Australia’s Original House Sitting Community — Established 1993
Welcome to the community that started it all. We launched the world’s first modern house-sitting platform in 1993, focusing on a simple, trusted exchange that is now a global standard. Proudly Australian, family-owned, and still setting the pace.
We are dedicated to one simple mission: helping homeowners find reliable sitters to care for their homes and beloved pets. It’s the same simple idea we started with back in 1993. We are passionate about providing a simple, smart, and secure community that saves everyone time and money. For homeowners, our service remains completely free.
We didn’t just follow a trend; we helped start the house-sitting category and have spent over thirty years getting it right.
We started Australia’s first house-sitting community, introducing the modern model of a mutual, charge-free exchange. While others were focused on paid caretaking work, we focused on building a trusted network where pet welfare and home security came first.
We believe finding a reliable sitter should be simple and accessible. In 1996, we decided to make our platform completely free for homeowners—a commitment to our community that remains at the heart of everything we do today.
As the world moved online, we launched Australia’s first dedicated house-sitting website. This allowed us to connect sitters and homeowners instantly across the country, making the process more efficient and secure for everyone involved.
After a decade of success in Australia, we expanded to help pet lovers find trusted care globally. We helped foster a world-wide culture of house sitting built on the same foundations of trust and community we established back in 1993.
We overhauled our system to move away from static public listings toward an active, application-driven model. By focusing on private introductions, we ensured homeowners only hear from sitters who are genuinely available for their specific dates.
Recognising that life doesn’t always happen in year-long increments, we launched our Monthly Flexible Membership tiers. This innovation ensures that House Sitters remains the most accessible platform for our community, just as we have been since the start.
Our system reflects everything we’ve learned since 1993: two core beliefs that still guide every decision we make.
We know that house sitting is all about the pets. The primary reason homeowners seek a sitter is to ensure their pets get the best care in their own familiar, stress-free environment. We're “mad about pets” ourselves, and our system is built to connect people who feel the same way.
We prioritise your time and privacy. Our system ensures homeowners only hear from sitters who are actively available for their specific dates. This avoids the frustration of contacting people who aren’t free and keeps the matching process efficient and secure.
Whether you're looking for the perfect sitter or your next rent-free adventure, you're in safe hands with the original pioneers.