Testimonials

Thank you (Owner)

This has been very helpful and great.

Irene, Costa Rica. Nov 2024

Kudos!! (Owner)

I think you've done a wonderful job with this site! It keeps getting better and better over the years.

Lisa, United States. March 2024

Dual member (Owner)

I’m still using your site every year as owner and sitter and just again got an amazing housesit yesterday!

Katrin, Spain. Feb 2024

House sitting has been a very positive experience for us (Owner)

House sitting has been a very positive experience for us on the whole, the odd glitch but over 15 years hardly surprising! With many animals and an off grid farm we have attracted lots of different folk and several are still in touch with us as friends. We have also had both young and more mature but all embraced the peace and beauty of our location. Having house sitters is a lesson in trust and we have learnt lots and would say our property and animals have been cared to our standards of not better! If we come across behaviour we find unacceptable we deal with it and come to resolution that suits both parties. Housesitters and volunteers have given us the opportunity to travel, work and deal with family bereavement in another country. I would use the word invaluable especially having so many animals. Thankyou for setting up this valuable service.

Amanda and Andy, Spain. Jan 2024

We have had 2 experiences with house sitters and they have both been wonderful! (Owner)

Our cat was so lovingly taken care of and our home left very clean just as we leave it for our sitters. Our first couple is from Czech Republic, they were so kind and sweet with our cat, They actually go him to exercise a bit which is a big deal because he is so lazy. We had them stay for dinner before they left, we had wonderful conversations, and have remained in contact. They loved our cat and didn't want to leave. Our second and recent sitter was a wonderful woman from Poland. After she settled in I made dinner and had wonderful conversations. She was very experienced, our cat took right to her. She was working while here and several times our cat would sit on her lap. She took plenty of pictures and cute photos, seems he never left her side. Our cat sat on her lap with his favorite blanket while watching tv, he never does this with anyone but me. He was very spoiled. Our sitter didn't want to leave him. And I think he is still looking for her. This site is fantastic! I found Mind My House through a friend who knew our cat's last boarding facility literally abused him. I was angry beyond words. This site provides wonderful people who truly care about animals. I highly recommend Mind My House

Carrie and Ken, Portugal. Dec 2023

Thanks for the brilliant service you are providing (Owner)

May I take this opportunity to thank you all at MindMyHouse for the brilliant service you are providing? I have been using the site for a few years and, without exception, all the people who have come to cat-sit for me have been delightful. When I needed to contact the site, my issue was resolved efficiently and courteously. Thank you, MindMyHouse, for a great resource! From a very grateful cat-owner.

Victoria Russell, Spain. Nov 2023

Thank you! (Owner)

We were very satisfied with our sitters from MMH and wouldn't hesitate in using your services again. We have recommended yourselves to other people.

Jan, France. August 2023

I love your site (Owner)

Good Morning Susan and Alan, I love your site. Thanks for the adventures we have had. We are both sitters and owners, and all the daily offers certainly broaden my world. I enjoy them every morning refer others often. Keep up the wonderful work. We travel a lot, and when I need a sitter I always have many (difficult) choices. We have also had wonderful pet sits in Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii. From your "longest/oldest" non family paid subscriber. Who knew where this would go when you started, and where we all would travel. Blessings and Thank you once again for another great year.

Eileen H, Longmont CO USA. Mar 2023

I would like to thank you for having such an easy-to-use and efficient site (Owner)

I would like to thank you for having such an easy-to-use and efficient site. I have just experienced my first time using your site and was so lucky to land on an exceptional couple from Edinburgh. They took care of my ancient Tuxedo cat and brushed and loved him so that he hardly noticed I was away for 3 weeks; My house was also loved and cared for and cleaned so that on my return I found everything in fantastic condition. Their frequent mails and photos assured me that all was well back at the ranch, and I was able to be away relaxed and happy. I would love to have them any time again if I need to go away. I would recommend them to anyone; They became very popular with the neighbours, loved the area where I live and settled in perfectly. Again thank you .

Jillie F, Italy. Oct 2022.

Thank you! (Owner)

I am getting used to using it. Especially as a home owner, I have found it easy to use, AND most importantly, it has matched me with a sitter who I am very happy to have found--very much looking forward to meeting her in a week....she even offered to bring me to the airport! THANK YOU!

Kit, United States. June 2022

Wonderful! (Owner)

Wonderful! Very valuable. We recommend it during our travels.

Gerard, United States. Aprl 2022

We love your website (Owner)

Hello, we love your website. We have met some really nice people, many have stayed in touch. Thanks for an excellent service

Carol, United Kingdom Jan 2022

We would just like to say a big thank you (Owner)

My husband and I would just like to say a big thank you for your site. We posted a listing and found ourselves a sitter within 24 hours. We found your site very easy to use and navigate and were more than happy with the service you provide. Keep up the good work.

Mary, Ireland. Nov 2020

Well done and many thanks (Owner)

Your site is fantastic. Well done to you and many thanks for assisting me find reliable house and pet minders while away. Hope all good luck comes your way.

Cathriona McLoughlin, Ireland. Jan 2020

I am so grateful for MMH (Owner)

I have a sick kitty who needs daily medication (and lots of love and play). I would not be able to leave him to go on vacation if I did not have someone staying at my house, as he needs to be encouraged to eat and drink throughout the day. Since joining this site I have had two outstanding cat sitters. Metta, my kitty, enjoyed being with both of them. He looked relaxed and happy upon my return after both vacations. My first cat sitter, Georgina, was an extremely experienced cat sitter - it was obvious in the questions she asked and how she interacted with my cat. She texted and sent pix of my kitty daily, which was very reassuring, and left my home immaculate. My garden was also in better shape than when I had left. My second cat sitter, Stuart, was on his first assignment. He, too, was very reliable and it is clear that Metta was well taken care of. I would never be able to go on vacation if I had to leave my kitty with "strangers". But on this site I get a reliable platform to interact with potential cat sitters, get references and feel comfortable leaving my kitty and house in good hands.

Janet, United States. Nov 2019

I just want to say how much we’ve enjoyed using MindMyHouse.com (Owner)

I just want to say how much we’ve enjoyed using MindMyHouse.com over the past ten or so years – we’ve found a number of house-sitters and they’ve all been really nice people – we’re still in touch with many of them, especially our first-ever couple Jack and Patsy from the American Virgin Islands. Sadly, what with decreasing travel plans owing to increasing age and the recent death of our little cat, it’s unlikely that we’ll be needing house-sitters in the near future. However, we’ll retain our membership just in case. Thanks for everything.

Malcolm & Carol, United Kingdom. Oct 2019

I love this site (Owner)

We have used it about 8 times. Three times with the same family. It is a win, win. We get a sitter for our dogs and house and the sitters get a bit of a vacation at a new place. I have had the best experiences with all the sitters I have had thus far. It truly has been the greatest community. I used to pay $35.00 a day for a sitter and we travel a lot. Sometimes for 3-4 weeks. That can become terribly costly. We live in Florida and go to New Zealand at least once a year to see our son, his family and other family members. Thanks MINDMYHOUSE.

Susan Burigo, United States. August 2019.

About time to write a testimonial (Owner)

Since we have been using this site to find house and cat sitters for 10 years now, I thought it was about time to write a testimonial! Quite honestly this site has been nothing less than fantastic as a home owner with pets. I'm originally from NZ and live in The Netherlands with my partner and 2 children. We have had a sitter every year since 2009, in the summer and over Christmas/New Year. The amount of time for each trip has varied from 5 days to 5 weeks and each time we found a great sitter. Our first sitter Jane from NZ loved it so much she came back the year after. She became a good friend and we've kept in touch and visited each other several times since then. She was not the only sitter that came more than once. Last year, Corina from Australia came from where she is currently living in Spain and she's coming back this summer too. Other sitters were from Canada, Australia, America, England and Scotland. We always asked them to come one day before and most stayed one night after we returned. It's been great to spend time with them and wonderful to hear all the nice things they discovered to do while visiting. We often recommend the website to family and friends, however most Dutch people we know, think we're a bit weird to let strangers live in our house. However we love the win-win arrangement: our house and cats are well looked after and the sitters get a great holiday/new work environment. So thanks, MindMyHouse. We look forward to many more years of successful mindings.

Lauren, Netherlands. July 2019

I have met some very nice housesitters through your website, and I would recommend it highly. (Owner)

Our family has made arrangements with housesitters as a swap - a place to stay (with food and amenities) in exchange for a housesit and petsit, which has worked very well. We have made some fabulous friends. Thank you for a wonderful service!

Susan Mattison, United States, Sept 2018

This is a fantastic site to find reliable people for homesitting (Owner)

We experienced it for the first time with Cheryl P. Brewer and her husband Richard, as our homesitters for two weeks. They took a perfect care of our dog and cat and our plants (we have a lot...inside and outside). We would not hesitate to refer them anytime. Good people, clean, devoted and honest.

Noelle-Lise Turgeon, Canada. July 2018

Thanks Ben and Jill (Owner)

As a first time home owner needing sitters I found your site user friendly, but what was really great were the sitters who looked after our home in South Africa while we were 'camping and tramping' for 6 weeks in New Zealand. Ben and Jill Hill are absolutely amazing - they cared for our home, the plants, the pool, and above all, our cat. Corresponding with them before their arrival was so relaxed and reassuring that it felt as if we were meeting up with old friends. I can unreservedly recommend them.

Lia van der Walt, South Africa. April 2018

The site is great! (Owner)

The site is great!

Beatriz, Canada. Nov 2017

Love this service! (Owner)

We've had great sitters, whom we will always remember, who are members of this site. MindMyHouse's collection of sitters is very fine indeed. The site is easy to use as well. I have recommended it often to other owners, and to friends who might want to become sitters as well. Maybe we ourselves will take a trip to Europe to sit at one of those great places we see on this site! Thank you for such a sensible, easy and trustworthy place to find good people.

Josie, United States. Aug 2017

Thank you for a great site (Owner)

Hi guys, thank you for a great site you've been a great help and we have had some wonderful applicants for our house sit position. We have tried to answer all who applied, except those in a foreign language that translate couldn't help us with !!! The position has been filled, should we be in need in the future we will certainly be in touch, Kind regards, Jim & Penny

James Stevens, France. August 2017

Our first experience with a sitter was a huge success (Owner)

Dear Susan, our first experience with a "mindmyhouse-sitter" was a huge success, from the very first moment we were in contact. Jorge, from Canada, stayed in our house in The Hague, last summer, and we couldn't have wished for a better sitter. He proved to be a lovely and caring man, and we got along immediately, including our 12 year old daughter. And when we returned, three weeks later, we could sense the care that he took of our house. For one, it had never been tidier ;-), but it felt as if a friend had looked after it. Also, the cats were happy and healthy. It has simply been a great pleasure to meet Jorge, and I am certain you will, too, when you let him look after your house.

Phyllis Ferwerda, Netherlands. April 2017

I have used your site with great success, 3 times in the last 5 months (Owner)

Hi, I have used your site with great success, 3 times in the last 5 months. I live in France and have recommended you to all the dog owners I meet. Your site is incredibly well written and easy to use..unlike Trusted House Sitter which I used before. I am a great fan and I travel a great deal. Thank you.

Josy, France. April 2017

I absolutely love your site. (Owner)

I absolutely love your site. We would never have been able to take any vacations if it weren't for you. I've met some really great people and enjoyed hearing about their world traveling adventures. The site is easy to navigate and fun. Keep up the good work!

Barbi Simons, France. Feb 2017

Your website is superb! (Owner)

Home is where the heart is and thank you MmH for creating an amazing, quality service and growing community that minds this. Your website is superb. Thank you very much. DS

Diane Smith, Canada. Nov 2016

Thank you, thank you....without you all I would not be able to travel. (Owner)

I have used MMH for 6 years now, and apart from one tiny blip, each and every sitter I have chosen has been exemplary. I have had sitters from the US, Australia, New Zealand and the UK. I have made new friends and love the fact that I can leave my home and 3 crazy cats in capable hands when I go away. I have used MMH at least twice a year for each of the 6 years I have been registered, I recommend it highly to all who are not aware that such a wonderful thing exists. Thank you, thank you....without you all I would not be able to travel.

Ellie, United Kingdom, Sept 2016

My only complaint is I have received too many amazing responses. (Owner)

This is fabulous! We live in Hawaii and are going to the mainland for 3 weeks. We are looking for someone to house/dog sit while we are gone. Within two days of posting our ad, we had many responses from fabulous sitters. We haven't gone on our trip yet, but am confident the sitter we chose will be great. My only complaint is I have received so many amazing responses, it is going to be SO hard to chose. Thanks Sue

Sue, United States. July 2016

So glad I came across this site as we found the nicest people to house sit our four loony dogs and our nine hens! (Owner)

So glad I came across this site as we found the nicest people to house sit our four loony dogs and our nine hens. Angela and Mel are the nicest 'strangers' we have met, they have turned into good friends which is great. The house was well looked after and our dogs loved them to pieces, the chickens were all clean and the eggs taken to my list of takers. They loved our little village and found it very friendly. They stayed an extra day as our flight was delayed in Chicago due to tornado and we kept them informed of our plight, they even had tea ready made when we finally arrived home. We hope to see them again soon. Once again this site has been very beneficial to both us and Angie and Mel. Many thanks.

Trude Redwood, UK. July 2016

What a great idea (Owner)

What a great idea - my sister put me on to your site and it has been so beneficial. We have met some delightful house sitters and our elderly cat has been so much happier than being put into a cattery. Our house has been well looked after and it has been a real pleasure to come home.

Pamela, United Kingdom, June 2016

Wow, what a wonderful experience (Owner)

Wow, what a wonderful experience. Janet and Phil from Oregon stayed at my house and took care of my lab for 5 weeks. Could not have asked for two more wonderful people. They were great with my dog Bailey and they took extra special care of my house and actually made improvements that I found challenging. Very energetic couple. They are trustworthy, quiet, dependable, sensible, caring, and friendly people. I would highly recommend them to anyone anytime. I feel like I gained two very special friends and they are welcome anytime in my home as guests. Mind my house turned out to be a very good experience. I will definitely use them again. They have my highest recommendation.

Diana, United States. June 2016

The last 2 couples who sat for me were excellent and highly recommended! (Owner)

Thank you, the last 2 couples who sat for me were excellent and highly recommended. I am sure the next will be as brilliant. I have recommended your service to everyone.

Josephine Over, France. May 2016

We have used you for a number of years and a good number of sittings and ALL of the 'sitters' have been courteous, engaging and 100% on it! (Owner)

MindMyHouse is like some glorious dream of a site - pretty easy to use as an 'owner' whilst offering a fabulous service of like minded wonderful people to come and mind our home - I'm not sure how you get rid of the cranky ones (possibly the fees) but to date we have used you for a number of years and a good number of sittings and ALL of the 'sitters' have been courteous, engaging and 100% on it! The animals and the postman are as equally charmed. I was sat next to an international viola player at a formal lunch the other day and shared with him how wonderful the site is for his many dogs .. I swear I thought he was going to run away from the table and find the internet as he was so excited at my telling him all about it. Well done all round!

Julia Ewert, East Anglia, UK. April 2016

What a wonderful experience from start to finish! (Owner)

Wow! What a wonderful experience from start to finish! We had lots of lovely people apply for the house sitting offer and it was a pleasant and interesting process meeting everyone online. Our sitters Sean and Lisa were superb! We were able to leave our beloved animals and travel half way round the world without any stress, worries or troubles. We would not hesitate to recommend the service and hope to use it again this year when we go away again. Thank you so much!

Nicola Rosewarne, Devon, UK. Feb 2016

We have found 2 amazing housesitters through MMH so far, so the bar is set pretty high. (Owner)

Love the site. We found a housesitter through MMH and it worked out great. We have found 2 amazing housesitters through MMH so far, so the bar is set pretty high.

Rick & Fanette Rickert, Virginia, USA. Nov 2015

Great service! (Owner)

Great service. I have had three different housesitters, all of which have provided excellent house sitting services to us.

Robert Neal, Germany. Nov 2014

We look forward to seeing them again! (Owner)

David and Susan from Washington State minded our home and dog in western Canada for 3 weeks in the winter of 2015. They are a terrific couple with a rich history of lifetime accomplishments. This winter brought a huge 2 day snowfall which broke a 40 year record. David was undaunted and fired-up the snow-blower, clearing our horseshoe shaped driveway. Though we didn’t ask him to repair things, he did. Amongst them was the motion detector light on the garage door opener and the pulley system for the bird feeder. We heartily recommend David and Susan to mind your home and pet. We look forward to seeing them again.

Don Grant, Canada. Feb 2015

We had a wonderful first experience! (Owner)

We had a wonderful first experience! We went to Mexico for two weeks, leaving our home and spoiled cat in the hands of Georgiana in Northern California. She was in touch daily, setting our minds at ease. We returned to a clean house and a happy , well cared for cat. If you do your due diligence this is a win-win for everyone. GREAT site....

Sharri Moore, USA. Nov 2014

...you must be open minded and trust in people that you DON'T KNOW, you leave your treasures in someone else's hands!! (Owner)

Hello, we are an Italian couple of 39, and I discovered this site in June 2014. Me and my husband Marco we were worried thinking about leaving our pets to a dog sitter, and leaving the house empty during our holydays. Too many thieves around! So I did think that house sitter would be the perfect solution. Of course you must be open minded and trust in people that you DON'T KNOW, you leave your treasures in someone else's hands!! But we did, so we met Natalie and Robson, a young married couple from Brazil that they own a beautiful travel blog, Love and Road, and we think that we couldn't choose better!! They are wonderful people, that treated our house and our dogs with all the love they have, and they enjoyed our little city, going to the park, the local markets, visiting the old town. We are of course still in touch and we hope for them all the best!!

Daniela camuncoli, Italy. Oct 2014

I could fully enjoy my 3-weeks leave! (Owner)

It was the first time I used such a service. I found a sitter within 2 weeks. Everything went perfect. Stefano and Alexandra from Italy took a great care of my house and my 2 cats. They were very pleasant hosts and I could fully enjoy my 3-weeks leave. A very good experience. Next time, I'll try being a sitter :)

Patricia Olsson, Netherlands. Sept 2014

Excellent - second time we have used you. (Owner)

Excellent - second time we have used you. Our ad. was up for no more than three hours, and found the ideal house-sitter today. Well done!

Chris Manson, France. Aug 2014

Update: They did a marvelous job of caring for our aging Labrador, Pippa, and she was really sad when they departed! (Owner)

This is a really good site and over the past few years we've had some wonderful people to care for our home, garden and dogs. We'd like to thank our most recent, Jean-Michel and Kristina Allaeys from Belgium. They did a marvelous job of caring for our aging Labrador, Pippa, and she was really sad when they departed! The house sit was for 3 months, which is a long time, and of course, things didn't always go right, but Kiki and Jean-Michel coped fantastically and we are truly grateful and happy with all the work they did for us. A big 'Thank You' to them and to the website for providing such good and trustworthy people.

Derek & Mai Kellow, Thailand. Feb 2014

MindMyHouse has taken that stress completely off my back! (Owner)

I was in a panic trying to figure out what to do with my cat and goldfish for two months. MindMyHouse has taken that stress completely off my back. Can't be happier.

Judy Haselheof, Milwaukee, US. April 2013

Five stars! (Owner)

Last year, having animals including two lovely horses we thought that we'd give your website a try. We found a fabulous couple for last summer who came to France from Tasmainia (his mum lives in France). They were absolutely delightful. This year we have found a couple from the UK who are vets. We had many replies from our advert and we are very impressed. Thanks to your site we have had two years of excellent sitters and the couple we have chosen this year seem to be ideal. We have had lots of applicants, far more than I would have expected and all seem to fit our demands so it has been hard to turn people down. Your site works very very well and I can only recommend it. FIVE STARS Henry

Henry, Pyrenees, France. March 2013

A happy Homeowner turns Housesitter! (Owner)

Back in summer 2007 I’d just bought a seaside flat on the English coast: a wonderful 19th century rambling property, and I needed someone to look after the cats, not kill the bougainvilleas and banana plant in the conservatory, and keep an eye on the frankly vast garden. I was off to Tanzania to start fieldwork on my PhD. Digging out the cutting from my national newspaper, The Guardian, ‘How to live cheaply’ I think. I advertised on this featured website, www.mindmyhouse.com that had recently started. Susan Holtham wrote back and was kind and tolerant with my ineptitude with the web, the site, and replies started rolling in. Even then I remember thinking 'wow, what detailed and exceptional service', and at the time it was Susan on her own, in a new company. A lovely woman, Annie Francis, came and looked after my flat. Nothing died, the flat was in better nick than when I gave it to her, and the cats, although sulky at my departures, were in fine fettle. She did a sterling job, through her own efforts, but also because the site actually ‘trouble-shot’ the process, and gave me the chance to think about, and iron out, any potentially tricky issues, long before they arose. And so, of course, they never did! Now it is 2013: so much has happened for me personally, and to top and tail it serendipitously I am now looking for a housesit in France, (letting out my own house in Tanzania), to write up the PhD and the novel this summer. I was genuinely delighted this morning to receive an email from Susan (because despite everything I am still technologically very challenged!) remembering me… So I am writing this because I although I’ve never met Susan, in a strange way I feel I’ve got a friend, someone who is on my side when it comes to finding a house to sit, or a house sitter for my own place. I am sure this level of customer care is not just for me… and it’s impressive, particularly in an age where corners are cut, and the quick buck is God. This is so very much NOT the case with mindmyhouse.com! I have written this sterling endorsement because good work should be lauded, and this is good work!

Thembi Mutch, England, UK. Feb 2013

They are no longer just house-sitters, but friends. (Owner)

We've just had our first house sitters, Lian and Henk from Holland. They were absolute stars and did above and beyond what we'd been expecting from them. Our home was immaculate, our dogs happy and well cared for. They are no longer just house-sitters, but friends. Would highly recommend them and we look forward to having them again in 2013.

Liz & Martin Yates, France. Dec 2012

We had a much more relaxing visit back home because we knew our cat was well-looked after (Owner)

We used MindMyHouse for the first time this summer so that someone would stay with our cat while we visited family for a few weeks. The site made it simple for us to post a listing, receive messages from potential house sitters, and check out their profiles to see which would be a good fit. Whenever I had an issue with the site, I just sent an email to Susan and she got back to me very quickly. We had a much more relaxing visit back home because we knew our cat was well-looked after - our house sitters even sent us weekly pictures to show us he was happy and healthy! Since then, I've recommended MindMyHouse to many people and am planning to use it for several travel dates this year.

Ayelet G, Ecuador. Oct 2012

I wanted to send you a review of my first sitters from Australia ... because they are absolutely wonderful! (Owner)

Absolutely wonderful: young people with no experience and no money can travel, elderly people that for a lifetime worked a lot and had no chance to travel can do it now even when retired. I wanted to send you a review of my first sitters from Australia. I also would like to review them because they are absolutely wonderful. Shall we send the reviews to you? Ciao!

LV, Rome, Italy. July 2012

...both experiences were fantastic! (Owner)

We have been members since Jan 2011 ...first year contacted Marion from Norfolk to sit for 3 weeks ..this year Mike & Jenny from New Zealand for 2 weeks ...both experiences were fantastic ...two wonderful sets of * sitters * Well done for an easy to use and informative web site. Brilliant to be able to get in touch with * sitters * direct after first contact. Just cannot seems to figure out if there is somewhere on your site where we can leave them all a well deserved reference. Our sincere thank you. Lorna and Alan.

Lorna & Alan Piggot, Lincolnshire, England, UK. July 2012

A great concept and a lovely way for people to help each other out. (Owner)

Brilliant. A great concept and a lovely way for people to help each other out. It's good to share and refreshing that money isn't the driving force.

Dave Huey, Edinburgh, Scotland UK. June 2012

Your website is brilliant! (Owner)

Nine o'clock on Tuesday morning I registered with your service. Twelve hours later I was receiving offers from sitters. Eleven of them! your website is brilliant. It is easy to use and does all the right things. I live in Madeira and have had offers from all around the globe. Spectacular. Very well done. Congratulations. Charles

Charles Watson, Madeira, Portugal. March 2012

We've now used MindMyHouse on three separate occasions and each time, our expectations have been exceeded!! (Owner)

Dear Susan I'm just writing to tell you how wonderful I think your site is and just wanted to write a short note to let you know!!!! We live in Germany, where housesitting isn't really a common thing. I did look at some German sites, but firstly I didn't understand them very well and secondly, it worked out to be very expensive!!! I think I came across your site by surfing and I'm so pleased I did. I don't honestly know what we would have done without it. We have one dog, Lucy and two cats, Molly and Daisy. We've now used MindMyHouse on three separate occasions and each time, our expectations have been exceeded!! Our lovely animals have been cared for so well, our house and garden too. We've been able to go away without having to worry about anything at all. Not only that, we've made so lovely new friends. I can't recommend MindMyHouse highly enough. I would be more than happy for you to use this mail (or part of it) as a testimonial. With kind regards, Ruth . . . and Lucy, Molly and Daisy send their thanks too xxxxxx

Ruth Gerull, Germany. Feb 2012

Our son arrived back to a totally spotless apartment, a freezer full of baked foods, a very happy cat. You couldn't wish for more! (Owner)

We either use your wonderful business for either ourselves in Tasmania or for our son who lives in London and have never been let down. We have just had the most amazing house sitters looking after our son's apartment and cat in London. They were absolutely amazing, meeting up at the apartment well beforehand and meeting the cat. They kept in touch with us prior to the house sitting dates coming up so that we felt secure in the knowledge that they were reliable and were going to turn up. Our son was with us for 6 weeks in Australia, so there were planes to catch etc and throughout the whole duration the house sitters kept in touch informing us as to how the cat was and passing on any messages. Basically our minds were put at rest from the beginning to the end. Our son arrived back to a totally spotless apartment, a freezer full of baked foods, a very happy cat. You couldn't wish for more! Thank you so much Susan, we have no hesitation in recommending your agency, you have a wonderful calibre of house sitter.

Noel Watson, Tasmania, Australia. Jan 2012

Thank you so much for that peace of mind! (Owner)

Dear MindMyHouse Team, Once again you've allowed us to take a break in the UK to see our families and friends, knowing that our house, our lovely dog Pippa and the garden are all in the most excellent hands. Thank you so much for that peace of mind! Our sitters were Ray and Sue Hamilton and have done a wonderful job with everything! How can we thank such lovely people? This is our third set of sitters over a three year period and each couple has brought their own special characters into our lives and have remained in touch as friends. Your site gives us confidence and security in the knowledge that there are so many excellent people on your books. It always seems sad that we can't choose everyone that replies to our ads. Thank you so much to Ray and Sue and we wish them every success with future 'sits'. And thank you to MMH for providing such an excellent service.

Mai and Derek K, Thailand, Aug 2011

FANTASTIC service! (Owner)

Sorry to be a pain, but I’m not sure that we don’t owe you a subscription? We have had 2 great experiences with MMH sitters and are currently looking again. FANTASTIC service!

John Eagle, Chelsea, London, England, UK. February 2011

We were very pleased with our first experience with MindMyHouse! (Owner)

We were very pleased with our first experience with MindMyHouse. The couple we had to sit were young and new to housesitting, but they were homeowners themselves. We ran credit and DMV checks as one way to feel comfortable that they were okay and talked to personal references. They were a lovely couple and were willing to come a few days early and stay in our guest room to 'learn the ropes'. That made us feel much more secure. We even had them use one of our cars weekly so the battery would stay alive. I look forward to using this service again!

A Small, USA. Dec 2010

I can't begin to describe the RELIEF we are experiencing as well as excitement at being able to leave home for so long and not have to worry! (Owner)

Dear Wonderful Staff, I just had to write and give you my deepest, heartfelt thanks for your incredible service. We live in the west Highlands of Scotland and must go to the US every year for 3 months on business. This year we re-homed two gorgeous, young Ragdoll cats and realized they would be utterly miserable without human companionship. What to do? We explored every local avenue, from trusted neighbors to the medical surgery to the churches. Nothing was clicking. Only a few days ago I suddenly had the idea to Google "free house sitters." There you were. I started looking at would be caretakers, and there were SO many excellent sounding people! I wrote up an advert and waited to see what would happen. To say that we've received many lovely responses is to put it mildly. I never even went to my "short list" that I'd selected, as the first day the couple that I believe we'll be using contacted us. They sounded too good to be true, but they're the real thing. Plus I have a great "reserve list" if a problem arises. I can't begin to describe the RELIEF we are experiencing as well as excitement at being able to leave home for so long and not have to worry. It is indeed a fabulous service you provide.

Carolyn & Tony Caminiti, Scotland, UK. Dec 2010

Absolutely fabulous! (Owner)

Absolutely fabulous. No problems at all! If only I had found this earlier...

Clare C, Dover, Kent, UK. Nov 2010

I had responses via a different website I also used but the lady from yours seemed the most reliable... (Owner)

Thank you for your email. I'm very happy with the service MindMyHouse provided. I sent five emails, got three responses, two negative (but very friendly and helpful!) and one positive, from the lady who will be house sitting for me. I had responses via a different website I also used but the lady from yours seemed the most reliable and was very prompt to respond to all my queries. I am therefore very satisfied with the service and can't really think of any improvements!

GG, Netherlands. April 2010

Great site, very professional! (Owner)

Just had our first sitter in. We needed a short notice sitter, we were very satisfied and pleased, with the sitter, and the response to our notice. Great site, very professional!

BR, UK. Oct 2010

Great service you have; cheers! (Owner)

Thank you - we found a couple to watch our home. Great service you have; cheers!

MA, Roatan Island, Honduras. Sept 2010

It was really great to have such choice from so many people who were willing to house-sit! (Owner)

Hello, I was very happy with the house sitting matching service. Due to the huge numbers of house-sitters offering their services, I chose to put a "wanted" advert on. I had lots and lots of responses from a big variety of people. It was really great to have such choice from so many people who were willing to house-sit. The only problem I had really was trying to work out what my criteria were for choosing someone. Most potential house-sitters were very forthcoming in providing details about themselves. I really appreciated the ability to communicate with potential house-sitters by email without actually revealing my personal email address. This enabled me to whittle down the numbers without feeling that I might get any come-back from anyone. We did come to an agreement with someone for our house-sit, and the arrangement worked out well. We would certainly use the service again. Rhiannon

R Williams, Cardiff, Wales, UK. Sept 2010

Thank you so much to you, our house sitters, words seem quite inadequate for the peace of mind you provided. (Owner)

We think your site is excellent and easy to navigate. Tons of very useful information too. But we'd like to say a big 'thank you' to you for providing our house-sitters from New Zealand. We've been away for a couple of months and we couldn't have asked for a more wonderful couple to look after the house, garden and our little dog Pip. We felt so confident with them in charge and went off happily to our families in the UK. Thank you so much to you, our house sitters, words seem quite inadequate for the peace of mind you provided. And thank you MindMyHouse for such a brilliant site. Kind regards and heartfelt thanks from Derek and Mai, and Pip of course!

Derek & Mai Kellow, Thailand. Sept 2010

They settled down in our house for one year and did a wonderful job here with the dogs (lucky dogs :o)! (Owner)

Hello! Few lines to thank you so much for the wonderful idea you had with Mindmyhouse!!! In 2009, my husband and I had only two months to organise our departure to go to work for one year to New-Caledonia (we're French). We have two adorable dogs, a big house and garden. I finally discovered your web site and thought maybe we'll find a solution contacting a few people looking for house and pet sitting. We received some very nice answers. One from a couple from England ... what a luck !! They settled down in our house for one year and did a wonderful job here with the dogs (lucky dogs :o) !). The house had new paintings and the garden a rebuilt wall when we came back ... wow ! We already were confident with our house sitters before leaving and they are also responsible for the very happy year we had living in New-Caledonia. With the contact we had through Mindmyhouse, we didn't just met dog/house sitters but also new friends ... many thanks ! Thank you to our house sitters for being so professional and friendly ! Thank you to you for this fantastic work you do with Mindmyhouse!

Nathalie & Laurent Foure, France. Sept 2010

In fact they are housesitting in France right now thanks to your site! (Owner)

Dear Susan Yes I am very satisfied with mindmyhouse. I even recommended my vet and his wife to join as Housesitters as they love to travel in Europe and they are obviously very experienced in the pet side of things. In fact they are housesitting in France right now thanks to your site!.

AH, Scotland, UK. April 2010

Luckily one couple was available at very short notice and all was fantastic! (Owner)

Thanks for getting in touch. When I posted last year on your site I got a lot of replies and many were very suitable. The trip we'd planned had to be cancelled, but later in August, we had an opportunity to go away again and I contacted all the potential house-sitters with whom I had been in touch. Luckily one couple was available at very short notice and all was fantastic. We made new friends and had a wonderful holiday. All this to say, I'll definitely post on your site again if we can manage to go away later this year.

VL, Athens, Greece. April 2010

The first who got in touch was perfect. (Owner)

Hi Susan, I had been meaning to email so I'm pleased you've reminded me. My experience of using Mind My House was very positive. I initially contacted 6? sitters all of whom weren't able to sit. Then I was contacted by several people. The first who got in touch was perfect. She was able to make the dates and it suited her. The house sit went really well. We were both happy with the arrangements. I found the website invaluable and have recommended it to several friends. Thanks very much.

VW, Wales, UK. April 2010

We are both lucky to have found your site and have been very lucky with extremely wonderful house sitters. Thank you. We will be using you again. (Owner)

Hello Susan, I appreciate your e mail as I think it's good customer relations to ask if we are happy and also if we have any suggestions. I have used your site twice. I was trying to get a house sitter for my pal in Vancouver who wanted to come to Portugal with me last year, and again, this year. I have had many house sitters here in the UK as my pets grew older so had experience of using sites and also of who to 'eliminate' if you don't mind the phrase!! My friend is not computer literate so she asked me to find her a house sitter for her. so I sat in the UK and used your site both times to find her a house sitter for Vancouver. Both house sitter adverts with your site were very successful. We asked for a retired caring couple in both instances, and last year I got a wonderful couple from Arizona who did her house sit in Vancouver. This year, I did the same and the first couple who replied were hired!!! They bought their tickets that night and we all correspond now and we all look forward to their going to Vancouver from Florida (this time), Sharon gets to come to Portugal with me and everybody is happy. I found your site very easy to use and very secure. For North American House sits it is great. I have absolutely no complaints at the set up of your site and highly recommend it. In the UK I use Housecarers.com as I mainly get UK replies and that involves less expense for the house sitter. On saying that......both my recent house sitters were not from the UK but from Canada and America. I would say it's an excellent site. Well done. If I could suggest an improvement, I would. but... it is fine the way it is. We are both (my Canadian friend and I) lucky to have found your site and have been very lucky with extremely wonderful house sitters. Thank you. We will be using you again. Kind regards, Avril.

Avril Lewis, UK. Aug 2010

My first experience with house sitters from your website was fantastic! (Owner)

Dear mindmyhouse.com, My first experience with house sitters from your website was fantastic! I received so many qualified responses that it was hard to turn people away! I am so pleased with the experience that I have decided to make this an annual event. In fact, I have already posted for the next house sitters. I can't wait to ready all the responses! Thank you for an easy and useful website!

Kiley Athanasiou, Greece. July 2010

She was trustworthy, smart and a great house and animal sitter! (Owner)

Hi : only one person replied but she turned out to be fantastic!! She worked for us 3 weeks in Nov / Dec and the entire month of January. She was trustworthy, smart and a great house and animal sitter. We were lucky to find her and I would recommend her highly to anyone. I will definitely use your service again!

Mary D, Canada. May 2010

WOW (Owner)

This morning I posted our first ever offer to sit our house during this coming July – so only 8 weeks away, and have already had 11 replies – almost one an hour!! WOW. Please feel free to use this if you wish. Will let you know how we get on. Cheers and thank you.

John Eagle, London, UK. April 2010

I found everything brilliant! (Owner)

Dear Susan, Thanks for your email. I found everything brilliant. I got the name of your website from my aunt and uncle who have used your site to find housesitters for their property in France. I put our ad up a couple of weeks ago, clear instructions and helpful tips on how to do it and what to put in it. I got about 18 responses within 24hrs so took the ad off as couldn't cope with that much response. The majority of the responses looked good and were informative. As it was my first time to use the website it took me a little while to navigate the responses but I got there. We interviewed someone last week who we have agreed to take on so we are all delighted. She said she thought that there were many more people looking for a house sitting job than people offering positions, which is maybe why we got such a good response. It is a brilliant idea and seems to work really well. I have downloaded the contract and the list of things to think of before you go is very useful. Thanks very much and good luck with it.

Fiona MccGwire, Bristol, England. Feb 2009

The prospect of the expense and stress of leaving our house unattended and dogs in kennels was horrific! (Owner)

We were planning a 3 month sabbatical and the prospect of the expense and stress of leaving our house unattended and dogs in kennels was horrific! I was thrilled to stumble upon mindmyhouse.com; even more so when I was inundated with responses from ideal-sounding house sitters. We got a particularly good vibe from Kathy & Doug from Vancouver and haven't regretted our choice. They survived the worst winter here in the UK since 1974 while we were enjoying the sun, and we came back in early April to find the garden immaculate with new bedding plants in the pots, and home made soup in the fridge. We will definitely use the site again if Kathy & Doug aren't available the next time we travel and have already recommended it to friends, family and strangers who would listen all over the world!

Zoe Tucker, UK. April 2010

...all I can say is it worked perfectly! (Owner)

...all I can say is it worked perfectly, both advertising and direct contact, we were completely satisfied both with the method of contact and more importantly with the quality of house sitters discovered, they have both been exemplary. I wouldn't change a thing at the moment.

Ian Willmott, France. April 2010

MindMyHouse is simply a wonderful community for partnering needs with a means to fill those needs. To me, it is also a reflection of the goodness of humanity. (Owner)

Our friends look askance and think we are nuts ... "You are going to have strangers come and sit your home and your animals?" Well, yes! (unless YOU want to volunteer, that is.) The concept and the reality of MindMyHouse is simple and superb. Humans trusting other humans to care for their homes and animals. To me, engaging a house sitter from MindMyHouse is a reflection of my belief in the goodness of people. People simply want to see another part of the world, have a comfortable place to stay, and perhaps get a little love from the animals that live there.We have now engaged two house sitters through MindMyHouse and have had outstanding experiences! Both couples who came to care for our home and our animals were mature. responsible, care-taking sitters. We could not have been happier, in either case. Some day, when I retire, my husband and I hope to be on the other end of this arrangement as well -- house sitting perhaps YOUR home in a place we would love to visit. MindMyHouse is simply a wonderful community for partnering needs with a means to fill those needs. To me, it is also a reflection of the goodness of humanity.

Andrea and Beryl, Bend, Oregon, USA. Jan 2010

This is my first foray into the world of house sitting and I would highly recommend mindmyhouse! (Owner)

Excellent. This is my first foray into the world of house sitting and I would highly recommend mindmyhouse. As a home owner, I found the organization of the site, the reference material provided (for home owners and house sitters), and the technical support provided top notch. Above all, the house sitters are excellent. I certainly do appreciate, and would recommend this site and organization. Will certainly use it again. Thank you.

Kathie Campbell, Canada. Aug 2009

Everyone I've corresponded with has been great. Thank you! (Owner)

Hi Susan, I've been very happy with the responses I've received to my requests for housesitters. I had a lovely woman from Brooklyn housesit for me in Queens while I was out of town for 5 weeks and she continues to look after my place and my kitties whenever I go out of town. Mind My House is a wonderful service! Everyone I've corresponded with has been great. Thank you!

Amy P, New York, USA. June 2009

...if we ever had to find more sitters, I would have great confidence in using this site! (Owner)

Hi Susan, well, I wrote out an ad, with quite a lot of information about the house & area, and posted that. Within 24 hours we'd had about a dozen responses. We chose one couple in the end, with some difficulty as there were several possible candidates. We've been in touch with them by email almost daily since. I have not hesitated to recommend your website to anyone else I've heard of who needs pet/house sitting and if we ever had to find more sitters, I would have great confidence in using this site. I'm hoping that we can build up a relationship with the sitters we've chosen and a 'back up set' and they will be able to help us out in the future.

JE & TE, France. May 2009

Your service works so well that I can't think of any enhancements you could make! (Owner)

I think your service is excellent! We had, what I consider, an overwhelming response to our ad and so I suspended it after the first couple of days it ran. We ended up with a couple from Ontario, Canada who will be coming down in April but also have two other couples who expressed interest as possibilities for future house sitting. Your service works so well that I can't think of any enhancements you could make. Thanks, again, for your service. I will highly recommend it to anyone I know who needs house sitters.

MD, Costa Rica. May 2009

The people that helped out were really good and did a great job caring for our 3 cats! (Owner)

Dear Susan, we contacted home sitters directly based on the phone numbers given in their ads on the website, we didn't place an ad ourselves. We contacted approximately 14-15 home sitters and we've had a response from minimum 10 of them, of whom there were 2 who were available during the time we needed them. Our main concern was actually cat sitting, as we weren't worried about the house... The people that helped out were really good and did a great job caring for our 3 cats. I have in the meantime recommended this site to other cat owners who face similar problems when going away on holiday for a longer period. Thank you for offering this kind of service.

Ingrid N, Belgium. May 2009

It was a huge leap of faith doing it, but it all worked out really well... (Owner)

Hello Mind My House! We had great success with our housesitter and all went really well. It was a huge leap of faith doing it, but it all worked out really well that we will definitely be using your website again in the future. Thanks very much.

CW, France. May 2009

When we returned home the house was in excellent order! (Owner)

We found the service to be excellent. Two couples contacted us through the website. We had to choose between them, which finally we did based solely on convenience factors, which was difficult since it seemed both really wanted to mind the house. Our contacts were at first through the web site, then directly. This system worked perfectly, and we are very happy with the result. When we returned home the house was in excellent order.

Tim L, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. May 2009

She spoilt the dog completely (as we do!), and looked after the house beautifully. (Owner)

Hi Susan, I would now just like to tell you that we were sooo happy with the response we had from our ad for a housesitter to look after our Dalmation/house in Spain over a 5-week period this last Christmas/NewYear. We were so inundated by lovely replies (and I mean lovely) over a 36 hour period, that I eventually had to stop the ad online. Everyone sounded so nice/suitable that it was a very hard decision to make as to who to go with! My husband - who was very skeptical to begin with - was amazed too!! I have to say that the housesitter we chose was wonderful - and we will stay in touch as friends. She spoilt the dog completely (as we do!), and looked after the house beautifully. We will definitely use your site again - and maybe even as housesitters in the future!!! - as we would like to spend more time in both N. Zealand and Australia visiting both children who have decided to make their lives that side of the world!! Thank you very much, and our best wishes for your continued success with your website.

Diana Howard, Spain. May 2009

Our experience has been 100% positive in every way & we cannot praise or thank the Mind My House.com team enough! (Owner)

Hi again Susan & Mind my House, (we thought you may like an update on our experience?) I wanted to let you know that our house-sit went ahead wonderfully, we had so many replies that it was hard to choose but our final choice was brilliant. Couldn't have gone better! Mark & Jeannie turned out to be THE most delightful couple. They looked after our "fur-kids" as if they were their own, honest, trustworthy, reliable, capable & caring. They kept us updated over the two months we were away nothing was a hassle or too much trouble for them for them, even when we needed a jump start on the car, when we left after our portable fridge had drained the battery! We were able to enjoy our time away knowing that our pets were cosseted & cared for & our home was in safe hands. We even came home to a brilliant home-cooked meal & wine, the high spot of which was Mark's fabulous home-made olive bread! Everything went so well that we were sorry to say goodbye to our new found friends & the "fur-kids" missed them too so much so that we have arranged to have a repeat performance in the Autumn, when they come back to us after their current six month plus house-sit in France! Our experience has been 100% positive in every way & we cannot praise or thank the Mind My House.com team (& Mark & Jeannie) enough!

Tina & Pete D, Spain. March 2009

...we have arranged a house-sit for this winter! (Owner)

Dear Susan, I have only used your service once, but I was very pleased with the responses of the housesitters. All were polite when declining, and we have arranged a house-sit for this winter! I will have to get back to you about how it works out, but so far arrangements have been easy and cordial. I would definitely use your service again.

Sara Reilly, USA. Oct 2008

i for sure will go straight to your site before i try hitting up friends and neighbors again! (Owner)

i signed up for MMH just before we took off for a two week vacation. i didn't get any house sitters (didn't expect to on such short notice), however all the people i wrote to responoded really quickly and were very positive about my listing and all wanted to house sit another time if we needed it. some day we probably WILL need it and i for sure will go straight to your site before i try hitting up friends and neighbors again. i wish i'd known about it sooner, so we could have gotten a good sitter! lol. i know two people here in costa rica who've used MMH and they were very positive about the experience. i really like that it's free to the home owners. have a good day, and i look forward to using MMH in the future!!!

AS, Costa Rica, USA. Feb 2009

They are excited about the possibilities this opens up in their lives! (Owner)

Hi Susan, A quick reply to your letter. Yes, I am very happy with your service. I received tons of responses to my ad and found the perfect person to fill the position. I have lots of backups too in case something doesn´t work out. I have told my friends about your site and some of them are going to use it to find housesitting positions around the world. They are excited about the possibilities this opens up in their lives. So, thank you for everything. I will be updating my ad soon to reflect the fact that the position is filled as soon as I am completely sure that I have a committment. Thanks again.

CC, Guatemala. Oct 2008

We are thrilled to have found you! Many, many thanks! (Owner)

Hello Susan & Mind My House, The thanks are all ours... as far as we are concerned the site is amazing we have had the most fantastic response with well over fifty replies ...at least 50% of those replies have been real possibilities. Our only problem has been the sheer number of replies has been so overwhelming that we have taken so long deciding... & we are still trying to respond to everyone individually. We have made a decision but the house sit is yet to happen... but we feel confident it will all go well. Other than that I have to say the site & service was EXCELLENT! I once, in haste, clicked reply rather than copy & pasting the email address & I immediately got a very helpful email explaining what I should do. Great idea! Great site! (Have already recommended to friends...) We are thrilled to have found you! Many, many thanks.

Tina & Pete D, Spain. Oct 2008

The communication with everyone was positive. (Owner)

Dear Susan, Yes, we are very happy with the services you provide thru your website. We had many responses to our advert, around 40, and many of them were quite interesting. The communication with everyone was positive. We actually were lucky to find the right couple to housesit for us. So thank you very much for your services!

BS, Italy. Sept 2008

Our first house sitter is coming next week and we are thrilled! (Owner)

I am really enjoying the service so far. Our first house sitter is coming next week and we are thrilled, a bit nervous for our pets but mostly pleased at finding someone we trust and who will enjoy our home while we are away. I have had more responses than expected (since we live in Oklahoma and I did not think that many people would line up to come here, but we live on a lake and it is quite lovely). But mostly, thank you for the service... it was a Godsend!

JW, USA. July 2008

I think we and they are all looking forward to the vacation! (Owner)

Dear Susan, We just met our house sitters yesterday, and they will be staying in our house and tending to our pets and plants for five weeks beginning July 25. Theirs was the first ad we responded to. We had several contacts via e-mail and then a couple of phone conversations, leading up to yesterday's preliminary visit. I think we and they are all looking forward to the vacation, and I am very pleased so far with your service. I will certainly use it in the future if all works out.

LJ, USA. Aug 2008

Can't really see how to improve it! (Owner)

Hi Susan, Yes. I was very happy about the responses that I got from many house sitters. I think your site works very well as it is. Can't really see how to improve it. Thanks for your interest. Best regards.

EH, Normandy, France. June 2008

I would have been happy to have any of them housesit from the initial contact. (Owner)

Hi Susan I was very surprised at the response considering it was ruin sitting, it looks like we have one chap who is certain to take up residency in September. I can't say much more beyond that until the actual experience. All the responses were civil and I would have been happy to have any of them housesit from the initial contact.

AC, Bulgaria. May 2008

It will be such a relief if we can organize a sitter because holidays are quite difficult given that we have quite a few pets. (Owner)

Hi just to let you know that your service has been very useful. I did not put an ad on the web site, but have contacted three sitters who were listed. One did not reply, but two did. One of the replies is already booked for the dates I need, but the other one looks most promising - we are due to meet up in a couple of weeks, well before the sitting dates. It will be such a relief if we can organize a sitter because holidays are quite difficult given that we have quite a few pets.

SP, France. March 2008

Having signed up to one or two other sites, I was knocked out by the quality and quantity of sitters who replied through your site! (Owner)

Having signed up to one or two other sites, I was knocked out by the quality and quantity of sitters who replied through your site. I found a lovely australian lady and her daughter, who was the right mix for me of fab person and get on and doer. My house is lovely but likes to surpise you with what its not going to do today - but tomorrow it will be OK. It is spanish after all. I know that we will remain friends long after the house sit finishes.

Gilly Swift, UK. Feb 2009

Again, I'd go straight to MindMyHouse! (Owner)

Dear Susan, This is a great website! I'm very impressed and found it most helpful with lots of useful information and tips. The format for the advert is excellent, the choices for contacting directly or through the website also excellent with copies of emails sent to us, the organization of the site and clear ways of keeping one's own contacts organized, etc. All very good! I had about 7 responses over a period of about four weeks, and many of them seemed like good possibilities. I also contacted four house sitters directly and heard back from three. Nothing was settled though, until I heard from a couple at the end of those four weeks and knew they were the ones! We have just signed an agreement (based on the suggested MindMyHouse agreement). The final test, of course, will be that they come and all works out well, but I feel fully confident. I would certainly use MindMyHouse another time and would recommend it to others, and perhaps will house sit myself sometime. Again, I'd go straight to MindMyHouse. I can't think of any suggestions right now. It seems to be working extremely well. Thanks so much, and I appreciate the follow up.

Helena Bastedo, Canada. Oct 2008

The person I chose was fantastic! (Owner)

Your site is excellent. I had a lot of responses and only one person was clearly crazy. The person I chose was fantastic and would highly recommend your site. The sample agreement was also very useful for both parties. Thank you.

JF, London, UK. Oct 2008

I...had a number of sitters who all sounded to be what I was looking for. (Owner)

Hi Susan, I have my first house sitters due to arrive on the 21st October and am looking forward to meeting them. I have talked on Skype to the sitters that I chose and all seems to be very good. If at all possible I recommend that sitters try and use Skype to contact possible owners as it is always good to see who you are talking to. I was well pleased with the response that I received re my advert, and had a number of sitters who all sounded to be what I was looking for. I do not expect to have any problems with my choosen sitters, and will most certainly be looking to use your service next year when I shall once again be off on my travels. Keep up the good work. Best regards

Colin Guest, Turkey. Oct 2008

My housesitter seems to have enjoyed herself very much and I was very pleased with the meticulous way she cared for the house! (Owner)

I was delighted with your services. As you will be aware, my notice attracted about eight responses although in fact only two of these were for the dates I specified. These were at rather short notice, being only three weeks ahead. Of the two, I selected one and the arrangement proved extremely successful. My housesitter seems to have enjoyed herself very much and I was very pleased with the meticulous way she cared for the house. She has expressed interest in coming again in the future. I have made note of the people who replied with interest at housesitting at some future date. Thank you again for your excellent service and I shall certainly be using you in the future.

Susan Leonard, Italy. Sept 2008

We were actually inundated with replies - more than 30 in 3 days! (Owner)

Dear Susan, we are very happy with the results we received from Mind My House and I have already recommended the site to friends. We were actually inundated with replies - more than 30 in 3 days! My only difficulty was keeping up with replying to everyone. I am sure we will use your site again. However, all in all I think it is an excellent site and a fabulous service. Many many thanks!

AF, UK. Sept 2008

I feel confident to leave our home and animals with the minder, and go away for 6 months. (Owner)

Dear Susan, I am very happy with replies that we had with our ad. We had a lot of suitable people contact us, and eventually we arranged a minder who is ideal, with references, and a love of animals. I feel confident to leave our home and animals with the minder, and go away for 6 months. We have kept regular contact and discussed all issues until she arrives here on 20th june. I think your service is top class and can't see any improvements that need to be made. The site is interesting, easy to navigate, and plenty to read. I will use Mindmyhouse again, as we go away for a few months every year.

PG & PG, Australia. June 2008

Will use your service again and will recommend! (Owner)

Hi there, just to say very pleased with your online service - excellent in fact. We have found a lovely sounding person for our holiday to housesit so very pleased. Will use your service again and will recommend! Many thanks.

L S-W, Oxfordshire, UK. June 2008

Your service enabling us to hide our email address is an excellent idea for our security and peace of mind! (Owner)

Dear Susan, the response we received was excellent, we immediatley received five or six applicants for the house sit all of which would have been suitable. We have chosen a house sitter and have now contacted them direct, but your service enabling us to hide our email address is an excellent idea for our security and peace of mind. If the house sit in July is successful, we will certainly use your web site again.

MD, Valencia, Spain. June 2006

Thank you for our very positive introduction to housesitting! (Owner)

I found your website one day in March 2008. The following day I submitted a request for house sitters and within 12 hours I had twelve enquiries. Within another day we had confirmed our sitters. They were super people, very friendly and professional. They took good care of our three dogs and two cats, not to mention the house and garden! Thank you for our very positive introduction to housesitting.

Julie Eccleston, UK. July 2008

We've had our first experience with house sitters from your web, and everything went fine! (Owner)

Hello Susan, My husband and I are very happy that we found mindmyhouse. We have a couple coming in July and a lady coming in August. For both ads I have quite a few replies and they were all very nice and very willing to give me information about themselves. I also contacted a few sitters and in this case some never replied and some replied too late so finally it was better the placing the ad than contacting them directly. Hope this helps. (June 2008)

Dear Susan, just to let you know that we've had our first experience with house sitters from your web, and everything went fine, they were a very nice couple and we all got on very well, they got on very well with our cats and took good care of our home. So when I left for our trip I was very relaxed and confident that everything was under control. In August I'm off again so I will have another house sitter from your web to take care of things. (July 2008)

Sandra & Roberto De Zayas, Spain. June 2008

I am in love with your service! (Owner)

I am in love with your service. You guys are doing a great job, I have found a lot of interesting people to housesit for me. Keep up the Good Work!

E Harkins, Florida, USA. June 2008

I only wish I had found out about it before!! (Owner)

Hello. I was very happy with the service provided by your website. I mailed a lot of people (more than 20) and almost all responded very soon after I mailed them. Unfortunately, mine was a last-minute need and no one was able to help, but I would recommend (in fact, already have!) your site to people seeking house-sitters. I only wish I had found out about it before!! - it's a great site.

Helen Smith, France. May 2008

We were inundated with responses to our ad! (Owner)

Hello, we were inundated with responses to our ad, and were very pleased with your site. We have made an arrangement with one of the applicants. Many thanks for your services.

Jan Berry, Spain. May 2008

I am a fast worker - booked next winter's getaway in Mexico and have already chosen a house sitter! (Owner)

Hello Sue, I am a fast worker - booked next winter's getaway (Jan/Feb, even March now) in Mexico and have already chosen a house sitter, currently sitting in south of France. Like others, I never expected so much response, especially to come to Montreal in the dead of winter! Had replys from Australia, the UK, the USA, Canada and France. What a wonderful service you provide for travellers both ways, and their pets. I LOVE your website and maybe it would work out for next winter ('10). I detest winter though Taj, my husky, LOVES it. What a match we are! I am keeping your website address for future contact.

Marian Kahn, Montreal, Canada. April 2008

This is our third time to use the site and once again we have been successful! (Owner)

This is our third time to use the site and once again we have been successful in getting a suitable person. Thanks again.

Martin Williams, Ireland. April 2008

Better then leaving the poor dogs in kennels and poor cat with no company! (Owner)

Hi Susan, I think it's marvellous site and it will give us that extra freedom to go away, better then leaving the poor dogs in kennels and poor cat with no company! Also it's a great opportunity to meet other people from countries, as our first sitter is from new Zealand, and is staying on a few days when we get back. So many thanks for a great idea! Have had many responses and I've narrowed the advert down to a couple, as I didn't want some sole person having an accident and not being able to call for help! April 2008

Fortunately, we seem to have found a delightful couple from the Lot area, so fingers crossed. Last year's house sitters were super, so we have been very lucky! Seasonal greetings. December 2009

DC, France. April 2008 & Dec 2009

The response to our ad is beyond expectation and of excellent quality. (Owner)

Thank you for your message. The response to our ad is beyond expectation and of excellent quality. We have engaged a couple of members and we have been in contact with them by e-mail and telephone. They will housesit for three weeks in May. Overall, we have been impressed by your service and look forward to future housesittings!

WB, United Kingdom. April 2008

In fact it's so good we haven't bothered to use any other housesitting websites! Well done :)) (Owner)

Lovely to hear from you. I have found your service to be excellent, fast and effective. It balances the need to communicate with the need for privacy and confidentiality very well. As you can probably see I have made quite some use of the anonymous email address function to reply to sitters the first time round. I really appreciated this, as you never really know to whom you are responding. Once I feel comfortable that there's a genuine interest am then happy to switch to email using personal addresses. The housesitter agreement template and checklists are really good. I downloaded them some time ago and have worked through them steadily. It made me really think carefully about some aspects of sharing or loaning equipment and facilities that I hadn't previously even thought about. This means a reduced risk of miscommunication, a chance for us to think about what we find acceptable before a housesitter arrives and generally help to ensure a better start for all parties. Even if we don't actually have the document signed, just thinking things through makes a big improvement. I dont know how you manage to make this site pay, but I do know it's an essential and much appreciated service for us. In fact it's so good we haven't bothered to use any other housesitting websites! Well done :)) With thanks and best wishes.

J & D, The Netherlands. April 2008

This is the first time we have searched for a house sitter on-line and we are very impressed by your website! (Owner)

This is the first time we have searched for a house sitter on-line and we are very impressed by your website. We had numerous inquiries about our home and have chosen, what we think, will be a lovely couple to care for our home and cats. Your website is very easy to negotiate and was very helpful to a first time homeowner. I will definitely use this site in the future, maybe even as a housesitter. What a way to see the world!

Kristine Riggins, Canada. April 2008

Fantastic! (Owner)

Fantastic! I made a 17-day trip to the southwest while a home/petsitter recruited here took care of things at home in the southeast for me. She did a fantastic job, kept a daily log of my doggies' doings. Just wish she lived closer by...but true friends are not very far away.

Sally Kochendofer, USA. March 2008

Carry on!!! (Owner)

Hi Susan. We wrote to about 10 sitters asking if they wanted to come and mind our house in April. Everyone replied and we have found a lovely couple. No probs with navigating the site, getting in, reading anything - it's all good. Carry on!!!

Rivka Hobden, New Zealand. March 2008

I have told several friends about your service and the website as I would thoroughly recommend you. (Owner)

Dear Susan, I have found your service excellent. The website was easy to find my way around and everything seemed to work as you said it should! Having advertised for a house sitter I immediately received about a dozen replies. At this stage I chose to mask my advert so that I wouldn't receive any more until I had dealt with those that I had. They all seemed to be extremely pleasant people and I felt I was spoiled for choice! However, we have now chosen a Canadian couple who will be coming here in July. We've exchanged emails and photos and spoken on the phone. I have also taken up references from people for whom they house sat in the UK last year. I wrote to everyone who had applied, thanking them for doing so. There is one woman in particular, in the UK, who was keen to remain on our list, so to speak, in case the Canadians had to pull out - or for future use. I have told several friends about your service and the website as I would thoroughly recommend you. We are now looking forward to receiving our house sitters in July and feel sure that all will go well. I don't really have any suggestions to make about ways to improve your service.

Helen Davey, France. March 2008

...the one I picked proved to be excellent! (Owner)

Excellent and easy to use. I found a sitter very quickly to take care of my house & cat whilst on holiday for a month. I had ten possible sitters within a few days and the one I picked proved to be excellent.

Anne Fraser, France. March 2008

...I have nothing but positive things to say about the service! (Owner)

Susan; I must say we were very pleasantly surprised by the number and quality of responses we had to our advert for sitters – we had 15 or 16 responses, (to me that was much more than I anticipated) and hope to get a sitter in place early next month having shortlisted 3 very good candidates. This has been our first attempt at getting sitters into the property and the web site was great to use – so right now I have nothing but positive things to say about the service.

M Linch, UK. Feb 2008

I would use your service again in a heartbeat! (Owner)

Your service was overwhelmingly positive - far more helpful than I thought, with an incredible caliber of people willing to house sit. I would use your service again in a heartbeat and appreciate your following up.

PK, USA. Feb 2008

I can confirm that I have had a very positive experience with mindmyhouse (Owner)

Hello Susan, In reply to your email I can confirm that I have had a very positive experience with mindmyhouse and will be using it again in the near future. The majority of responses I received were all from serious, reliable people and I was very satisfied with the replies I got. I found a couple who are there at the moment and will be looking again for later in the year. Can’t think of anything at the moment on how it might be improved. Great idea, very useful and I’m sure it will grow.

DF, Spain. Feb 2008

Great response! (Owner)

Great response. Didn't contact anyone direct other than through your site, which is excellent. Have still to finalise my decision but will certainly use you again. Thank you.

EP, UK. Feb 2008

I was so much more at ease knowing she was here with my pets. (Owner)

Thank you so much for your site. I was very happy with the gal who house sat for me for 18 days. I contacted a number of people who were in my general area. I did find that many were not available. Some were surprised by my contact as if they had forgotten that they had signed up on your sight. Thankfully, the person I got was my first choice. I liked her ad. She was very well spoken, responsible and reliable. I feel we have a friendship now too. I was so much more at ease knowing she was here with my pets. All was in order when I returned.

Myra Michael, USA. Feb 2008

I found your service better then some other sites. (Owner)

Dear Susan, your site is excellent and has provided good people for house sitting. I found your service better then some other sites. Thank you and do keep up this excellent site for next time. Thank you very much once again.

MD, London, UK. Oct 2007

The first time we looked through your house sitters listing and found a couple who were truly excellent! (Owner)

We have now used MindMyHouse twice. The first time we looked through your house sitters listing and found a couple who were truly excellent. During their stays they have now spent more than seven weeks in our house and we have become friends. This time, as they will not then be available, we posted our sitting opportunity advert and received a gratifying number of replies. We have selected a couple who seem ideally suited and we have of course replied to all the other applicants. We shall certainly use your site again whenever we need house sitters. With our best wishes for a good New Year!

Bob & Ann Linwood, France. Jan 2008

Many thanks to you service, which I shall be using again soon... (Owner)

Dear Susan, Thank you for your e-mail. I am happy to tell you that two of your registered house sitters have been house-sitting for us from 30th October to 7th December and I cannot paise them highly enough. We have not only made two new good friends but there is a possibility that they may be helping us again in the very near future. Many thanks to you service, which I shall be using again soon, as I have another requirement for mid-end January for a period of about 2 weeks.

Frances, France. Dec 2007

It was simple and straightforward and I started getting answers from people within 24 hours. (Owner)

Dear Susan, I think your website is very good and clear, I was looking for a house sitter for a house over the winter and received many viable contacts. I started looking through the list of house sitters first but soon realised that placing my own notice was by far the better route. It was simple and straightforward and I started getting answers from people within 24 hours. I have someone house sitting for me who was registered with you and thus far all is fine. Great service.

Emma Daniell, UK. Dec 2007

The first one I contacted came for an interview and proved eminently suitable! (Owner)

Hi, Susan, I was very pleased by the results of my use of your service! You listed a number of people in my area who were available to house-sit. The first one I contacted came for an interview and proved eminently suitable. We left her in charge of our house and pets for a weekend and we were very happy with her performance. We will use her again whenever we have a need for a housesitter, if she is available at that time. If she isn't, I am sure we will use your service to see if we can locate another sitter. Thanks for your service, and thanks for caring enough to follow up.

Lawrence A, Shingle Springs, CA, USA. Nov 2007

I had to narrow my search to only local housesitters the response was so great! (Owner)

Hi Susan, I have been VERY impressed with the quality and number of responses I have received. I had to narrow my search to only local housesitters the response was so great! I only now need to convince my husband that this will be a great thing and hope that we have a good first experience.

J Webb, Colorado, USA. Nov 2007

I've had around 100 replies in a few weeks! (Owner)

It's a great sight, from the point of view of homeowners. I've had around 100 replies in a few weeks, most being lovely singles and couples with amazing backgrounds. Most of them did not have their own advert, which gave me limited info until we did an email exchange. Thanks!

Eleanor Sasso, Connecticut, USA. Nov 2007

I have so far had a much more interesting and suitable age group of people wishing to visit here...to fill in time between their housesits. (Owner)

Hi there I am already a fully paid member of helpx and to be honest mind my house has been absolutely brilliant I already have one couple here through your site and others due to visit...it has been absolutely brilliant the response and I have so far had a much more interesting and suitable age group of people wishing to visit here...to fill in time between their housesits...So thank you very much for this and your service..

Maxine Soler, New Zealand. Nov 2007

...matching me up with a housesitter, mind my house worked perfectly!! (Owner)

Hi Susan, in terms of matching me up with a housesitter, mind my house worked perfectly!! I was looking for a housesitter for two months from November till the end of December and actually found the perfect match. They will start housesitting this weekend so let's see if the housesitting itself will work out as well as the matching up. I didn't put an ad but went to search the housesitters available for my area and found the match like that. The service worked well for me the way it is set up at the moment. I also liked that you gave a downloadable version of the housesitting agreement which we use/used. I hope this works out well and I will be sure to look for housesitters with you again in the future!

Gabriela K, USA. Nov 2007

I depend on your site now without a doubt - it is part of my holiday plans automatically! (Owner)

Mind My House is great - I have someone I found through that site watching over my kitties and home right now! (I am in Laos at present!) And I found great and interesting people last summer, too. I live in Japan and am always looking for people who might like to spend a few weeks in a nice house outside of Tokyo...anyone interested for next summer?? Really - I depend on your site now without a doubt - it is part of my holiday plans automatically! Thanks again.

AK, Japan. Oct 2007

Our dogs... had obviously become so attached to Bill and Marsha, it was touching to see how they easily went to them for affection. (Owner)

Susan, We just arrived home last night and though I’m fighting jetlag, I had to email you right away to tell you of our wonderful experience with our housesitters. We were in Rome the first part of this week and as I looked at the frescos in the Sistene Chapel I was almost expecting to see Bill and Marsha’s (our housesitters) faces among the angels, they were so incredible. I told my husband this morning they were the type of housesitters we would be, conscienentious, careful, honest, trustworthy. Not only was the house in great shape when we came home, Bill had actually done yard work and repaired the dryer himself when it broke. And our dogs (our major reason for wanting housesitters… to avoid a long kennel stay for them) had obviously become so attached to Bill and Marsha, it was touching to see how they easily went to them for affection. Dogs don’t fake affection and we could see their’s was genuine. And on top of everything, Bill and Marsha had a great time discovering New Jersey and New York City for the first time. They were even on “Good Morning America” and were interviewed on national TV by the host. Of course all this wouldn’t have happened without your wonderful website. You provided the means and the support to make this endeavor tremendously successful. We were able to relax and enjoy ourselves, our dogs avoided the long kennel stay and Bill and Marsha got to know a section of the country they had never experienced. Many, many thanks. We are already starting to plan our next trip and we’ll put getting our listing for a housesitter on “Mindyourhouse.com” at the top of our list of planning steps.

Annette Dubrouillet, New Jersey, USA. Oct 2007

Our animals were in jeopardy of being kennelized, when we were referred to you. (Owner)

Can I tell you that I will tell the world about your service. With only 2 weeks to our trip, we thought our animals were in jeopardy of being kennelized when we were referred to you. We have never opened our home to strangers and were reluctant. Desperation prompted our use of the service but oh my Gosh! We not only had tons of qualified responses, our house-sitters ended up being so amazing and perfect. I told Ed, our house-sitter I wanted to marry him and replace my husband, since he is handier around the house. I believe the sitters had a great time "the most relaxing 3 weeks ever" and we had peace of mind. Thank you... I will be writing a blog about your service with my business www.retreatscostarica.com

Rosemary Rein, Costa Rica. Oct 2007

I definitely plan to use your service again! (Owner)

Hi Susan-I found the perfect house sitter using mindmyhouse within a couple days, and there were plenty of other good people who responded. I definitely plan to use your service again. Thanks!

A Peacock, Montana, USA. Oct 2007

Thank you so much for an easy to use, confidential and efficient service. (Owner)

I was totally impressed with your service! this is the first time i have considered or needed a sitter and your service was outstanding. although I did not choose one of 5 potential candidates I have their data and will reconnect with you next year. thank you so much for an easy to use, confidential and efficient service.

Jo Graydon, Canada. Oct 2007

Your house sitting service is amazing! (Owner)

Hello, Your house sitting service is amazing. In no time at all I was inundated with replies and am in the process of writing to all of them as I will need people in the future although I think one of those who replied will be really suitable for my immediate needs. Thank you for providing the site and I will be a regular visitor. Actually I am quite keen on house sitting myself sometime so might well be on the other side so to speak in the future.

Nena Parkes, Greece. Sept 2007

During our month in the States, we communicated often...and knew that both house and dog were in the best of hands. (Owner)

I needed housesitters for the whole month of July, so I placed an ad on MindMyHouse earlier this year. I'd read about the site in a Danish newspaper. I got over 10 replies in 24 hours, so I removed the ad again and concentrated on selecting my house sitters. I decided on a british couple living in Australia. Heather and Fred took great care of Happy, our dog, and our house in Denmark. We had one day together prior to my vacation, and this was really good considering all the practical things there is to talk about. During our month in the States, we communicated often with Heather and Fred and knew that both house and dog were in the best of hands. This we also saw when we returned from our vacation - the house was spotless, the garden kept lovely, and our dog was just as his name: Happy. I think that MindMyHouse is a brilliant idea, and I have often recommended the site to other Danes who were in need of pet and house sitters. I would not hesitate to use it again. Good luck with MindMyHouse.

Anette Hallstrøm, Denmark. Sept 2007

By allowing our us to advertise our slightly different arrangement on your site, you have saved us a huge headache! (Owner)

Dear Susan, my family is very grateful to you for allowing us to use your wonderful site. We have had an increasing problem about our family 'holiday home' in France, which has great sentimental value and we all love, but is becoming increasingly difficult to afford to maintain. We started to let it out for short term holiday lets to help towards costs, but as it is in a rather shabby state it was difficult to market. We were starting to think that, as we could not afford the time or money to carry out the redecoration needed, we were in a catch 22 situation and would have to consider selling. Browsing on the internet, I came across your site and wondered if people may be interested in doing some decorating, instead of looking after pets and plants, in return for staying at the house (which is in a beautiful area). Seems that people were! We had many applications from some truly wonderful people. The person we have offerred the assignment to is just perfect, a lovely person we were all taken by, who we hope gets as much out of the experience as we will! A couple of other applicants we warmed to so much from the information they gave, that we hope they will still be available for a similar arrangement in the future. It seems that by allowing our us to advertise our slightly different arrangement on your site, you have saved us a huge headache. Thank you, from the whole family. Your site is easy to use and full of fantastic information. I will let you know how the assignment goes!

Wendy Wright, UK. Aug 2007

I am thrilled to think that my husband and I actually have the opportunity now to go on holiday! (Owner)

Hi Susan, I think your service is quite fantastic! I found it whilst I was searching online for a pet-sitting service and was struggling to find anyone willing to look after my parrot. Then I bumped into you! I put an ad on your website without much hope in my heart and within days had four very strong candidates whom I knew would all do a fantastic job. I had to send emails to them all saying that my dates had been purely speculative, I just wanted to see if there was anyone out there at all. I was able to liaise with them and took up references with one couple, being told in no uncertain terms how wonderful they were and that I should grab them with both hands before anyone else pinches them! I am thrilled to think that my husband and I actually have the opportunity now to go on holiday confident in knowing that Fergus our parrot will be in good hands (the house was a secondary consideration!) I think your questions on the site for both house-sitters and home owners are well constructed and astutely selected. It is possible to learn quite a lot about the individuals before you even contact them direct. My only small criticism is that I felt unable to be completely vague about dates in my ad: my strategy was always going to be - find a sitter then work out dates rather than the other way around. So - many thanks! We look forward to a future with holidays.

Sophie Dhenin, UK. Aug 2007

Talk about an embarrassment of riches!! (Owner)

This is a great site and service. I only listed a couple of days ago and I already have a great sitter. In fact a second great candidate has just contacted me. Talk about an embarrassment of riches!! Anyway, thank you very much for the service. While my holiday is not until March 2008 you have to work ahead to make sure you have a good sitter. Now I can go ahead and make plans and pay deposits. Thanks again.

Michael O'Connor, Australia. Aug 2007

It was a bit difficult deciding who to choose but that is a good problem to have! (Owner)

I was very satisfied with MindMyHouse. I had 11 or 12 people interested in house sitting within two days of listing my house. And I was looking for a five week assignment which is much harder to find than the standard two week period most people prefer. I started sending e-mails to people listed and found 5-6 of the people interested that way. But it was almost immediately evident that I did not need to be so pro-active as inquiries started to come in from my listing. It was a bit difficult deciding who to chose but that is a good problem to have. I will use the site again next time I need someone to mind my house.

Richard MacKinnon, Costa Rica. July 2007

I have recommended your site to all my friends and family! (Owner)

Dear Susan, I had many replies to my ad and picked a terrific Australian couple to house sit for a week. They have just left. The whole process was a great success and I have recommended your site to all my friends and family. Is there a place on the site where I could post my comments about them? If not there should be!

Caroline C, Monaco. July 2007

The people who use your site are...exactly the kind of individuals we are looking for. (Owner)

Hello!! First of all I would like to say I am very happy with your service.This is my first time using it and the response has been good. So far, since I placed the ad a week or so ago I have had about 10 responses.Out of the 10 about 4-5 are still interested after I got in touch with them and gave them more information. The people who use your site are evidently interesting people, non-traditional and exactly the kind of individuals we are looking for. It is going to be difficult to find the right person to house sit for us as we are looking for a long term (6 + months) sitter and in a very different type of place in the interior of Brazil. But I feel confident we will find the right person.I imagine it is important for you as the administrator that the persons offering a house for sitting respond quickly to the respondents to the ad. I can assure you I am quick to respond and to give out further information to those interested and am giving a clear picture of what house sitting in Brazil will be like.... Thank you for the service!!

Mark Kenney, UK. June 2007

I used several sites to post my housesitting. Yours is the best organized. (Owner)

Susan, I think your site is wonderful. I used several sites to post my housesitting. Yours is the best organized. Thanks for asking. P.S. The persons sitting for me now were found through your site. Keep up the good work. 

Leticia Patino, USA. May 2007

We left the next morning, very happy and entirely carefree. (Owner)

We have just taken our first holiday in 3 years, leaving our home and animals (dogs, poultry and G. Pig) in the care of a lovely sitter we found on your site. He was the first and only sitter I contacted and who responded with a glowing reference within a few hours. We emailed for a few weeks, with me sending photos etc of his charges before his arrival at Easter. The dogs took 2 mins before landing in his lap and snuggling down. We left the next morning, very happy and entirely carefree. A fantastic experience that we will be repeating next month: the sitter's mother will be doing this shift! A nicer family we could not have hoped to meet. Thank you for a great site, it has given us our freedom back.

O Smith, Cornwall, UK. May 2007

...my gut feeling about it is just great. (Owner)

Dear Susan,Well using MindMyHouse has really been a great experience. I am surprised that there is so few people using your service. (I mean house owners - as far as I can see there are a lot of house sitters using MMH). I put my ad online a few months ago. I got about ten requests from people all over the world who would love to sit my house, and our wonderful dog Happy. I ended up choosing an australian couple, who will take care of house and dog for the month of July. So up to now it has been a really good experience for me. I used your "answering service" until I finally decided on the australian couple - then I started communicating directly with them. I think I had my ad online for two days. Then I had sufficient responses to make a desicion on who to choose. I would like to get back to you regarding the actual house sitting experience. But my gut feeling about it is just great. My boyfriend and I have actually talked about trying to travel for a year or so by using MMH to sit people's houses or pets. We will see what the future brings. Thanks and good luck with MindMyHouse.  

AH, Denmark. May 2007

...the tenor of the replies I received convinced me that you attract the best sort of person for this activity. (Owner)

Dear Susan, I used your service for an emergency which left very little notice and so I was not expecting to be successful, just hopeful. My expectations were justified in that I did not manage to find anyone who was free at such short notice, but I was very gratified by the almost identical responses I got from a quite large number of the people I wrote to. A typical response was this one: "I am unable to assist you for these dates unfortunately as I'm already committed to looking after a dog and 3 cats in Ireland for most of those days you require to the middle of April. I would however love to assist you in the future if you require someone to look after your cat. I hope that you find someone who will be able to assist you at this time." The result is that I have a core of respondents to whom I can turn at a future date when I next need their services. I was, of course, apprehensive about the sort of person who might want to stay in my house, but the tenor of the replies I received convinced me that you attract the best sort of person for this activity. Well done. Happily, I was able to find an excellent house-sitter locally at the last moment, so all was well.

DM, Italy. May 2007

I look forward to getting to know them when they arrive a few days before our vacation dates. (Owner)

Susan, I must say I was overwhelmed by the number of responses I received to my posting - within 48 hours I had received about 60 responses with the earliest ones coming in within 3 hours! The responses were creative, wonderful and I had a difficult time narrowing it down - I felt bad that I could not respond to all! I have arranged two house/pet sitting dates for August and October with two members. They both responded immediately to my calls and we have corresponded several times since. I look forward to getting to know them when they arrive a few days before our vacation dates. I am using your suggested contract and things are falling into place very well. Overall, I am very excited about the website and have recommended it to several friends.

NH, Hawaii, USA. May 2007

I'm registered on several housesitting sites and find your site, by far, the easiest to use. (Owner)

Dear Susan, I'm registered on several housesitting sites and find your site, by far, the easiest to use. I like the "short list" function, which is a great time saver. I have not yet used a housesitter from your site, but I have one that I am going to contact later in the week. I have used sitters from caretaker gazette and housecarers.com.I also like the fact that you can see if people charge for their services or not--that's a big help! I've recommended your site to others & I hope it will continue to grow!

BB, UK. Sept 2005

I felt much better knowing that my sweeties were with someone who appeared to be even more of an animal person than I was! (Owner)

I only used the mindmyhouse site, and initially didn’t write an ad. Without an ad I got no responses, but with my ad I was deluged. My other person was happy to come, and now, to stay the whole time that I would be in the states. We had been e-mailing back and forth. We were able to meet before I left, which was great and I felt much better knowing that my sweeties were with someone who appeared to be even more of an animal person than I was. I had a small dinner party for her prior to my departure so she could meet my friends and would have help if she needed it. The house sit went well. Dali and Sam were fine and my house was cleaner than it has ever been. She stayed on a week longer after my return and then moved up the hill to stay with one of my friends until she could find another house sit. Thanks to mindmyhouse, I was able to return to New Orleans to make arrangements to repair and to rent my home and apartment with as much peace of mind as is possible under traumatic circumstances.

Laury Bourgeois, France. March 2007

I can't think of anything you might need to improve! (Owner)

Hi Susan. We were delighted with the response. The service was easy to use and everything seemed very straightforward. I can't think of anything you might need to improve. Thankyou.

David Higginson, UK. May 2007

The first sitters contacted me within half an hour of me placing my ad. (Owner)

I was very impressed with the site. The first sitters contacted me within half an hour of me placing my ad. They sounded excellent, we exchanged a few emails and I checked one of their references, which was good. Within two days we had agreed terms and they have booked their flights to come to us this summer. By the next day I had about half a dozen replies any of which could have been a possibility. If I hadn't already started communication with the first couple I really think I would have been spoilt for choice! I think I would then have had a problem, as I don't know how I would have chosen between them! An excellent service, thank you.

PS. I found your site from a recommendation from someone who had previously been with you, as a sitter. PPS. I am also very impressed that you are taking the trouble to canvass opinions!

Marina G, Spain. May 2007

...it's been a great success as far as I'm concerned! (Owner)

Dear Susan, I've been very impressed by the number of responses I received, and so quickly as well. I needed a house-sitter at quite short notice, so a lot of the responses were asking me to keep them in mind for future assignments, so I've got a good short-list of people who sound suitable ready for next time. I found a really good sitter for this time though - all our dogs loved him and everything was just as we left it when we got home. So thanks, it's been a great success as far as I'm concerned.

JI, France. May 2007

Thank you so very much for executing a good idea so well! (Owner)

Dear Susan, I wish I did have some useful suggestions for you, but our experience with your website was entirely satisfactory. Your service provided us with so many possible house sitters that I had to stop publishing the notice in less than a day! Initially, I used your website to correspond with everyone who answered or inquired and then went into direct phone or email discussions with several of the most likely candidates. As it happened, one of them was a woman who lives very close-by whose daughter had just returned from several years abroad and was looking for a place nearby where she could live independently. This young woman seems a perfect fit for our somewhat unusual situation and we're very pleased at the series of coincidences that led us all to meet on your website. I'm holding on to the contact information for several of the other people who contacted us, since they might be good fits in future. Almost all of the respondents sound like delightful, charming and adventurous people with whom it would be a pleasure to become better acquainted. We also appreciated having suggestions for an agreement handy. We're using your guidelines. Thank you so very much for executing a good idea so well!

RS, USA. May 2007

...life would be very dull if everything were risk free! (Owner)

Dear Susan, I can give a very positive report on the service offered by MindMyHouse as a result of using it. Firstly, I found the web pages very straightforward to use. The site was visually uncluttered and intuitive to use. This is not the case with many of the commercial sites, particularly those related to the leisure industry.

I began by looking at the people who were offering a sitting service and selected someone to respond to who I thought might match our needs. However, I was anxious about security and the manner of response that you have set up on the site appeared to be very careful about not allowing direct access between the two parties until they chose to initiate that.

Almost at the same time, because the responding had been quite easy and secure, I placed an advert. This process was very simple and I downloaded a picture too. The exemplars and advice were helpful in designing my advert. Within hours I had received several responses and by the end of 36 hours I had received plenty to choose from, so I removed the advert, which again was very easy to do.

I felt it good etiquette to respond to all the people who had enquired and let them know that the first people who had offered were going to be used. However, I have also kept on file a contact that lives not far away from here who would come for a weekend, should that be necessary. We have been in contact with our proposed sitters by email and I will have a phone conversation soon to keep the communication open.

Of course, it is still a concern that we are taking a risk in having strangers in our home, but life would be very dull if everything were risk free. I am not at all sure if there is anymore that you at MindMyHouse could do to ensure security.

Overall the site was very helpful, easy to use and gave me a sense of confidence in the transaction. In fact, I have mentioned it to several people and also included it as an exemplar of a good website in an online training course that I am currently taking.

H Johnson, UK. April 2007

You provide a very good service, specially compared to the price! (Owner)

Dear Susan, well, I should thank you for putting up this wonderful service! I'm absolutely satisfied with the replies I got from house-sitters to my ad. Whether I will be satisfied with the house-sitters themselves is another matter, and I'm crossing my fingers. You provide a very good service, specially compared to the price! I think the only way to improve the website would be to add the possibility of posting comments on each user, like on Ebay or Hospitality Club.

Livia Cases, Hungary. April 2007

...it's been great! (Owner)

I've had no problems with your service/website it's been great! I've had over 40 replys and at least 10 are perfect for us. We will be talking to house sitters in more depth in June and July and hopefully then we will book it all in. Thanks.

Pamela Blackie, UK. April 2007

The support given by the team was valuable. (Owner)

Ours was possibly a difficult ask. We needed a housesitter during the depths of winter and also I asked that we would prefer a gay friendly housesitter. However, we were besieged with applicants. Making a choice was difficult, but in the end it boiled down to the one who was 'first cab off the rank' and made a firm commitment. We are happy with the service offered by mind my house. The support given by the team was valuable.

Philip Elliott, Australia. April 2007

You are fantastic! (Owner)

Dear Susan, You are fantastic! I will keep the ad there but invisible for a while and have copied it so that if we need a housesitter again in future (very possible), I can come to your website. And have started communication with a couple of people on the list who would be great possibilities in the future. I am just totally impressed with your website, I wish all websites were so well-organized, easy to get around, informative and just plain fun to use! I have turned others onto your website...I have a housesitter 10 months of the year in New Mexico until I sell my house. I have given her your website so she can consider her future "gigs" after my house sells. Thanks again and all best to you, Michelle.

Michelle McCallum, UK. April 2007

...it was a wonderful experience for both of us! (Owner)

Hi, yes I have used your service and am very pleased. The first time I ran an advert and got replies immediately. I picked a woman from New Zealand and it was a wonderful experience for both of us.The next time I needed a sitter I was going through the listings and found one that specifically wanted Alb at the time I was going to be gone so hooked up. She was OK. I have 2 sitters lined up for this year that I picked from a list I made one day when I was bored. I sent about 7 requests and am happy to say they all responded. Two wanted to come so I have a couple from Arizona coming in March and a woman for three weeks in late June. So I guess you could say that I am making very good use of your service and am glad I found the site. Thank you.

Lori Linthicum, USA. April 2007

Thank you - we have once again found someone! (Owner)

Thank you - we are in India now and succesfully found someone to look after our animals and home. Hopefully they are enjoying the experience. Thank you for an excellent site. (March 2007)

Thank you - we have once again found someone and received lots of replies. Excellent site! (Sept 2007)

Just to let you know that our animals and house were really well looked after. Michael was also a really interesting guy (from Australia) and I enjoyed chatting to him after we returned. During the holiday we had occasional contact via email which is always reassuring. I have recommended Mind My House to lots of other people and I would have no hesitation in recommending Michael to anyone in the future - although I think he is returning to Australia for at least a couple of years! As before we had lots of replies and I have kept in touch with some of them - many of them sounded more than suitable and I think it is good to build up an email relationship with people before one departs. Thanks again for excellent service. (Nov 2007)

Helena & Dave Malekin, UK. March 2007

...all were people who I would have happily considered to mind my house! (Owner)

Hi Susan, I put up an ad for a housesitter and within a few days had about twenty responses, which was about twenty more than I anticipated! Apart from one response, all were (just going on their initial email) people who I would have happily considered to mind my house. I contacted one lady as a result of the ad and got to know her a little better. I met up with her, and all seems well. She arrives next week to housesit. So I'm very happy with the service! I emailed the others to thank them for their interest, of course. Best of luck with your site. I look forward to using it again in the future.

AP, Ireland. March 2007

The site...has given us ideas of some fun ways to travel in our own retirement! (Owner)

Hi Susan, just to say that we are delighted - even overwhelmed by the responses we have had - over 40, almost all sounded eminently suitable - and so hard to choose. Finally selected a UK based couple as we thought that meant less potential for things to screw up at the last minute, however many of the others sounded fascinating and at least we feel fairly sure that we could find a backup at short notice if necessary. We never imagined that summer in Scotland would be so attractive! We think the site is brilliant and it has given us ideas of some fun ways to travel in our own retirement! Keep it up.

Maureen Sturrock, Scotland, UK. Feb 2007

We love MindMyHouse! (Owner)

Hello Susan, I was totally surprised to find mindmyhouse to be so actively participatory! Yes; I have had lots of responses from our posting from all over the world! We are zeroing in right now on one in particular -- will know Wednesday if it's a go with them -- and there's a few in the backup position too! Thanks for the inquiry! We love mindmyhouse.

Ani Costello, France. Feb 2007

As to the site, it was idiot proof! (Owner)

Dear Susan, yes thanks we are currently negotiating with a chap who we think sounds ideal for a short house/pet sit for us in Cornwall this Easter and hopefully again for longer in the summer. As to the site, it was idiot proof and I managed to make it work for us. Templates look fully comprehensive but I will need to write out a full care manual for all our animals. The concept is great and will work beautifully if everyone remains 100% honest.

O Smith, UK. Jan 2007

Thank you again, I am a big fan! (Owner)

The service is great. Thank you so much for having this up. Since my two children are now in college, finding house/pet sitters is hard during the school year. Hopefully this will help relieve some of that challenge. I am away fairly often so it would be cool to find a few dependable people who could take advantage of my location (D.C./Philadelphia/Baltimore) whom I can contact when I need them. Thank you again, I am a big fan!

Maggie Smith, USA. Feb 2007

I do like the anonymous feature a lot! (Owner)

This was a positive experience. Easy to use site and we got positive responses. I am sure that if we wanted, we would be able to find a good sitting solution through your site. I do like the anonymous feature a lot! I feel that by using your site, I have not broadcasted to the world when our home will be empty. This is valuable to us. I have a feeling though that the house sitter idea will grow on us and by keeping in touch with what's happening on your site, we may get more comforatble with the idea. I think we will use your site again in the future.

JdN, Florida, USA. Feb 2007

Simply overwhelmed with the number and quality of responders! (Owner)

Hello Susan. Nice to hear from you. Yes, I'll be happy to comment on your system. Fantastic! I had so many immediate responses to my request that I was forced to hide my ad. Simply overwhelmed with the number and quality of responders. Each one seemed better than the previous. I contacted several, exchanged emails, and feel that each was high quality and the kind of person I'd like to have in my home. We haven't made a decision yet and are not sure that we will utilize the services of a sitter but your system has certainly provided everything we could ask for.

Ken Hopkins, Florida, USA. Jan 2007

Brilliant! (Owner)

Dear Susan, I was overwhelmed with the quality and quantity of response. A brilliant service you have there. Unfortunately, (or fortunately) my sister is going to do the house sit but I would always use your site in the future - and have recommended it to other friends in a similar position. Brilliant~!

Caroline Page, Portugal. Dec 2006

Really pleasantly surprised how well this worked... (Owner)

I posted a 'housesitter wanted' ad on your site a couple of weeks ago. It was really easy to use, thankfully, and I got loads of great replies really quickly - about 10 I think, maybe more. I have selected one of the respondents to house and cat sit for me over the Xmas period. So thanks - I was really pleasantly surprised how well this worked and by the outcome. I will use you again and recommend you.

R Crossley, London, UK. Dec 2006

We will use your service every winter when we go away... (Owner)

We were most happy with your service. Received several replies in a very short time. We had a long-term need, but our home is not in a city I would consider a 'hot housesitting zone.' We found several very well qualified people and were able to choose from them. We finally chose a woman who is working on her university studies and needed a quiet place for the winter. We are looking forward to meeting her and are preparing our home to be her home for three months. We will use your service every winter when we go away for two to three months. We found it interesting to meet people and find out their needs and chat with them online. Thanks for this service.

Kathy Bjorklund, USA. Dec 2006

Your service doesn't need any changes! (Owner)

Hi... I received maybe 8 responses or so and most don't want to do any work at all... looking for a free retreat... but one person now sounds truly wonderful and we are communicating right now a lot... So if one person is successful here it would be a great success for both of us... and you are really the only web site for this purpose which is effective... Keep on... and thankyou. Ps... your service doesn't need any changes, it works better than any of the others and I can bring it up without long delays!

Trivia Sebik, USA. Nov 2006

The house sitter process went extremely well. (Owner)

The house sitter process went extremely well. We had loads of really good and interesting replies from people; far more than we imagined we would have.The geographical location of the sitters was also good. Because we were looking for a sitter quite quickly and for around 6 to 12 months it meant we needed someone located in Europe (Americans can only get French visas for 3 months max and quite understandably need a fair amount of time to get prepared to move to France). We got a good number of replies from people already in France and also from the UK. We eventually chose an American, who has lived in France most of her life, and who was looking for somewhere that gave her the flexibility to search at leisure for a new apartment in Paris. It's an ideal fit. Overall the process worked exceptionally well, so many thanks for a great site.

Neil Jones, France. Nov 2006

Very grateful to MindMyHouse. (Owner)

Hello Susan. I have to say, I am really pleasantly surprised so far to a) have found a website offering this service that was so easy to use and b) to find such interesting people getting in touch with us who are interested in the house sit. There wasn't really anyone that applied that I dismissed immediately or wouldn't have considered. We had 5 people apply within about 36 hours and another 5 in the 3 days following that, which is why hid the advert as we already had our shortlist. I did contact people directly and found they generally responded quickly with what I had asked for. I have downloaded all the information on the website about house sitters manuals / pet care info and am currently wading through that and the suggested contract. Daunting as it seems, it all makes perfect sense to do it once properly so that it is there for house sitters to come. It is a very helpful, comprehensive checklist and I am very grateful to mindmyhouse for that as there are masses of things on there I wouldn't have thought of. Many thanks!

Mohini Lynch, Spain. Oct 2006

We will definitely use this service again! (Owner)

Hi Susan, we have been very happy with the responses we have received from our house sitter wanted ad that we placed with you! In fact, we probably had too many to get through... (probably about 30 in all). In the main, the responses to direct contact with sitters has been very good - we have had no problems and in fact even though some have not worked out this time, we have established e-mail friendships which are really positive. Overall we are extremely happy and have found a suitable match that we agreed on today. We will definitely use this service again if necessary.

Brian & Sonia Nugent, Ireland. Oct 2006

We had an excellent response! (Owner)

Susan, thanks for your email. It was the first time that we have ever advertised for house sitters and we found your site on the search engines. The search we did on your site produced over a 100 possibilities. We emailed about 15 (keeping it to European based) and the response we had was excellent. Probably over half replied and of that number six or seven were keen. We have chosen a couple, they seem really good, and we will keep our fingers crossed. You have an excellent site and we will certainly use it again. Many thanks.

David & Ursi Newton, France. Oct 2006

A great mutually beneficial relationship! (Owner)

I found your site very user friendly and had a lot of replies very quickly. Having spoken to a number of people I settled on an early-retired couple who weren't really looking for somewhere to house-sit in Scotland, but saw my ad and thought 10 days of golf would be good. They did an excellent job, looking after three dogs, mowing and watering the garden and painting a steading wall for us. They are keen to come again and we are very happy to have them. Looks like the start of a great mutually beneficial relationship - thanks!

James Cope, Scotland. Sept 2006

Got sitters with the first reply. (Owner)

Hi Susan, your site was great. I got sitters with the first reply, and many more I had to disappoint. I would use it again. Thanks.

Jan Allen, Portugal. Sept 2006

The help I received from the Support section, the human response to my call for help, was refreshing and appreciated! (Owner)

Dear Susan, The service has worked for me, my sitters are all set to arrive here on the 13th. With the information available to me, and the first contact with the possible sitters, it does not take long to narrow down the field. I was happy with the number of applicants, and at least two would have been suitable for me. When I made contact with them, replies were prompt. Yes I am happy with the service, would certainly use it again. The help I received from the Support section, the human response to my call for help, was refreshing and appreciated (instead of an electronic response). Thank you for your help. (Sept 2006)

Hi Susan, in reply to your follow up letter, yes I found a satisfactory house sitter, it all worked out quite well. I have learned that one has to stipulate exactly what is expected from the house sitter, we have had email contact while I was away, and also it's important to stipulate the dates the house sitter will be needed, as I tried to extend the time by a couple of days and was not able to this, due to their commitments. Overall it was satisfactory, all went well. (Feb 2007)

Dear Susan, once again a search for house sitter completed successfully. This time I went to the 'house sitters' page as well, to make sure I was able to contact more people, quicker, and not just wait for people to contact me. I needed to have this organized sooner rather then later. The result is my house sitter is arriving on the 5th April, for a longer period this time. So thank you again for all your help  and support, you have been great, and it's appreciated. If you need to contact me again for any reason, do not hesitate, your email is always welcome. I will endeavour to contact you in June. All the best. (April 2007)

Mrs B Davy, South Coast, NSW, Australia. April 2007

We did not want to put our kitten in a cattery! (Owner)

A brief summary of my usage of your site - we are going away for a month in December to spend Christmas with my partners' parents. We have a kitten (who will be nine months' old in December) and we do not want to put her in a cattery or get someone to come in daily to feed her. She is very loving and needs lots of attention so we decided to look for a housesitter. A search on google.co.uk returned your website and I placed an advert for our 'flat and cat'. I received three responses very quickly, all from lovely people who provided me with details, references, photos, etc. We settled on an Australian couple who we have been speaking to since, over email and we also telephoned them this morning. We have downloaded the contract from your website and will modify it to meet our needs (we do not expect them to pay for any utility costs, telephone/TV costs, etc) - the contract is very comprehensive so I'd like to thank you for that, and for all the tips and advice that you provide on the website! Overall I found the process of finding our housesitters very simple and very quick; the website is easy to use and we definitely appreciate the service that you have offered! Many thanks for your help, keep up the good work :)

Jennie Naylor, London, UK. Aug 2006

Thank you from Wales (Owner)

I was delighted with the responses to my ad and I will definitely use this website again in the future when I need house-sitters. Thank you very much.

S Evans, Wales, UK. July 2006

In short it was a huge success! (Owner)

Hi Susan, We didn't advertise as such, we just found what looked like an ideal match. I am impressed thus far with the site and with the quality of people who advertise. (July 2006)

We’ve recently returned from two weeks in Turkey and used an Australian couple to mind our big house and our horses, dogs, chickens and cat. The house is cleaner than we left it, they stocked up the fridge and the dogs are missing the long walks very badly. In short, it was a huge success. (November 2007)

Andrea G, Scotland. July 2006

Surprised at the amount of responses! (Owner)

I actually was surprised at the amount of responses I received through placing the ad.There was a lot of interest and am trying to respond to most people on an individual basis. As a medium for putting home owners in contact with house sitters it works really well. I received at least twenty responses and am trying to get through them. Thanks for the great site.

Laura Dyer, Ireland. July 2006

What nice people! (Owner)

The site worked really well. We found the perfect people to house sit and also look after our cat for 7 months. My home looked better on our return than it has ever looked. It absolutly sparkled! Everything moved smoothly. What nice people. Thank You.

Susan Brummell, Canada. June 2006

I was overwhelmed by replies from potential house sitters just moments after the advert went up. (Owner)

Hi Susan, Thanks for getting in touch. I was overwhelmed by replies from potential housesitters just moments after the advert went up. The advert was easy to set up, and there was a wide-range of people to choose from. I confess I actually went for a sitter who contacted me via another house sitting website, but our backup is from Mind My House in case things go wrong. I did reply to all messages, and got some very good feedback from many members, asking to be kept in mind in case they're needed in the future. I have been recommending your site to many friends as a great alternative to catteries/annoying the neighbours etc.. so I hope a few contact you.

Catherine Brown, UK. May 2006

We would use your site again, as we had good success. (Owner)

Liked your web site. We would use it again, as we had good success. In fact will probably use it next Feb, 2007, for a trip we plan. We had a lot of responses. We were very happy with the kind of people that responded. Thanks for keeping up such a good web site.

VD, Florida, USA. April 2006

'Astonished' from Ireland. In the future I may become a house sitter as well. (Owner)

Thanks for the opportunity of placing the ad on your website. As this was the first time I had sought a housesitter, I was astonished at the response from the various websites I used. I had no idea that there was this "industry" out there and my friends and family now think that they too could avail of this in the future.

I know that your service is still new, but technically it all seemed to work well and I found the alerts and responses from people very easy to manage as there was a direct link to their more detailed profile from the email initially sent. I think it's a good idea to have these facilities and they should be advertised more. There are obviously hordes of USA folks interested in Ireland so getting Irish homeowners on your books would, I think, be a great way to service the housesitters who register for your service.

But, thanks for your help and I'll certainly tell people about it - in the future I may become a housesitter as well.

Rosie Mercer, Ireland. April 2006

We had a successful house sitter situation in February. (Owner)

Just a note to let you know that we had a successful house sitter situation in February while we were off on our first ever cruise to the Panama Canal. We enjoyed sun and warm water, and they had a warm house and very cold Colorado weather. We just needed someone to make the house look occupied, not to do a lot of chores and no pets, and this worked out great on both sides. Our sitters had friends in the area to visit, so they got a good deal also. Thanks so much for being here.

Eileen H, Colorado, USA. April 2006

Your service worked very well for me. (Owner)

Yes - your service worked very well for me. We found housesitters amazingly easily who have agreed to come for the two weeks we requested in May. We had loads of replies. The people we have asked to housesit are used to dogs and live in France. We contacted them first, so MindMyHouse so far has worked really well. We'd definitely use you again. Thanks and best wishes.

ALM, France. March 2006

Thanks from Ireland (Owner)

Found the site helpful and easy to use, i.e. launch an ad. Got many replies, I managed to get a sitter who is a very nice person and could take up the position quickly. I will use the site again and will tell people about it.

MFW, Ireland. March 2006

I can now go away without begging family to look after my 4-legged children! (Owner)

I cannot thank you enough for your super website and services offered! I got three very good and positive responses and in fact, had a battle as to which one to choose! I chose a young lady – a 'varsity student living in Randpark Ridge as she particularly loves animals, and my chief concern was not so much looking after the house but rather someone who was a real pet-lover! She proved to be very responsible – upon our return, it was evident the animals were well looked after and very happy – and the house was neat and tidy (even though I did not expect the housesitter to pay too much attention to this!).

Once again, my sincere thanks to the service you provide as I can now go away without spending weeks beforehand begging family and friends to come and look after my beautiful and much-loved four 4-legged children! I have already – and will continue – to tell all my friends and family about your website!

Marlene Crighton, South Africa. Feb 2006

Success in the USA (Owner)

In response to your inquiry, yes I did successfully locate a housesitter on your web site.  I am also so far happy with the individual's reliability and character.  I was interested in using your site because it did not have associated costs and was easy to use.

Eric E, USA. Oct 2005

So pleased someone gave me your URL! (Owner)

I received three responses from potential sitters and chose one couple. They will be arriving here within a week to mind the house for two months. I feel that they are going to be friends as well as minders! We seem to have established a great rapport over the phone and the email. I am so pleased that someone gave me your name and URL.

Patricia, Vancouver Island, Canada. Sept 2005