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House Sitting UKBecome a house sitter in the UK and live in and look after a home and get paid for house sitting throughout Britain: 
It is possible to earn an extra income from looking after someone's house. This can either full time where you will
live in the house, or go in at agreed intervals to check the house is secure and safe.
It is more common to look after the house by living in it whilst the owner is away on holiday or working abroad. Some people pay for someone to check out their home whilst they are temporarily away from home, such as in hospital. Some home owners combine this with looking after pets such as dogs who they do not want to send to boarding kennels. This is discussed in the Dog Walking section. House or flat sitters provide a valuable service by giving the home owners the reassurance that a trusted and capable person is looking after their home, plants, garden, pets and possessions. Another reason that people like to have a house sitter is because their home is a sizeable investment and they want the protection of their property that house sitters can provide. But this is not the only reason for the rise in house sitting jobs in the UK. There are many more personal reasons that home owners need a house sitter. For example those on extended business trips may like the assurance of a house sitter. At the other end of the scale a house sitter may be needed after the death of the occupier so that the home can be kept clean, tidy, fresh and lived in whilst home hunters look round the property for sell. The surviving relatives who may live afar have the assurance that the property and their inheritance is being looked after safely, especially at night and not at risk from burglars, vandals or squatters. How To Become A Home SitterMost home sitters gain work from word of mouth and have built up their own list of clients who will regularly employ them throughout the year. They may have initially advertised in local newspapers or replied to an advert seeking a home sitter. There are agencies you can register with for home sitting. I will put their links on this page soon. In the meantime local home sitting agencies can be found in the yellow pages. It could be worth finding national agencies if you don't mind travelling. This will give you more work and you should be able to charge travelling expenses to the employer. Alternatively travelling expenses can be offset on your self assessment form to the inland revenue. Any income earnt from home sitting should be declared on the self assessment form. Working As A House SitterHouse sitting is better suited to single people. Couples can be house sitters, especially for larger houses where one partner can care for the garden whilst the other cares for the home. You should discuss this and include it in your contract. Most home owners won't mind a couple looking after their home and may agree to this on the condition that they only pay for one person. Many house sitters are retired people who like to get out and about to new areas and meet new people and pets. Duties Of A House SitterThe duties of home sitting can vary depending on your contact, the people you work for and any agency used to gain the work. It usually includes:
Length of work can vary from overnight, one or two weeks to several months. You should agree to any periods of being away from the home you are sitting. If the contract is for one or two weeks you should be able to get up to 3 hours away from the home for several days. If the work is for several months you may also want to agree to one or two nights away from the home for any holidays or visits you need to take. You should also discuss if you can bring to the home guests and friends. No-one should expect you to live in social isolation for a one month job, but neither do they expect you to bring home strangers and have a party. It is normal for an owner of the home to provide a detailed inventory for the housesitter or the house sitting agency. This house sitter inventory should be checked as soon as possible when starting the house sitting duty. It provides reassurance for the owners and the housesitter so that any losses or breakages can be accounted and prevents any future misunderstandings. It is also normal during long term house sitting jobs, such as owners working abroad for long term contracts, to have the housesitting agency manager or elected representative to come to the house sitting place of work to check on the housesitter and the home. This gives the owners peace of mind and gives the housesitter personal contact with the agency. The cost and supply of food should be discussed before taking on the house sitting jobs. Some home owners will provide a full fridge and freezer for their house sitters. The paying of household bills must also be discussed, especially for longer house sitting jobs. Most home owners will set up direct debit payments for bills like the gas or electric and perhaps even the telephone bill. It is a good idea to discuss the use of the phone and how any calls you make are to be paid. Do check that the owners have home and pet insurance and you know how to contact the insurer. You may want to take out your own liability insurance in case you spill something on a carpet or accidentally break something of value. The cost of the insurance can be offset as a tax expense. There are no qualifications or skills needed for being a house sitter. You will be in a position of trust though. You have the run of a house which has been entrusted to your care. So whilst you will be permitted to go into most rooms to check for safety and to make sure there has been no break ins - it does not give you the right to go through personal belongings such as paperwork or drawers and cupboards. When you know the owners will be back try and make time to clean the house. Leave some bleach down drains and sinks. Clean the toilet and leave toilet cleaner in the bowl. Place fresh flowers (claim these as a tax expense) in the lounge or hallway. Generally vacuum and dust. Have the house ready for the owners to walk in, unpack their cases and relax. By doing this you may get return work and they are more likely to recommend you to their friends and family. Looking after a home for payment is enjoyable work. It would suit a single person or a couple with time on their hands. It gets you out and about, often to new areas. You will receive free accommodation and often free food, a change of scene which can be looked upon as a paying holiday. As well as making new friends of the home owners neighbours and pets you will get a bit of peace and quite. If this page has not answered your questions or you need some more advice then please feel free to e-mail me. I would also welcome any advice to increase the information on this page to make it more useful to others. So feel free to e-mail me your thoughts. I would also appreciate it if you were to send the url of the www.findextrawork.co.uk to your friends, forums and websites. Automatically Add www.findextrawork.co.uk To Your Favourites Folder - Bookmark Us. The site is updated weekly with new earning opportunities. House Sitting Jobs And AgenciesIf you are a house sitting agency and would like your website and details listed on this page for free then please contact me. In particular I would like house sitting agencies in the following towns and city's: London, Edinburgh and Manchester. 
Home Sitting Vacancies There are home sitting vacancies available throughout England with the Norwich based home sitting company Guardian Angels. There are also vacancies for those with a love of animals to pet sit, pet visit or pet board in your own home. Guardian Angels are expanding throughout the various counties of England such as Hampshire, Kent, Berkshire, Hertfordshire and Surrey and are constantly recruiting staff to fill their home sitting vacancies. There are now over 1200 staff working for Guardian Angels. Those interested should visit the Guardian Angels website at www.g-angels.co.uk for more information and an online application form. A Guardian Angel can expect to be offered home sitting assignments that suit their lifestyle, profile, interests, preferences and abilities. There is no pressure to fill home sitting vacancies and there is a choice of work at g-angels.co.uk this includes full or part time home sitting work. 
Guardian Angels have been helping home owners find home sitters since 2002 and because they are a Limited Company GuardianAngels will cover you with their employment terms and conditions. This extends to comprehensive insurance through the g-angels.co.uk employers and public liability insurances. Unlike other agencies you are not considered self employed or a sub contractor, but are an employee. This affords you more employment rights, protection and perks like other employees. Though you still have self employed advantages such as working from home when you pet visit or pet board. Those who home sit will be further rewarded with a wide range of locations and travel opportunities throughout England such as Norfolk, Suffolk, Buckinghamshire, the Home Counties, London, Middlesex, Cambridgeshire and Essex. For more information or to apply to the home sitting vacancies visit the Guardian Angels website at www.g-angels.co.uk Half Broken Things It is not often that housesitting or a housesitter is on a television programme but on Sunday 28 October 2007 ITV broadcast the drama Half Broken Things. It starred actress Penelope Wilton (Doctor Who, Five Days, Shaun of the Dead, Calendar Girls, Wives and Daughters, Bob and Rose, The Borrowers, Ever Decreasing Circles) as the character Jean who works as a housesitter. House Broken Things was based on a novel by Morag Joss. On her latest housesitting job Jean fell in love with the English country manor house and started to consider it her own home. When she is dusting an antique teapot she knocks it over and it breaks revealing keys to the house and she sees this as a sign. This is Jean's last house sitting job because she is 60 soon and will have to retire from house sitting. Now the house is hers in her mind. So much so that she welcomes in two strangers, a thief called Michael (played by actor Daniel Mays - The Bank Job, Atonement, The Best Man, The Secret Life of Words, Funland) and a pregnant woman called Steph (actress Sinead Matthews - Ideal, Trial and Retribution, Hogfather) who is hiding from her abusive boyfriend. The trio form a bond and begin to live in the housesitting home as if they were a family. Steph gives birth to baby Mathew and the housesitters live in splendid isolation as a self sufficient family unit. Jean starts to wear the clothes of the wife who really owns the house and destroys the family photos. They run out of heating oil and groceries from the deep chest freezer and start to look through the bank account statements of the real owners they are housesitting for. Michael and Steph find the banking account password so that they can transfer money online. All is well until baby Mathew dies from cot death and the new family bury his body in the garden under a flowering bush. Things start to go wrong for the housesitters in Half Broken Things and the past soon catches up with the housesitters and tragedy strikes. |
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