Becoming a
Homesitter
Homesitters Limited offers occasional employment and an enjoyable break from routine.
If you are looking for regular salaried employment homesitting is not suitable because
- payment is very modest; normally it equates to 1.75 hours per day at the National Minimum Wage.
- absence from clients' properties must not exceed 3 consecutive hours during daylight or one hour after dark
- homesitting is not continuous employment but we like our Homesitters to be generally available throughout the year.
We are looking for more Sitter applicants and would like to hear from you.
Who are we?
Homesitters Ltd was established in 1980 to provide a live-in housesitting service, available throughout the year, in England, Wales and Scotland. We now have a network of nearly 1000 employees nationwide.
As a Homesitter, what would I actually do?
You stay in other people’s homes and care for their pets and possessions while the owners are away. Although for much of the time you are free to come and go as you please, you take on various responsibilities for the owner. You live in the client's home (which maintains security). You keep the areas of the house that you use clean and tidy; take telephone messages; deal with callers; water houseplants and provide light garden care. If you are happy to homesit with pets or livestock, you care for them as instructed, maintaining their normal routines.
We leave nothing to chance. We give you a detailed brief to enable you to decide whether or not to take on the assignment, and usually you will have a preliminary meeting with the client long before the assignment begins.
It is essential that you and the client have a clear understanding of what the assignment involves, so before leaving home the client will complete a detailed "HOMESITTERS CHECKLIST" with you. The administrator at head office who is handling the assignment will keep in touch with you at every stage of the booking, including during the assignment.
