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Keep a Home Pest Free While on Holiday
Many homeowners learn by experience what they need to do in order to keep a home pest free while they are away on holiday. In this article we offer you some top tips on how you can prepare your home…
How to Prepare a Home for Extended Absence – Top Tips
Any homeowner planning a long holiday needs to prepare a home for extended absence with some care whether you have a housesitter resident or now. In this article we offer some top tips on how you prepare your home for…
Petsitting in Aix-en-Provence
Petsitting in Aix‑en‑Provence gave long‑time HouseSit Match member Kemkem and husband Fede one of their most memorable Christmases — a three‑week stay in the old town caring for a tiny dog named Riley. In her personal account of how as…
Housesitting on the Isle of Mull Scotland, a Personal Story
Housesitting on the Isle of Mull isn’t your typical Scottish holiday — it’s stone cottages on single-track roads, lochside sunsets, and neighbours who treat you like family. In this story, housesitter Doug Murray shares how one dog-sitting listing on Mull…
Housesitters Guide to Buckinghamshire UK – The Best Walks, Pubs & Local Secrets
In this housesitters guide to Buckinghamshire I’ve shared some of my favourite places to explore while caring for pets in this leafy county. After many housesits across southern England, Buckinghamshire has become one of my favourite counties. With its rolling…
How Snow and Ice Affect Centennial Roofing Pre-emptive Home Maintenance
Winter can create nightmares for homeowners. A heavy Winter can affect Centennial roofing through the sheer weight of the snow and ice on the roofing structure. In this article we point out some roofing maintenance techniques and some roof failings…
Top Home Maintenance Tips Before a Housesitter Arrives
As every homeowner knows a property needs a number of good management routines. So here are our top home maintenance tips to help keep your home running smoothly and pest free, easy for you to document ahead of your housesitter’s…
How to Prevent Pest Problems at Home
Wherever your property is based as a homeowner there are routines to ensure you prevent pest problems in your home. Even when you are away document the routines to ensure housesitters know how to maintain your property and to check…
International Housesitter Visa Requirements: Top Guide to Stress‑Free Travel Across Borders
Many sitters dream of affordable travel abroad and housesitting assignments make that dream possible. International housesitter visa requirements are therefore essential to research and prepare for before you travel. As the founder of HouseSit Match, with more than a decade…