I am still in shock and I had sleeping difficulties after my last sitter. I would like other owners advices to see if I am overreacting. We had a plenty of 5 stars reviews’ pet sitter for a week over Chirstmas. When we did the interview, I thought we left it clear how important it was for us to b…

Yes, I agree it was not a good match. For the last three years, it worked perfectly because the sitter had no one else here. So, I learned my lesson for next time, and I will be careful how to mention that in my review, if I do. Pd: The dent was made in the recently changed and brand-new bathroom d…

In fact, she was the sixth. Three of them stayed over for two months, and one repeated. So we used THS seven times since 2022. We never had a house sitter having an issue with the washer, even when most of them were younger. One house sitter broke the glass of a window, but it didn’t affect us this …

Thank you! :smiling_face_with_tear: I really need to hear that. The “what could have happened” really hit me hard and I felt in this forum no body showed empathy or validated my feelings of “is normal to feel upset or scared” but rather emphasize in me mentioning her housekeeping skills or in our ex…

[image] BonnyinBrighton: We assumed the sitter who had agreed to a particular pet care schedule would honour this, and we’re disappointed that they didn’t, so we’ve lost trust I love that! :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:Thank you, I will use it

[image] Cuttlefish: also left a dryer on which could have caused a fire. Fortunately this didn’t happen. I think we need add that in the “house rules” it was mentioned not to do. As a HO I need to know my rules are going to be respected.

Oh I’m sorry I’ve somehow got the impression this was your first experience of THS. I’ll track back to see why I got this impression…

Ok I think I understand now. It’s quite challenging to understand exactly what happened but I’ve got it now: the sitter who was expected to be sensible mature self sufficient etc (your expectations based on age/profession/their profile) and who had previously agreed to a somewhat unusual schedule (b…

You are right to the poin! This is exactly how I feel. I am not sure about the member dispute. I need more participants oppinions on that. I felt my feelings on what happened to me had been a bit belittle and unvalidated by some housitter in this threat and made me insecure about stronger measure…

[image] Bella77: I felt in this forum no body showed empathy or validated my feelings as a house owner, I would have appreciated to have read some of the flows of this sitter before we had chosen her; reading and following the “house rules” in our opinion, is a big one. I dont get the impres…

It’s a language/tone/phrasing/emphasis thing. So I’m hoping my précis adds clarity for others too, as it certainly wasn’t clear to me anyway. The point is no HO needs to have this sitter tricking them in the future…

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