While we build · The waiting list is open
A different way to housesit.
Built on agreement.
The awkward questions are asked once, up front, so who fits becomes clear from the start.
Then what you agree is written down and signed by you both, before the sit begins. We're building it now, and we're looking for people to test it.
For everyone
6months
free.
The first six months are free, for everyone, homeowners and sitters alike, from the day they join. Extras, like checks, aren't part of it.
- Fill in the questionnaire to go on the waiting list. Your email goes in at the end.
Testers are invited from the list, and we expect to send the first invitations in the next few weeks, to begin with for homes in England and Wales. - Your answers shape what we build. And once it opens, sitters answer a homeowner's link free, without joining.
I'm going awayAnd I'd like a sitter for my homeAbout 10 to 15 minutes · stop and come back
I'm a sitterSix months free from the day you joinStop and come back
Your answers come straight to us, and they'll help shape what we build.
I · The awkward questions
Asked once. Answered before you meet.
The things that are hard to bring up on a first call: the camera in the hall, the dog that once snapped, who pays the vet, who might visit, what's owed if it's called off.
She answers hers once, for her sit. Every sitter sees them before anything is sent, and anyone they don't suit stops there.
Not for him? Nothing is sent.He sees the facts of her home first, like the camera or the bite. If one isn't for him, he says “I can't do it”, and nothing is sent.
His wishes, before he sees hers.On how things are done, like visitors and updates, he answers before seeing her answers, so he says what he'd really want.By the time you talk, the awkward part is done.You both see where you already meet, so the call is only about what's left.II · Your say
What you tell us shapes it.
Nothing here is finished. Your answers shape what goes in first, what's left out, and what would be fair to pay. These are some of the questions, word for word.
Have you ever had a review you felt was unfair, or written in revenge?Because a record should tell what happened, the same on both sides.
Would you consider a sitter with no reviews if their preferences fit yours?
Have you missed out on sits because you had few reviews or none?
How would it feel to ask your sitter to sign an agreement that matches your exact preferences?
Before you're shortlisted, would rough dates be enough to answer?
Would you answer yes-or-no questions more honestly than you'd write a review?
III · With the site you use already
Keep the site you already use.
Find each other wherever you do now. Then agree the sit here, plainly, the two of you.
From TrustedHousesitters' own terms of service: “We are not party to any agreement, contractual or otherwise, between a Pet Parent and a Sitter.”
TrustedHousesitters' terms of service, clause 2.3, last updated 8 December 2025, as read on 2 November 2026.
Their clause 2.2 adds that their own rules for members (clauses 5.2 and 5.3) are part of that agreement. We're not connected with TrustedHousesitters.
Find each other where you do now.Advertise and apply on the sites you use already. Nothing here asks you to leave them.
Send your link however you like.A message, a text or an email, to the sitters who applied.
The agreement is yours.Written from both your answers, and signed by you both.IV · What we're building
From a sit to a signed agreement, in six steps.
Louisa and Tad are made up, to show the steps.
- 01Louisa sets up her sit.She says which animals are staying, when she's away, and how she'd like things done: how often to keep in touch, visitors, the vet.
- 02She gets one link for her sit.She sends it to every sitter who has applied to her, wherever she advertised, by text or email.
- 03Each sitter answers the same questions.They don't have to join to answer. If they do join, the first six months are free. They give their own preferences before they see hers, so each one says what they'd really want.
- 04She sees which sitters fit, in her own order.Her list puts first the sitters who meet what she's said matters most to her and have shown what she must have.Nothing of ours sets the order. Beside each name, it shows why they're there.
- 05She talks to the ones she likes, about where they differ.She can invite one or more sitters to a call. Each call covers only the points where they don't meet yet.
- 06She chooses Tad, and they both sign.Their agreement is written from the answers they both gave. Nothing is binding until both of them have signed.
V · Country by country
Written in your own country's law.
Every agreement follows the law where the home is. We open one country at a time, once its law is written into the agreement. England and Wales come first.
England and Wales first.Homes in most other countries follow once the law there is written into the agreement.
Which country should come next?It's one of our questions, for homeowners and sitters. Your answers help decide.
Free guides in 25 countries, now.Housesitting law, and what to agree before a sit.
Start with your side