“We live in Sevenoaks in a terraced house with 3 bedrooms, one bathroom, living room, dining-kitchen and a long garden. We live walking distance to the town, we have a very close Park, Greatness Park and close to Knole Park!”
So someone is terribly disappointed when they arrive at their house sit, please read the description of the house and pets and not just look at the pretty pictures.
HO, maybe make sure your first picture is a reasonable image of your animals or home. And try to make it seasonal. How many times have you seen beautiful lush green gardens only to realise the sit is in January and it will all be covered in a foot of snow.
I was going through the new sits advertised and saw this picture. I could just imagine someone getting very excited and forgetting to read the advert.
At the moment my “castle” is a beautiful cabin on a remote island in Bocas del Toras, Panama. The picture is of a thunderstorm going through the jungle taken from the side veranda. I know……I’m a very lucky lady.
Yup, I saw that photo and thought “whoa!” and then realized it was a very poor choice as well.
There is no reason to post photos of tourist attractions in the area. Sitters are perfectly capable of looking these things up on our own. What we need to see is where we will be sleeping, living, eating, bathing, and the pets.
In fact, one of my first sits was in half of a split 19th C listed castle in Somerset - Enmore. The current structure is relatively new (according to Wikipedia, large parts of the original buildings were destroyed in the 1830s and 1930s). It was still a great sit with a pair of black labs and a pair of cats.
The half I sat in -
The original -
Of course we don’t want any misleading images on the site from owners or sitters, we are first and foremost TRUSTEDhousesitters, however the photo of the castle with a moat has created a lot of attention for this listing, even it’s own conversation thread on the forum … just saying.
I was a little concerned that a sitter saw the picture, didn’t read the description properly and thought that’s the HO house. Things like that seem to happen.
That tub would get my attention. It is interesting what pulls us as a first impression when often there is so much more hidden treasures to discover.
Sometimes adding a little something that is considered appealing is a plus even if it’s strange and unusual.
Which I am
