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Thread ID: 67076 2006-03-16 06:13:00 Approved house sitting agency drcspy (146) PC World Chat
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438541 2006-03-16 06:13:00 we are wanting to go on holiday very soon, can anyone recommend a good house and pet sitting agency. We are in the waikato. drcspy (146)
438542 2006-03-16 08:23:00 bump drcspy (146)
438543 2006-03-16 09:03:00 I can!
I rang the local church and the son of one of the pastors will be moving in for us :)
can't beat that :)

I didn't know them either.
netchicken (4843)
438544 2006-03-17 17:43:00 anyone else ? drcspy (146)
438545 2006-03-17 20:36:00 When we went overseas a couple of years ago we had the same problem. My wife "mentioned it" to her hairdresser who, as always, knew the very person - a young family who were building nearby. Scouse (83)
438546 2006-03-17 21:38:00 I used to do house sitting when I didn't have mains power so I could watch TV.

Ask around is the trick. Ask freinds, neighbours, family, colleagues, get a recommendation. Turning into bit of a business now. I've heard of people charghing $20 a night. I always did it for a favour and to watch the wonders of Telly.

But I think there are now agencies that manage this like Nanny Agencies. Ring your local Citizens Advice Bureau.
mark c (247)
438547 2006-03-17 21:46:00 we are wanting to go on holiday very soon, can anyone recommend a good house and pet sitting agency. We are in the waikato.

If you Google for house sitting (pages from NZ), you will find a few listings. We will be going to the so-called United Kingdom (it is neither united nor a kingdom!) later this year for 6 weeks and will be looking for a house sitter as well.

Last time we went for a month, my wife was able to find a young couple who were building, and they house sat for us. She found the couple through colleagues at work - they were the daughter and son in law of a fellow staff member. We asked them to pay the power bill for the month, and they seemed more than happy with that.
John H (8)
438548 2006-03-17 23:35:00 Local Black Power or Mongrel Mob should be able to help (but not as a combined effort) godfather (25)
438549 2006-03-17 23:42:00 I only house-sit for people with places in the country... Must have comfy couch and DSL personthingy (1670)
438550 2006-03-19 04:39:00 anyone ......no one ? drcspy (146)
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