Welcome to Aussie House Sitters...Welcome to Aussie House Sitters.

Welcome to Aussie House Sitters - A 100% Australian owned house sitting database dedicated exclusively for Australian & New Zealand house sitting jobs. If you're a homeowner looking for someone to care for your house please scroll the 'Sitters Available' in the Aussie House Sitters menu for FREE and contact them directly.

Homeowners are also able to advertise for FREE and have house sitters contact them - Click here for your FREE 'I Need A Sitter' ad.

Home owners! Are you planning on being away from your house for a period of time in the future? If you are, then there is no better way for you to gain peace of mind than by having a house sitter care for your home, garden, pets while you are away.

Need a change of scenery? Want to open your heart by giving love to someone's pets and/or gardens?House sitters! Are you sick of paying rent? Want to save for that somethingspecial? Need a change of scenery? Want to open your heart by giving love to someone's pets and/or gardens? If so, then house sitting is definitely for you.

House sitting is where you live in a person's house for an agreed period of time whiletheyare away. You are relied upon to maintain the house as if it was your own, doing any household jobs that need doing such as pet care, garden maintenance, forwarding mail etc. House sitting can be either a short term stay of a week or anything up to a year or longer.

Benefits of house sitting...

For the home owner

  • Security - not leaving your house unoccupied and susceptible to a break in.
  • Peace of mind - knowing your house and garden are being cared for.
  • No uncomfortable feelings of burdening your friend, family or neighbour to mow lawns, water plants, check mailboxes, feed and exercise pets, etc.
  • Pet care - knowing your pet is happy being looked after at home, instead of at an expensive and foreign pet motel.
  • Someone reliable collecting and redirecting mail, and taking your phone messages.

For the house sitter

  • Saving a bundle by not paying a fortune in rent.
  • Breaking the boredom by spending some time in a new location.
  • The ability to travel throughout Australia & New Zealand, house sitting in different cities and states.
  • The opportunity to finally start that much put off project e.g. writing that first novel or screenplay, painting or sculpting that masterpiece, etc.
  • That satisfying feeling, knowing that you are caring for someone else's much loved home.