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Find a Great Petsitter – By a Petowner
If you have pets you will no doubt have worried from time to time about how to find a great petsitter. Whatever your pets whether you have cats, dogs, birds, hens or larger four legged friends, choosing a sitter can…

Home care and plumbing tips to avoid toilet infections
Whether living in a modern home or an older property with antiquated plumbing we may encounter issues with a slow draining toilet. And today with growing populations, affordable means of travel shrinking our world whether we are housesitters or homeowners…

Keeping pets is good for you – Here’s why
Many of us have considered keeping pets at home, or indeed have enjoyed pets at home for both company and entertainment value. As a pet owner aside from needing to plan ahead to ensure you have good house and petsitters…

Want to become a dogsitter? Here’s how
Many visitors to HouseSitMatch.com ask us how they can get on board, as either a pet homeowner or a pet housesitter. Some tell us I want to become a dogsitter early on. Most of the prospective housesitters have had dogs…

Keeping Your Home Secure While on Vacation – Helpful Hints
As a homeowner when planning a short holiday or long vacation you need to plan care for your property and pets. Keeping your home secure and your pets happy and safe is always a priority as in many of our…

Homeowners – What Makes Real Estate Investment Attractive?
As a homeowner you are a property investor and you are engaged in real estate investment. Once you have a certain capital in the property as an asset it can help you in your goal to secure more property as…

Prepare for Housesitters – Ways to Declutter Your House
When you have committed to having pet sitters or housesitters to stay in your home to care for your pets and property when you are away, it is good to declutter your home as a way to prepare for housesitters.…

Top Tips on Selling an Inherited House
If you are lucky enough to inherit a house from a relative or friend it can often create challenges as well as opportunities. If this makes you a first time homeowner though perhaps not yet ready to move into the…

Mom’s Top Tips for Finding a Good Pet HouseSitter
Whether you are planning a trip away from home or a moving to a new home you may need to find someone to look after your pets during that period of change. The person in the family in our experience…

