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House Sitters Legal Issues.

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Our house sitters legal agreement is 20 pages long! But if you would like to see a shorter summary of our house sitters terms of business please contact us.

 

 

We are not a house sitting agency, our clients deal with us directly, but we have a bona-fide limited company, Tomlin Developments Ltd, you can look us up at companies house.

Our house sitters limited company status means that we have proper professional house sitters public liability cover of up to £2m. Our registered company number is 04686315.

 

dog fast asleepCan I sue a bad house sitter?

They look innocent enough, but that smiley house sitter couple on the right might be as dodgy as a six-pound note! They're probably not, actually I think they're professional models from a stock photography agency! But seriously, how can you check a house sitters credentials without adequate house sitter references and police clearance?

Some house sitters act under casual arrangement, if anything goes wrong, it can be difficult to have any recourse in law.

Our terms of business cover important legal matters such as:

  • How much we charge for our house sitters services.

  • Liability for house sitting issues.

  • Competence to act as house sitters.

  • Termination of the house sitting contract.

 

But it's unlikely that anything will ever go wrong on a house sitting assignment, and the main purpose of the paperwork we fill out with our clients is to establish the clients' needs, along with those of the pets in the house too!

 

 

 

 

 

House Sitter Legal Matters.

Our house sitters agreement is a different document to our terms of business. It is incredibly comprehensive, having been constructed over five years of professional house sitter services.

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The basic areas covered are:

  • Access to and care of the client's premises.

  • Care of animals in terms of feeding habits, medication, exercise regimes, dog-walking routes, and general likes and dislikes.

  • Payment for costs of property maintenance, utilities and cleaning materials.

  • Gardening maintenance requirements, use of the ride-on mower, motorised gardening tool health and safety matters.

  • Gas and electricity meter locations.

  • Preferred tradespersons in the event of any plumbing or electrical issues.

  • Swimming Pool maintenance.

  • Refuse Collection arrangements.

  • In short, we cover the lot!!