EST 1999 Happy House Sitters is a house sitting website dedicated exclusively for house and pet sitting in Australia.
An Australian family owned and run business, owners Ruth and Malcolm Myers are a Melbourne based couple.
On first meeting they enjoyed the benefits of house sitting for a number of years. At the time, the world-wide-web was in it's infancy and value-exchange model of house sitting as a free service was just getting started. And so it was that Ruth and Malcolm decided to create a user-friendly platform for Australian home owners and renters to connect with house and pet sitters.
Now 23 years later, Happy House Sitters have accumulated a loyal following. They are renown for being as one of the best websites for house and farm sitting Australia.
BEST FEATURES
BEST FEATURE 1: Happy House Sitters customer service is rated as one of the best of any house sitting website on the planet.
Co-owner Ruth takes calls 8am to 8pm EST 7 days a week.
A real person, Ruth cannot always answer callers when they ring, in which case people are asked to leave a message.
Ruth responds to messages promptly, within a few hours.
To be able to speak with a person in this day and age is rare.
To be able to speak with the owner of the business is remarkable!
BEST FEATURE 2: House Sitters' profiles shows the Preferred Locations in which they're seeking houses to sit.
All house sitting websites ask house sitters to specify the Location/s where they want to house and pet sit. But few extend their Location search parameters to include Towns and Suburbs within an area.
By giving house sitters the ability to drill down to specify areas within a locality is a great help to home owners searching for house sitters who want to sit in their town or suburb.
The result is home owners are less likely to waste time contacting house and pet sitters who have no interest in 'sitting' where they live. And house sitters don't have to tell home owners that they're not interested.
THE BENEFIT: This feature helps home owners identify and contact house and pet sitters who want to sit where they live, and saves both parties time, effort and angst.
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UNIQUE FEATURE
UNIQUE FEATURE 1: Happy House Sitters give house sitters the option to suspend their membership when not in use.
This unique feature is purrfect for people who do not want to 'sit' in Australia for a period of time. For example, they may decide to travel overseas, or rent for a while.
Many house sitting websites have a Suspend Membership feature that allows house sitters to put their membership on hold. But Happy House Sitters is the ONLY platform in the world that allows members to pause, then restart, their annual membership.
This means a 12 month house sitter membership may extend to 2, 3 even 4 years!
There is no limit to how many times, or for how long, a house and pet sitter can suspend their membership.
THE BENEFIT: The annual fee paid to join Happy House Sitters can potentially last for years!
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MEMBERSHIP FEES
MEMBERSHIP FEE for HOUSE SITTERS
Happy House Sitters offer house sitters three levels of membership AND the option to pay either in full, or by monthly installments.
| 4 MONTHS | 12 MONTHS | 18 MONTHS |
| $59 p.a OR $14.75 per month | $69 p.a OR $5.75 per month | $79 p.a OR $4.38 per month |
| FEATURES | FEATURES | FEATURES |
| Receive real time or daily email alerts | Receive real time or daily email alerts | Receive real time or daily email alerts |
| Apply for UNLIMITED house sitting jobs, Australia-wide | Apply for UNLIMITED house sitting jobs, Australia-wide | Apply for UNLIMITED house sitting jobs, Australia-wide |
| Home owners can search for your profile | Home owners can search for your profile | Home owners can search for your profile |
| Home owners can message house sitters | Home owners can message house sitters | Home owners can message house sitters |
| N.A. | House sitters can suspend their account when not in use. | House sitters can suspend their account when not in use. |
HOME OWNERS & RENTERS join for FREE
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