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International Housesitting and Tourist Visas – By Gobsmacked at Gatwick (Prt 1)
We are often asked about international housesitting and the need for tourist visas as a housesitting network offering international housesits. As members will know we have always offered appropriate links to the latest in country visa requirements via our member…

Marbella Housesitting – the Solution
In a city like Marbella housesitting and finding good pet sitters can be more challenging for an expat because you are away from your natural network of family and friends on whom you might call in the first instance. Moreover…

International housesitters NatnJodie talk pets and bucketlists
International housesitters NatnJodie have been travelling around the world by housesitting and petsitting since 2013. In a recent interview hosted on our weekly @Housesitmatch Twitter #HouseSitChat session, we asked them a series of questions about their love of petsitting, how…

Home Roofing Tornado Top Tips
As any homeowner will know their home roofing is a vital protection against wind, rain and any inhospitable storms, including extreme weather events like tornadoes. The condition of the house roof is as important as the state of the rest…

Landscape design for your home
For many Homeowners there are many ways to make a property more like our home. For example, by using good landscape design we can personalise our space As a result, we make it comfortable a place to relax and feel…

Happy Housesits in Europe with Michelle and Eddie
Now some of you might find the notion of housesitting a little unusual, having a stranger in your home to look after your property and pets your most precious possessions. However, Michelle the housesitter can go one better than that,…

Housesitting in Retirement – HouseSitChat Interview
Housesitting in retirement offers a range of fantastic opportunities for affordable travel and living like a local while you care for pets and property of your hosts. Bev and John, fun loving pet lovers from the USA, recently registered as…

Housesitting and Brexit – HouseSitChat
Occasionally, Lamia Walker our founder is asked to take part in an interview about how and why she founded HouseSitMatch.com and to explain ‘What is Housesitting’. Recently, Lamia was asked to take part in a Twitter Q&A which was a fun…

HouseSitChat with Kemkem
Recently, one of our home and pet owners KemKem author of the travel blog Nextbiteoflife.com joined in our Twitter series #HouseSitChat. #HouseSitChat is a Twitter chat about housesitting that takes place on a weekly basis. By answering some of our…

