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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.

Joy in Housesitting for Slow Travel 7 Top Tips 💡
When I first said to my other half I was going to create a business to discover the joy in housesitting for slow travel. Slow travel was a fantasy we neither one of us could entertain at the time as…

How to Survive Wet Weather Housesits – Top Tips
For housesitters in most countries a great fear is the persistently wet weather housesit, it means you have rain and mud to deal with every time you walk the dogs, cleaning up after them if they run around the garden…

How Mobile Storage Works – Top Tips
Whether you are homeowners or housesitters you may need to use mobile storage at some point. The benefits of such storage facilities are vastly underrated. Read on to learn our top tips about how mobile storage liberates space and helps…

When Preparing A Property For A Housesitter Don’t Forget the Yard
When preparing a property for a housesitter, whether the sit is long or short you need to remember the outside of your home as well as the inside when you are briefing them. That means you remember to brief them…

Garden Room Interior Ideas: How to Create a Stylish Space
Not many homeowners invest in garden room interiors, surprisingly creating a stylish space for these rooms is not a big commitment financially. Read on to learn our top tips on how to create an attractive and and presentable interior for…

What are Hygienic PVC Wall Sheets?
Many of us have come across PVC wall sheets whether as homeowners or in our work environment. The hygienic qualities such wall coverings offer in PVC make this a good choice for public utilities, kitchen prepare and wet rooms especially…

Essential Home Prep for Homeowners Preparing to Travel
A basic mistake many homeowners make when they travel is forgetting to do some essential home prep to protect their home. This could be finding housesitters to occupy your property and ward off opportunists, it could be to prepare your…

Thinking of a Custom Closet? Top Tips Why You Need One
When most homeowners move home they will make the space work somehow without considering a custom closet. Why? When in fact a reasonable investment in building a closet space to suit your own needs can solve so many problems and…

Innovative Construction Techniques for Your Property – Top Tips
Increasingly homeowners looking to buy or build new homes look for innovative construction techniques. These are a sign of a modern construction, which may well add value and be very current in terms of connected smart technology. Read on to…

