Money Matters
Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
How much to pay a housesitter?
How much would you pay per-day for a housesitter to live at your house (or at least stay over all day?) The person is a college student and their only responsibility would be to let the dog in/out and feed him twice a day? I've looked all over the internet and see a HUGE range, so I wondered what some of you do.
Re: How much to pay a housesitter?
My sister pays her housesitter to do basically the same thing you have above except she has two dogs (if that makes a difference) $25/day.
Depending on the area, my Mom lives in Northern Cali and she pays $40/day (she has a dog, cat and two goats). In Southern Cali I've paid $75/day to have someone spend the night, letting our two dogs out at night and in the morning.
But where you are I'm sure it's a lot cheaper.
When I was in college I used to do this for an adult co-worker on a regular basis & a few other people less frequently.
The one I house-sat for on a regular basis had 3 dogs and 5 cats that I had to care for. I was paid $50/day in rural south Georgia, but it was pretty involved and I had to change the HUGE litter box and scoop up big dog poop everyday. Not to mention, two of the dogs had strict dietary needs. However, I did get to spend the entire time at their nice house and eat whatever food I wanted (they always stocked up for me!)
The others usually paid me $20-$25 a day, but I didn't stay at their houses. I just had to go by there at least twice a day and check on/feed the doggies. They usually left me a tip though...in your situation I think this amount is fair. Most college students are just thrilled to have the extra cash, so I'm sure they'll be appreciative.
I agree, but you should discuss with the house sitter. Where does college student live in relation to the house? Is it worth it to them?
I house-sat one time, and the family lived rather far out from the City. They begged me to house-sit, and wanted me to stay there. I was young and stupid, so when they said they would 'pay me well' I didn't want to be rude and discuss a specific price.
Their version of 'well' wasn't even enough to cover my extra gas money due to driving an extra 50 miles/day.
I learned my lesson about establishing expectations up front!A Little Bird and a Monkey Butt
I work a full time job and dog/house sit on the side.
The first family I get paid $10/day for one dog and they provide me with groceries or grocery money. I stay at their house and enjoy all the amenities. I just need to give the dog one 20min walk a day. He's an older dog, and feed him 2x a day. He has a dog door to let himself out all day.
Another family has 6 dogs and I get $5/day per dog ($30/day) with groceries and all the amenities of the home. I'm not required to walk the dogs. I stay at their home too.
I live in West Central TX.
We pay $20/day for our dog sitter, but she doesn't stay at the house. She comes over 3 times per day, feeds the dogs 2x per day, takes them for walks, lets them out, plays with them, and cleans up any messes they happen to make. We have 2 dogs but she charges per day, not per dog, so it would be $20 even for just one dog.
She also brings in our mail, turns lights on/off to make it look like somebody is there, etc.
When I was a dog sitter I charged $25.00 for overnight stays. I live in northern Ohio. That was my weekend rate, my weekday rate ranged from $25.00-$35.00 depending on location. The reason for the difference is on the weekend, I could just stay at the clients house the whole weekend. During the week I needed to get to my regular job, if the location would add to my commuting cost (gas for being further away), then I would charge closer to the higher end of my range.
Now for our dog sitter, we paid him $20 a night, but because he didn't drive, so we made sure to have food in the house that he ate.