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Welcome to the HouseSit Match Blog
Our blogs are stories shared by our housesitting team, and members who have benefited from the affordable travel, home and pet care made possible through our membership network. We hope you enjoy the blogs. Please take a moment to leave your feedback.
Essential Animal Care Petsitter Top Tips
If you’re considering becoming a petsitter you need to ensure you have an understanding of essential animal care before you begin. Here are some petsitter top tips to help you assess if you are ready. Read on to learn more.…
Petsitting Retirees: Essential Top Tips
Considered becoming a housesitter in retirement? More and more people are considering being petsitting retirees to see the world on a fixed budget, exchanging your time and pet care experience for free accommodation when you are petsitting. Read on to…
How to Create a Warm and Comfortable Home – Top Tips
Any would be homeowner longs for a warm and comfortable home. However, these days the costs of energy, heating fuel and gas can be prohibitive. So you need to make every space count making it welcoming and preserving the heat…
Unusual Animals in Rentals: How to Deal With Them Top Tips
Many homeowners also manage rental properties. But how do you deal with unusual animal in rentals? In this article we offer some top tips on how to deal with such unusual pets as the renters enter your property and when…
How Nomadic Travellers Keep Property Safe – Top Tips
Many of our housesitters at Housesitmatch.com are full time nomadic travellers. They start housesitting and get addicted to travel but how do they manage their property and possessions? It can be a challenge. In this article we offer housesitters and…
Happy Housesitters on French Leave: A Month in Southern France for £1,250
As sitters go, David and I – founder of HouseSit Match and long suffering other half – have completed a fair few gigs between us. Happy housesitters we are and we simply love discovering new places; we especially love housesitting…
Solar Panels Installation – Best Smart Move to Make
Many homeowners are making the smart move with a solar panels installation on their property. This is the best move to save energy and therefore save money in home expenditure. Read on to learn our top tips as to why…
Living Out of a Suitcase? Housesitter Top Tips
If you are planning on becoming a housesitter and living out of a suitcase, you’ll need to think carefully about every item you carry with you, clothes and accessories. Each item adds weight and it must work hard to stay…
How to Build the Best Patio Layout: Top Tips
Many a homeowner yearns for an outdoor space, but few consider the factors to consider for the best patio layout. In this article we offer a list of top tips for you if you are planning a new patio to…