What our house minders say

A lot of our owners and minders do become good friends and many have returned to previous house sits for visits and stays. The community of Owners and Minders within HouseMinders is growing and it’s not uncommon to hear many of the stories like those below.

Student:
“HouseMinders provides an excellent service. I was looking for somewhere to stay during the university summer break and they found me an excellent assignment for 2 months looking after two cats in an inner city townhouse that suited me perfectly.”

Karen Roberts

Retirees:
“We wanted to spend some time closer to our grandchildren and contacted HouseMinders to see how they could help us. They found us a fabulous house for three months and all we needed to do was take good care of the garden and the owners’ dog. It gave us the break we needed at no cost to us.”

Deirdre and John Lewis

Newly arrived in Sydney:
“I had just moved to Sydney from the West and wasn’t sure where I wanted to live. HouseMinders enabled me to sample a few different suburbs in the general vicinity of where I needed to be and I finally found a place in my favourite suburb. With the money I’ve saved with HouseMinders, I’ve almost got the deposit I need for my own flat.”

Louise Davison

Renovators:
“John and I have needed to move out of our home while we built a major extension. We were not looking forward to renting another place while still keeping up our mortgage payments. Then we discovered Houseminders who found a place for us to mind, just a kilometre from our home. It’s saved us a fortune and allowed us to keep an eye on the renovations.”

Maria and John Sandelli

Engaged & saving for their own home:
We were saving for our wedding and first house and quite prepared to move frequently to save on rent. We had several houseminding assignments over the year and were able to really make an impact on our savings. During the short breaks in between we bunked in with our parents and friends.

Janelle Anderson and Kevin Gray

We wanted to experience real city life, and for us, HouseMinders provided the ideal solution. We were fortunate enough to be matched with a beautiful house in South Melbourne. We get to live here for six months and explore the area to see if it is the right location for us … It’s been such a positive experience so far and Oscar, the gorgeous cat we look after, reminds us so much of our old cat because they have such similar temperaments.

Ken and Tricia Eldridge