Welcome to
The House Sitters

Australia's original and best house sitting company. Finding reliable housesitters is easy with us, and completely free! For over 30 years we have been helping home owners find reliable housesitters to care for their home and pets while they are away for work or holidays.

We are proud to have been Australia's first house sitting agency in 1993, the world’s first FREE house sitting service in 1996, the Australia’s first house sitting website in 1998, and launched the world’s first international house sitting company in 2001.

30 years on and we are still striving to find ways to make it easier and safer for home owners to find the right house sitters. We provide a simplified, smarter system designed to save everyone time and money. A system that makes it easy for home owners to find the perfect sitters.

To find the right house sitter, simply enter the details of your house sit. We will then contact all the sitters servicing your region with your proposed dates, your pet care requirements and suburb you live in. If they are keen to look after your home, they will send you an introduction message through our system.

We take your privacy and security very seriously. We do not provide your contact details, names or address to our house sitters. If house sitters are interested in your assignment, they will send you an introduction message via our secure systems. You can then view their private profile, contact details and references. Simply choose who you contact for further discussions.

Why are we so pet focused?

We know house sitting is all about pets. The reason the vast majority of our home owners get a house sitter is to get the best in care for their pets. We are also just mad about pets, we have a 16yo blind Miniature Schnauzer, a house trained Holland Lop rabbit, two chickens, tropical fish and a striped marsh frog in our pond.

Why don’t we have browsable house sitter profiles?

We’ve been doing this a long time and have found that browsing house sitter profiles actually make it harder to find the right house sitter. The most experienced house sitters have lots of bookings, are listed on multiple sites, and often struggle to keep their profiles updated. This means wasted days contacting and waiting for replies from people who are unlikely to be available.

Want to do some house sitting?

We charge house sitters $60.00 a year for an unlimited membership. This fee includes optional free ID Checks for all adults in your family. You are welcome to list as many areas of the country as you like. You are welcome to contact as many home owners as you like via our secure messaging system. Our simplified systems also save you time when organising house sits.

Focused

With over 30 years of experience, we know that making it easy to find the right person to care for your home and pets is what really counts. more

Simple

Why should finding a house be such hard work? Our smarter systems will do all the leg work for you. more

Experienced

Our unique systems are designed to attract and keep the most experienced housesitters who know how to best care for your home and pets. more

Australia's Original and Best House Sitters

Latest Assignments

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Queensland

West Moreton
  • 95 days from 4/9/24 to 8/12/24

Helidon

Housesit added: 19/4/24

Dog /house sitter required. 4.9.24 to 8.12.24. 3 months free rent Helidon Qld. Quiet semi rural community 17 ...

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New South Wales

South Eastern
  • 56 days from 26/8/24 to 21/10/24

YOUNG

Housesit added: 19/4/24

To look after our beautiful rescue Kelpies at our home. They have separation anxiety, so require daily medication. We ...

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South Australia

Northern
  • 23 days from 22/4/24 to 15/5/24

REDHILL

Housesit added: 19/4/24

We have a beautiful old world shop in Redhill SA (built 1880). We have 2 untrained Maremmas and 2 independent cats. ...

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New South Wales

Murray
  • 95 days from 10/1/25 to 15/4/25

Wentworth

Housesit added: 19/4/24

Two bedroom house (third is office, can be used as a bedroom, as needed) - double bedroom and one single; will have ...

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Western Australia

Perth
  • 21 days from 15/6/24 to 6/7/24

BICTON

Housesit added: 18/4/24

Hi there, We are taking a 3 week trip back to the UK for a holiday and would like a responsible dog lover to look ...

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Victoria

Western District
  • 13 days from 2/5/24 to 15/5/24

CUDGEE

Housesit added: 18/4/24

Hello, I'm looking for an animal-lover to care for my tribe while I am away! The accommodation is a cosy ...