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How to write a successful housesit application
This blog post was originally published on the 13th August 2019. After housesitting full time for 18 months and having written dozens of housesit application letters, we thought it could be useful to share our application writing tips! Whether you’re already housesitting or thinking about trying it out, we hope you’ll find our notes useful. […]
A winter full of housesits!
This blog post was originally published on the 31st December 2018. Over the winter months, we set out to find long sits in the south of the U.K. that would mean less travelling around if the weather turned bad. However, we ended up breaking this rule when we were given the opportunity to sit a […]
Two city sits – working on the road
This blog post was originally published on the 29th December 2018. Towards the end of August we travelled back to Brighton for a week long housesit in Hove, with adorable Bedlington Terrier / Lurcher cross Joey! He was such an affectionate and sweet boy – more than happy to quietly doze at home but as […]
August – Five days in Mortimer
This blog post was originally posted on the 29th December 2018. Our next adventure took us to Mortimer, just south of Reading, for five days in a secluded house surrounded by seemingly endless fields and woodlands. Here we looked after Border Terrier Boris, English Springer Spaniel Megan, Bengal cat Oscar, and two coops of hens […]
July/August: A trip to Bath and a long weekend in Bathford
Celebrating our anniversary in Bath This blog post was originally published on the 21st October 2018. When we’re planning our housesitting adventures, we like to leave a few days in between finishing a sit and arriving at a new one just in case anything unexpected happens! On this occasion, we had a few days between […]
July – Two weeks in Marlborough
This blog post was originally published on the 20th October 2018. For our next housesit we took a gamble and applied for a sit where the only photos were of the pets – usually we like to have more visual information before we commit to applying for a housesit just so we know what to […]
