitters if there are guidelines for the good care of the fish in a housesitting assignment. Homeowners are usually pretty good at preparing guidelines and […]
Housesitters and Home Renovations
Home renovations can be either small or epic in scale. Managing those redevelopments can be stressful and can infringe somewhat on your life. One solution is to find housesitters to be present on the property while you are elsewhere, and the building contractors are at work. At HouseSit Match we have found sitters for homeowners […]
Make Home Energy Efficient – Reduce Bills
Top Tips – How to improve energy efficiency at home and reduce bills With Winter well and truly underway most of us use more heat and energy at home. We may look for ways to make our home energy efficient and to reduce our bills. This is important whether we are at home or if […]
Home Insurance – Things you need to know
Many of our homeowners on HousesSitMatch manage their home insurance automatically and almost by remote control, as a way to cover a major asset in their financial portfolio. However, there are many small standard rules to home insurance that you need to be aware of. In fact experts advise that you actually proactively manage your […]
Hemp for Dogs – What you need to know
There are various products available today that offer hemp for dogs. Whether or not you feel confident as a pet owner to actually use these products is another matter. It is always important to check with your vet if you are concerned. However, many pet owners find that hemp for dogs can be beneficial, especially […]
Midsomer Murder Mystery Housesit
We regularly hear lovely housesitting adventure stories of housesitters making friends with their hosts, discovering new locations and being delighted with their housesitting gigs. This story is not unlike that, with a housesitter we’ve known for a while telling us how thrilled she was with her mystery housesit. Looking after a gorgeous dog in a […]
Housesitting Adventure: Start-up Entrepreneur Reflects
Six years after beginning our housesitting adventure, we’ve taken a moment to think about our web start up HouseSit Match and all that we’ve experienced on this journey. No doubt, we’ve been fortunate to launch a business that serves a collaborative community. As a housesitting platform HouseSitMatch.com has benefited from our housesitters’ and homeowners’ contributions […]
Home maintenance – How to fix hidden problems
The home maintenance you undertake as a homeowner while you live in a house can influence not only its resale value but also how relaxed you are when you go away. There are some key areas where hidden problems can occur over the years, but regular home maintenance can help you manage your property to […]