I almost applied for a sit this morning, but then took a closer look at the house details
"You will have a lovely attic room with twin beds, or another room in the house, depending on guests or if friends or family might also be there. "
Then further down it suggested a voluntary contribution towards bills.
Feels really disappointing to see sits listed like this. Petsitting is work in exchange for a comfortable, private place to stay. Why would anyone think this is a fair exchange?
Please report this listing to support@trustedhousesitters.com @RR12345 & they should remove it. #alwaysonedodgysit
They must have not read the T&C 
I think some of the issue is down to THS marketing. Not enough emphasis on the exchange dynamic and too much on the āoh look, something for freeā.
@RR12345 This is against the third party policy .
New listings are supposed to be checked by THS before going live !!!
You can report to member services as @Cuttlefish has suggested and has given you the email address to use .( Member services donāt read the forum )
Odd but Iām reading that as though it implies if the sitter may have friends or family thereā¦?
And contribution stated up front is not against THS.
Where is the work part?
Personally I would not apply to a sit that asked for contributions or had any odd thrid partyā¦airbnbā¦type stuff but some sitters donāt mind and will apply.
Did this listing have previous sitters and how were the reviews?
I would say caring for an animal, watering someoneās garden is work?
Yes, maybe it means that and isnāt clear?
No thereās no reviews, itās a new profile.
I agree, that is what I read too.
Likewise, it reads to me that you might have family or friends in your party and sleeping arrangements might vary depending on that.
Interesting! Fair enough, there was another confusing line about an Airbnb, so perhaps thatās why I read it as unrelated guests to the sitter.
When we approach THS as an even exchange, I donāt think of the Pet Care and the house care as work. I think of it as living there as I would in my own house taking care of a pet and taking care of a house. Not trying to be difficult or be contrary itās just I donāt approach it when I house sit through this network as work
It was simply framing in the context of a fair exchange to be honest.
Me too 
@RR12345 - I find it confusing too, based on what you have written in your original post. It seems it can be read more than one way. Iād be interested in reading the full listing. 
(although asking for a contribution to bills would stop me applying, regardless of what was meant.)
I think itās ambiguous. I understood the sitter would be given the use of the attic or another room. I would phrase it differently if I meant the sitterās guests or family. I would say
āYou will have a lovely attic room with twin beds, and another room in the house, if your friends or family are visiting.ā
But I am not a native speaker so I may be mistaken.
You are not mistaken - this is certainly ambiguous. This wording has been written almost in shorthand, missing out āus, ourā or āyou, yoursā leading to assumptions.
Itās fuzzy and could be better written. I leaned toward the more generous interpretation, that the host isnāt saying that randomly their friends or family might be there during the sitterās stay.
Some hosts do mistakenly think itās OK to have a third party staying, but usually not random ones who might coincidentally turn up at the same time. But who knows for sure ā youād have to ask the host. There are hosts who have what seem like nutty expectations at times.
The problem is, it is Trusted Housesitters not Trusted Petsitters.
I think watering the garden would come under Housesitting and have no problem doing it.
I actually find watering quite therapeutic.
I donāt mind watering plants itās still a task though.
I have read some horror stories of sits for first-time HOs . I do take those sits but I generally do calls with folks before accepting a sit. So far, Iāve been lucky on new sits - in fact some of them have been the most welcoming. But the call is important!