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There is no cost, to join, browse and receive housesit alerts to your email. If you are impressed, upgrade to paid membership for US$50.00 per year so you can make contact, upload photos, references... and more

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Begin with a letter, and use only letters (a-z), numbers (0-9), the underscore (_), and no spaces.Must be at least six characters, and up to 20. DO NOT use your Real Name - choose a nick Name eg HappyHousesitter

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Main Applicant

Please provide details of the Main Applicant (who will receive Email notification of all home owner enquires). If you will be minding the house with others please describe in the Advertisement on the next page of this form, and by setting profile key-words following registration

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Please provide details of the main applicant, who will receive site emails. If a couple etc:- please describe in ad text below and select Couple key word from Preferences following registration

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If required you may select Multiple Countries, States and Provinces following confirmation of your registration.

If applicable - when available for Multiple Counties separate as in the example below (max 600 characters):
Kent County, Sussex County, Angelina County

If available for Multiple cities separate as in the example below (max 600 characters):
New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Newport

If available for Multiple Suburbs separate as in the example below (max 600 characters):
Strafford, Devon, Berwyn, Daylesford

If available for Multiple City Areas separate as in the example below (max 600 characters):
Eastern Suburbs, Inner City, Northern Beaches

When are you available?
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Please do Not include Numbers in your Ad text

Do not include numbers, spell them e.g. instead of 6 Years Say Six years. Numbers will be stripped from your ad text. Direct Contact numbers, or contact details are not permitted and ads including these will be blocked.

Membership Type

Limited Unpaid membership

You can run with an Unpaid membership to receive House Sit opportunities in your email. Then to apply Full/ Paid membership is required.


  • You will be Notified by Email of House sit opportunities.
  • Browse House sit opportunities.
  • Your profile will be Displayed, with possible Contact by Homeonwers through Housecarer‘s Messages
  • Full/ Paid Membership is required to Apply for House Sits.
  • You may read the Summary of Home Owner Messages.
  • Full Paid Membership is required to Read Full Messages, and Respond to Homeowners‘ Messages.


You may Upgrade to Full/ Paid membership at any time following registration to receive maximum exposure and quicker results. Much of the revenue from paid memberships is used to run and maintain two dedicated servers, database and promote the service. Membership Fee Revenue helps us match over 10,000 sitters with homeowners each year worldwide.

Full / Paid House Sitter Membership


US$50.00 for up to 12 months advertising.


  • Apply for Unlimited House Sits
  • Respond to Homeowner Messages
  • Option to Display direct Phone Numbers to Logged in Homeowners
  • Upload: Photos, References and Police Clearances
  • Priority Appearance in Search Results
  • Appear as Featured House Sitter (Random rotation, matching on location of visitor)


You may Upgrade to Full/ Paid membership at any time following registration to receive maximum exposure and quicker results. Much of the revenue from paid memberships is used to run and maintain two dedicated servers, database, and promote the service. Membership Fee Revenue helps us match over 10,000 sitters with homeowners each year worldwide.

Membership Type

Full / Paid House Sitter Membership


US$50.00 for up to 12 months advertising.


  • Apply for Unlimited House Sits
  • Respond to Homeowner Messages
  • Option to Display direct Phone Numbers to Logged in Homeowners
  • Upload: Photos, References and Police Clearances
  • Priority Appearance in Search Results
  • Appear as Featured House Sitter (Random rotation, matching on location of visitor)


You may Upgrade to Full/ Paid membership at any time following registration to receive maximum exposure and quicker results. Much of the revenue from paid memberships is used to run and maintain two dedicated servers, database, and promote the service. Membership Fee Revenue helps us match over 10,000 sitters with homeowners each year worldwide.

Limited Unpaid membership

You can run with an Unpaid membership to receive House Sit opportunities in your email. Then to apply Full/ Paid membership is required.


  • You will be Notified by Email of House sit opportunities.
  • Browse House sit opportunities.
  • Your profile will be Displayed, with possible Contact by Homeonwers through Housecarer‘s Messages
  • Full/ Paid Membership is required to Apply for House Sits.
  • You may read the Summary of Home Owner Messages.
  • Full Paid Membership is required to Read Full Messages, and Respond to Homeowners‘ Messages.


You may Upgrade to Full/ Paid membership at any time following registration to receive maximum exposure and quicker results. Much of the revenue from paid memberships is used to run and maintain two dedicated servers, database and promote the service. Membership Fee Revenue helps us match over 10,000 sitters with homeowners each year worldwide.

Privacy Policy

 

INTRODUCTION

HouseCarers.com understands and respects your concerns about privacy. At the same time, we do ask that you provide information about yourself in order for us to understand your needs better and make your experience at HouseCarers.com more valuable to you. We created this Privacy Policy to provide you with notice of what information HouseCarers.com may collect, how such information may be used, and how such information relates to the operation of the Site. This Privacy Policy is subject to the Terms and Conditions of Use (the "TCU") posted on the Site. This Privacy Policy is part of, and incorporated into, the TCU.


The Site is not intended for use by persons under the age of eighteen. Individuals who are under the age of eighteen are expressly prohibited from submitting to HouseCarers.com or posting to the Site any personally identifiable information about themselves.


By providing any personal information to this Site, you fully understand and unambiguously consent to the collection and processing of such information in Australia, the United States,  and/or any other country.


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what personally identifiable information HouseCarers.com collects from you, and how HouseCarers.com uses the information;
with whom your information may be shared;
what choices you have regarding the collection, use and distribution of your information;
what cookies are, and how HouseCarers.com uses them;
how HouseCarers.com protects your personal information;
how you can access, update or delete your information;
what else you should know about your online privacy; and
how you can contact us

    1. What personally identifiable information HouseCarers.com collects from you, and how HouseCarers.com uses the information.


    HouseCarers.com collects and stores personal information in several ways at different parts of our Site. This information may include your legal name, email address, age, gender, User ID, User Password. We collect this information in order to provide you with our services more easily, and in a more personalized manner. HouseCarers will not individually identify any user to a third part except when required to do so under the law and under the special circumstances specified under with whom your information may be shared;

    We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you
    • Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on your site.
    • Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our sites and other sites on the Internet.
    • Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network  privacy policy.

     

    2. With whom your information may be shared.

    HouseCarers.com will not sell, rent or barter your personal information. However, we may from time to time aggregate statistical information regarding our customers, traffic patterns and site usage. Such aggregate information will not individually identify any user.

    We reserve the right to disclose any information if such action is necessary (a) to conform to the requirements of the law or to comply with legal process or subpoena served on HouseCarers.com, (b) to protect and defend the legal rights or property of HouseCarers.com, the Site, or its users, or (c) in an emergency, to protect the health and safety of its users or the general public. We further reserve the right to release any information concerning any user if that user participates (or is reasonably suspected of participating) in any illegal activity, even without a subpoena, warrant, or other court order. We cooperate with law enforcement agencies in identifying those who may be using our servers or services for illegal activities. We also reserve the right to report any suspected illegal activity to law enforcement for investigation or prosecution. 
     

    3. What choices you have regarding the collection, use and distribution of your information.

    You may occasionally receive information about HouseCarers.com services. HouseCarers.com believes that these updates are interesting and informative You may subsequently contact us to request to be removed from this list. In every update that we send, we will include an option to discontinue receipt of future updates. HouseCarers.com reserves the right to limit any registrations on our Site to those who will accept our information and to those who will provide the requested information.
     

    4. What cookies are, and how HouseCarers.com uses them.

    As part of offering and providing customizable and personalized services, HouseCarers.com uses cookies to store and sometimes track information about you. A cookie is a small amount of data that is transferred to your computer's hard drive. All portions of the Site that prompt you to log in or that are customizable require that you accept cookies. No other company has access to cookies placed on your computer by HouseCarers.com. We may use cookies technology to reduce the time required for you to submit your requests and for HouseCarers.com to respond to such requests. Cookies will not be used by us to retrieve any information about you, or from your computer,that you have not voluntarily given to us. Cookies placed on your computer by third parties by or through the Site, if any, are not the responsibility of HouseCarers.com and are not subject to the TCU. Please contact the third party placing these cookies to find out what information is collected and how it is used. You can usually edit your browser not to accept cookies, but the features of our Site may not function properly if you do not accept cookies.
     

    5. How HouseCarers.com protects your personal information.

    For all our transactions, we employ reasonable and current Internet security methods and technologies. Where appropriate, we password protect, use encryption techniques and install firewalls. We strive to protect you. We encourage our participating service providers to adopt and honor their own consumer privacy policies. For all our efforts to safeguard your privacy, no system can be guaranteed. We cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information that you transmit to us, or that we transmit to you, or guarantee that it will be free from unauthorized access by third parties. Once we receive your information, we use reasonable efforts to ensure its security on our systems.
     

    6. How you can access, update or delete your information.

    As part of your use of the Site, you are responsible for maintaining and updating, as applicable, your membership Registration Data with current, accurate and complete information. You may view, update and/or edit the membership Data you have provided to HouseCarers.com by logging in to your account and following the appropriate instructions.
     

    7. What else you should know about your online privacy.

    The Site may also contain links to other web sites and advertising. The privacy policies of those web sites and advertisers may significantly differ from that of our Site. It is your responsibility to contact such web site operator or advertiser directly to determine their privacy policy.
     

    8. How you can contact us.

    Any questions about our Privacy Policy, the practices of the Site, or your dealings with the Site should be directed to:
    Customer Service
    HouseCarers.com
    PO Box 292 The Junction
    NSW 2280
     Australia

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    Terms & Conditions

    Homeowners and Housesitters


    Indemnity


    You agree to indemnify and hold HouseCarers.com, its associated companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, co-branders, and other partners and employees, harmless from any loss, liability, claim or demand, including attorney's fees, due to or arising out of Information you submit, post to, or transmit through the Site, your violation of  any applicable laws or the rights of another, your use of the Site, including
    for Home Owner members:  your use of the Site to contact registered HouseCarers members, to search for House Sitters, or to use content or other information on the site (including the House Sitters agreement)
    for Housesitter members - your use of the Site to contact registered HouseCarers members, to communicate with House Owner members, or to use content or other information on the site (including the House Sitters agreement)
    The Site provides search results of registered Housesitters. HouseCarers.com has no control over the information submitted by Housesitters, and you acknowledge and agree that HouseCarers.com is not responsible for the content or information contained therein. HouseCarers.com cannot and does not guarantee, represent, or warrant that the content or information supplied by Housesitter members is accurate, legal and/or inoffensive. 
    By using the Site to search for Housesitters or send messages to HouseCarers Members (Home Owners or Housesitters)  you agree and understand that HouseCarers.com shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damages or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with your use of, or reliance on, the Site to obtain search results and/or send messages to other members. However, if you have a problem with information on the Site, please let us know at customerservice@HouseCarers.com.



    Your Registration Obligations


    In consideration of your use of the Site, you agree to:
    (a) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the Site's registration form (such information being the "Registration Data") and
    (b) maintain and promptly update the Registration Data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or HouseCarers.com has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, HouseCarers.com has the right to suspend, terminate, or refuse any and all current or future use of the Site (or any portion thereof).

    House sitter Gold Membership Goods and service provided by .Orders paid through 2Checkout.com are sold by 2Checkout.com (Ohio, USA)


    Disclaimer of Warranties


    You expressly understand and agree that:
    Your use of the Site is at your sole risk. The Site, and its content, are delivered on an "as is" and "as available" basis. HouseCarers.com expressly disclaims all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. HouseCarers.com makes no warranty that the Site or any related services, such as message links, or searches offered on the Site will be error-free, uninterrupted, timely, secure, or that it will provide specific results from use of the Site or any content, search or link therein.
    Any material viewed, downloaded, or otherwise obtained through the use of the Site is done solely at your own discretion and risk, and HouseCarers.com will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from the use of the Site, including, without limitation, direct, indirect, incidental, punitive, or consequential damages.

     

    No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from HouseCarers.com or through or from the Site shall create any warranty.   Neither HouseCarers.com nor any of its data or content providers shall be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon.

    Limitation of Liability


    You expressly understand and agree that HouseCarers.com shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages, including but not limited to, damages to property resulting from a House Sitting assignment, use, data or other intangible losses (even if HouseCarers.com has been advised of the possibility of such damages), resulting from: (i) the use or the inability to use the Site; (ii) the cost of procurement of substitute services resulting from any, data, information or services purchased or obtained or messages received or transactions entered into through or from the Site; (iii) unauthorized access to or alteration of your transmissions or data; (iv) statements or conduct of any third party on the Site; or (v) any other matter relating to the Site or the content thereon, including without limitation any member content posted thereon. In no event will HouseCarers.com be liable for any damages.


    Member Conduct


    The Service is provided to individuals only. Any unauthorized commercial use of the Service, or the resale of its services except under an HouseCarers.com affiliate agreement, is expressly prohibited. You agree to abide by all applicable local, state, national and international laws and regulations and are solely responsible for all acts or omissions that occur under your account or password, including the content of your transmissions through the Service. By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree not to:
    use the Service in connection with chain letters, junk messages, spamming or any duplicative or unsolicited messages (commercial or otherwise);

    harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail addresses, without their consent; transmit through the Service unlawful, harassing, libelous, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene or otherwise objectionable material of any kind or nature;

    transmit any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, or any other harmful or deleterious programs;

    interfere with or disrupt networks connected to the Service or violate the regulations, policies or procedures of such networks;

    attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Service, other accounts, computer systems or networks connected to the Service, through password mining or any other means; or

    interfere with another member's use and enjoyment of the Service or another entity's use and enjoyment of similar services.

    Online Payment of Gold membership by House sitter members

    Some membership upgrades provided by HouseCarers.com  will be sold through 2Checkout.com.


    Privacy of Referees


    Please do not post names and details of referrees on your public ad. This page is indexed in google and your referees will not like showing up in google. We provide a private references library for uploading references - click tools references in the left menu after login. Posting references in your ad is impacting the privacy of your referees, and we do not allow this under the terms of use of our site.


    Posting of personal details of referees can result in suspension of ad or cancellation of membership without refunds.

    Sample House Sitting Headlines

    Active retired couple wishing to see more of the country. Flexible on location and duration - Short or Long term


    Professional Couple looking to save for house - love pets and gardening, will take great care of your home and pets.


    Retired country couple looking for housesit in western suburbs to visit grand children and go to Easter show.


    Will care for your home and pets on the gold coast while you take a vacation.


    I am being transferred to city X and want to experience different areas before commiting to purchase of own home.


    We are renovating our home in suburb x and willing to care for your home within 10 miles during this period.


    I am currently writing a novel and am willing to care for your house and pets at any location within state X.


     



    Sample House Sitting Advertisements

    We are a active, non-smoking professional couple.  I am a company director and my partner is a teacher.  We have owned properties and understand the value of caring for a home.

    We would like to housesit in the areaX area before buying in the area. 

    We love dogs and cats and have previously maintained a pool and garden.  We are willing to provide reference and bond when required.

    I am a cheerful, independent and responsible single person that would be the perfect candidate to mind your house, pets and gardens in your absence. 

    I recently relocated from Cityx to CityY and would love the responsibility of caring for your pets while I establish myself in CityY. I am extremely experienced at caring for house and garden and have had previous positions houseminding both short and long term.

    I would be delighted to hear from you. References available.

    We are a married, healthy retired couple both non smokers and are very keen gardeners.

    We are keen to housesit in the AreaX of CityX to be close to family.

    We have many personal references.  Being retired gives us lots of time to look after your home, garden and pets.

    We are available now and look forward to discussing your requirements.

    We are a couple with a young baby.

    We are experienced with animals having always been brought up with pets.  I am currently on maternity leave and our drop in income has made it impossible for us to stay where we are. 

    We are responsible people and are conscious of the care and security required to maintain a property. I will be able to give added security as I will be home during the day. I housesat extensively in CityX and can provide references.