Tattle Tails – International Housesitting

Tag: Housesitting

  • The Beautiful Peak District

    The Beautiful Peak District

    Advertisements … What it’s like to housesit in Tideswell This is our second year housesitting in the beautiful Peak District. We were lucky enough to get invited back here for a second visit. When the homeowners asked us to come back this May 2023, we did not hesitate. It is amazing to spend a few…

  • A Day in Concord, Massachusetts

    Advertisements Yesterday, we took a day trip from Boston to the lovely historic town of Concord, Massachusetts. It’s only a 30 minute drive from our trusted housesitting assignment here so we grabbed the opportunity! Concord the location of “the shot heard around the world” that started the American Revolution back in 1775. This site uses…

  • A Beautiful Provence Village: Correns, France

    We spent a month house sitting in the South of France. Here’s what it was like.

  • The Isle of Avalon

    Advertisements One of the great perks of housesitting is the opportunity to travel and discover. Our current sit is in the southern part of the county of Somerset. The little village is only a 40 minute drive from Glastonbury where Glastonbury Tor is located! It was not a perfect winter’s day, quite cold and blustery,…

  • FIVE THINGS WE DO FOR FUN

    Advertisements AS HOUSE AND PET SITTERS List five things you do for fun. WordPress daily prompt To get our creative juices flowing, I decided to try the WordPress daily prompt. The prompt is to list five things we do for fun. 1. As house sitters this might seem obvious, but it’s still true: walk the…

  • Housesitting tips: Take lots of photos!

    Advertisements If I was a homeowner entrusting my home to essentially complete strangers, I would be so relieved if I returned home to a house that looked exactly as I left it. One of our top housesitting tips is to take as many photos as possible of the space as soon as you arrive. Sometimes…

  • Just one shelf?

    Advertisements You may have noticed in my earlier post that I mentioned refrigerator and freezer space. It may sound silly, but arriving at a housesit and finding the fridge and freezer filled to bursting is not really great for your sitter. One of the great things about the job is that you can cook meals…

  • And then housesitting became amazing!

    Advertisements Our first actual sit reinforced our idea that this was absolutely the right decision. What follows is an account of a perfect housesit. When we met Oscar, housesitting became amazing. This site contains affiliate links. This means that when you use the links, I may receive a small commission. This comes at no additional…

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