How do I express my needs?
Go to this page of the website. There are two options open to you:
Publish your first advert for free: you will then be contacted directly by house-sitters interested in your stay offer, while keeping your anonymity protected. You can see examples of adverts on this page.
Browse house-sitter profiles: you can explore different profiles and contact the house-sitters of your choice to tell them about your search (this option is available to members subscribed to the Standard and Premium Plans). This solution is ideal if you are in a hurry or looking for a house-sitter near your home.
How much does it cost?
At Nomador, you don’t pay the house-sitters who come to look after your home and pets. House-sitting within the community is a service exchange where everyone finds value and enjoyment.
- House-sitters are delighted to discover new regions or countries while caring for animals. This exchange allows them to travel longer while saving on accommodation.
- In return, they provide a valuable service and help you save on pet care costs: they look after your home, ensure a reassuring presence, care for your animals, take them for walks, and may handle small gardening tasks.
Create your account: explore house-sitting freely
Creating an account allows you to publish a first stay and receive applications from house-sitters interested in your advert. These initial exchanges give you a chance to take your first steps within the community, and to decide freely whether you’d like to continue your experience on the platform.
Plan a stay and choose a subscription plan
Once you’ve found the trusted person to whom you wish to entrust your animals, you’ll be able to select the plan that best suits your needs. Stay planning is reserved for community members with an active subscription (Discovery, Standard or Premium Plan).
Our subscription plans
Discovery Plan (available for 3 months or 1 year)
- Allows you to publish stays and receive applications from house-sitters happy to care for your pets while you're away.
Standard Plan (includes Discovery Plan)
- Directly contact house-sitters whose profiles match your expectations
- Support from a dedicated team
- Standard Cancellation Service in case of unforeseen events
- Home Protection included if needed
Premium Plan (includes Standard Plan)
- 24-hour exclusive access for Premium members to apply to your stay
- Premium badge displayed on your profile
- Priority support, 7 days a week
- Premium Cancellation Service in case of unforeseen events
- Home Protection included if needed
Our plans are detailed on this page and will be suggested during your registration. All subscription plans renew automatically and can be cancelled at any time from the “My subscription” tab in your account.
How can I improve my chances of finding a house-sitter?
Take care about the way you write up your advert. Provide the right level of detail about your home, so that people will want to look after it. Put yourself in their shoes. Post photographs, respond to the questions asked about your home. Be precise about where your house is, what pets you have, and what things are of interest in your region. You can find more tips here.
What can I ask house-sitters to do?
A house-sitter keeps your home safe, looks after it and minds your pets. By definition a house-sitter enjoys free accommodation, and is therefore willing to help looking after it but it’s common sense and a matter of getting the balance right.
Home owners frequently ask house-sitters to do the following things:
- Mind pets or other animals (cats, dogs, horses…), take them out for walks, look after them and give them the same care as you would your own
- Minor garden maintenance: lawn mowing, watering flowers and the vegetable garden, looking after the swimming pool
- Picking up mail, checking there are visible signs of the house being lived in (lights on in the evening…)
- Inviting no one in except by home owner agreement
- Being careful about how long you spend out of the house, especially if there are pets or if the home owner wants the property occupied at nearly all times.
It’s not customary to ask house sitters to do things done by professional service providers, such as:
- Looking after a large number of animals requiring hours of care
- Looking after animals that are aggressive or require specialist veterinary care
- Doing DIY or major gardening jobs
- Doing the job of a regular groom looking after horses (cleaning out stalls, etc.)
- Watching a property round the clock (duty of a security firm)..
How do I update my advert, or add or delete photos?
Log in to your account, then click on your avatar at the top of the page and select My advert from the dropdown menu. You can then update or complete the "Needs and animals" and "Accommodation and Comfort" tabs, depending on the information you wish to edit.
To manage the photos of your advert, scroll to the bottom of the "Accommodation and Comfort" tab. Click the cross visible on each thumbnail to delete a photo, or click on Add an image to upload a new one.
Don’t forget to click the Confirm button at the bottom of each tab to save your changes.
Where can I find the list of my applicants and the messages that they've sent to me?
To find your list of applicants: click on "Your applicants" at the top of the page (to the left of your member name).
A useful function: if you click on the little heart on your applicants' photos, you can add them to your wishlist. This will save you time later on when you select the "Display your wishlist" function.
How can I modify the dates of my house-sit, or cancel a period?
Log in to your account, click on your avatar at the top of the page, then select My advert from the dropdown menu. Next, click on the My stay offers tab at the top of the page.
Your different stays will be displayed, listed from the soonest to the furthest in time. To make changes to one of your searches, simply click Edit this stay in the box corresponding to the relevant period.
You can then:
- adjust the dates,
- close the period to new applications,
- or delete the stay if needed.
How can I publish my advert for different periods of time?
Log in to your account, click on your avatar at the top of the page, then select My advert from the dropdown menu. In the Summary tab, click on the Create a new stay button, enter the dates of your search, then confirm.
To add more periods, click again on Create a new stay.
You can view and manage all your stays from the My stay offers tab.
How do I confirm the house-sit with the house-sitters of my choice?
Go to your discussion space, that lists the candidates you are in contact with. Open the chat space with your candidate. Click on box “Plan a housesit” at the top of the page. Confirm the dates, and save.
How do I cancel an agreement I made with house-sitters?
Go to the My stay offers tab of your advert, click on the Cancel scheduling button visible in the relevant stay.
This cancellation will be properly taken into account.
Important: Make sure the house-sitters involved clearly understand the situation. Contact them again by phone and via the platform’s messaging system to confirm the cancellation and avoid any misunderstandings.
How can I review my house-sitters at the end of the house-sit?
Once the house-sitters have left, an assessment form is posted to your account’s discussion space. Select the 3 badges which best represent the qualities of your house-sitters. If you wish, you can write up an endorsement, that they can post in their Profile.
A dissatisfied member may choose not to leave a reference. In such a case, the homeowner's or house-sitter's profile will bear the comment "X member(s) did not wish to leave a reference". This comment will be visible by other owners if they receive the house-sitter's application.