@kgraftenreed I don’t see that it is any of the home owner’s business where the sitter lives when not sitting or whether they store the contents of their car in the house as long as they take it with them when they leave. The important thing is whether the pets and house are well cared for.
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Exactly!!! There are no guarantees that people wont lie. nor that someone wont publish things in their reviews that you consider personal or private. Weather it’s that the HS lives in a van or the HOs are divorced and need to be updated to two different phone nrs.
If that’s something you feel infringes on your privacy, perhaps THS isn’t the right plataform for you, because things might come to light that you might prefer not to be mentioned.
In my case, my HOA has very strict rules about vehicles parked overnight. They don’t allow vans with no windows in the side, converted minivans, pickup trucks, campers, campervans, RV’s, or any other vehicles that can be used for living or work. For this reason, it can’t be considered as a personal question since they simply call a tow truck. They only give a warning with a sticker in the window. I think it would be cheaper to provide the information upfront without being asked, but as someone wrote earlier, perhaps there are things that both, HS and HO need to experience to learn from.
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This is as legit as any other preference. I personally dont mind and I had some homeless HS. One was living from friend to friend, the other lived temporary in the hotel where she worked and both told me with no problem their living situation, but a car converted in home is something that my HOA doesn’t allows and better the HS tells me before the tow truck tows it away.
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One day you will realize that it is the HO business, when the Car/home is towed away for not being allowed to overnight in the premises. In my comunity the neighbors call the HOA right away when they see someones was or is living in one of the cars.
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I think you’ve confused me with someone else, because your comment makes no sense to me.
Tangentially, I’ve decided to quit THS after my latest sit is done for reasons that have nothing to do with this thread.
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Sorry to hear that, @Maggie8K ; I enjoy your contributions here. 
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@MerryPuppins Yes, I do too. All the best going forwards @Maggie8K 
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@Bella77 the sitter lives in the house while petsitting, not in their car. No one actually lives IN the car, they just keep their belongings in it. I’m guessing you may be American, but that is the case in the UK, Europe and Australasia.
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How about my recumbent bicycle? I have done a petsitting tour of England “living out of my panniers”, would that be a problem with your HOA? They seem extremely fussy. Is there a dress code too?
And really no access to the pool when it is hot??? Yes, I might have asked that three times, and I might have gotten exasperated.
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If that’s the case, then it makes total sense why someone would move all of their stuff into your home while sitting, if they typically live out of their car or have many belongings in there.
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So at what point does one move from being “homeless” to being “nomad”. This is a philosophical question. If we have two people, one has lost their home, other has given it away freely. They both live at a friends place and hostels for a month. Then they start THS. They spend 9/10 days at sits, and the 1/10 at friends or hostel. After one year, does their starting position still define if they are homeless or nomad? What if the homeless was homeless for a year before finding out about THS? How many back to back sits before they no longer are homeless in your books?
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Exactly!!! There are no guarantees that people wont lie. nor that someone wont publish things in their reviews that you consider personal or private. Weather it’s that the HS lives in a van or the HOs are divorced and need to be updated to two different phone nrs.
If that’s something you feel infringes on your privacy, perhaps THS isn’t the right plataform for you, because things might come to light that you might prefer not to be mentioned.
Sorry that something happens that is making you quitting
When any possible sitter with a car/home parked in my community get her/his car towed for not being transparent, she/he will have just ONE mayor problem and will reconsider if that was personal information or something you need to be disclose upfront to avoid this situation. This is the way it is in our HOA. We all, owners or rentalls need to follow the rules and it’s one of the things asked in the interview before we move in. Once a neighbor see a bed in a car, they call the administration right away.
Mention it in your listing.
Personally, I would prefer to live in a “bad neighbourhood”.
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I am European living in America. I know that in Europe that’s not a problem I have another home there. Here in Florida, most of the communities (gated or not) have HOA’s with strict rules. In mine, neighbors have call the management on me just for parking MY motorcicle in MY own parking lot for some minutes. They dont allow neither vehicles used for living or work (seen any indication that a car is used as living would be a reason to call the management). Every country has different rules, what for some might feel like personal information, for others need to be disclosed upfront to avoid penalties.
I am sorry you feel that way, I felt the same when I was called on the management by some eighbor for parking my motorcycle in my own private parking lot for some min. When you go to a foreign place, you need to accept the rules or rather stay where you are.
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I dont care what the sitter move into my home, as long as no HOA rules arnt broken, my pets not felt affected and our property and personal belongings not damaged. Some converted cars have bild in beds that can’t be taken apart for just a couple of days or weeks. That alone would be an issue for the HOA and, to avoid penalties, need to be disclosed upfront. I hope, that (even if this is anoying and disturbing for some of you) this help someone to make better decisions about what should be disclosed or not. These arent my rules, nor it is the only HOA that do that. I am only the messenger.
If I own a house in your community and fancy to have a bed in my car, can´t I park my car in a designated (specially for me) parking spot?
If I do, then, I think the sitter needs too. If they hide that information from me, why should I disclosed that one either? I should but you not? Is that fair?
At the end of the day is for your convenience and you the one that need to ask if it is allowed or deal with the consequences
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