HOUSE SITTERS WANTED

Interested In Becoming A House Sitter?

We are always looking for responsible, mature and reliable people with a love for animals and the ability to take care of a home and garden with particular attention to home security. Please note: we only operate in the greater Brisbane area. You must be prepared to follow a homeowner’s instructions, maintaining their home and caring for their animals, as if they were your own. You will be required to stay in the homeowner’s home every night for the duration of the housesit.

The majority of our housesits are short term in nature, but we do have longer term housesits from time to time.

The first step towards registering with Simply Sitting is to complete the Housesitter Enquiry Form and send to us

Application Form

When would you be available to housesit?

In what areas would you prefer to housesit?

Are there any suburbs in the general Brisbane area in which you would NOT be prepared to housesit?

Would you prefer short term or long term housesitting assignments? (most of our housesits are short term)

Housesitting Experience: (if any, provide general description, dates and locations)

Would you be housesitting with a partner, children or pets – if yes, please provide details?

Tell us a bit about yourself and why you want to housesit?

What do you think your most important responsibilities as a housesitter would be?

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

  • Completing and returning this form does not in any way suggest or imply that initial or ongoing housesitting assignments will be offered to you.
  • Before being offered any housesitting assignments, you will need to attend an interview with us, provide contact details for at least three personal referees, and provide a police check certificate (or equivalent security clearance incorporating a criminal history check). We will contact you when an interview needs to be arranged.
  • Most of our housesits are short term (1 – 4 weeks) and require animal and garden care as well as basic household maintenance.

Thank you for taking the time to complete this form. Simply Sitting.

‘Alternatively, you can phone leaving an email address and we will mail the form to you. Completing and returning this form does not in any way suggest or imply that initial or ongoing housesitting assignments will be offered to you.

Before being offered any housesitting assignments, you will need to:

  • attend an interview with Simply Sitting
  • provide contact details for at least three personal referees who can discuss in detail your ability to care for a home, garden and animals
  • provide a police check certificate (or equivalent) – available through any Australian police station, a fee applies.

If selected to become a Simply Sitting housesitter, you will be required to sign an agreement with Simply Sitting. This agreement will be discussed in detail at the interview.

We will contact you when an interview needs to be arranged.

Please note: There is no registration fee.