I don’t see the problem. They rent out the house and if the renter is dog sitting they’ll get a discount…
Yeah, I’m not getting the issue with this one either. They’re renting out their house for $40 a night, which is nothing, if the people are willing to watch the dog. If I wanted to stay in that area for a month, that seems like an affordable way to do it as long as the dog sitting expectations aren’t excessive.
As someone else said, looking after people’s pets when they are on holiday is a job. They should pay you to do that, not you pay them.
You can pay people to pop round a few times a day to feed and walk the dog and then clean up after them. I’d imagine that adding an overnight stay to look after them would be more expensive too.
So they basically want you to pay them for the privilege of looking after their dog.
If you needed to stay in the area, and liked dogs, it’s a helluva deal.
You pay them rent on the place that you wanted in the first place, they pay you for dogsitting, it evens out to lower rent.
Obviously if you weren’t looking to rent a place, it would be a shit deal. But that’s not what this is about.
They could get someone to drop by and feed the dog a time or two a day for fairly cheap. Their house is apparently one they list on air b&b, and if wager for way more than $40 a night. So the pay is the giant reduction in cost. Financially, they would probably come out ahead if they put the dog in a kennel and rented out the house. Instead they’re offering something else.
Wouldn’t be desirable for everyone, but I bet there will be some who jump at it.
My reading was that the base price is $40/night, and there’s a further discount for dogsitting. This sounds like an amazing deal.
I wonder if some people are mad about this because they read it as “please come take care of my stuff, and pay me for it”. I read it as “Do you want to rent in the area? I am willing to give you a steep discount if you also take care of my dog.”
Yeah wtf this looks completely reasonable
I have no problem since it looks like they’re just renting out the place…until
we’d like someone to stay for at least a month while we were gone
This is basically requesting someone to take care of their house.
Usually you pay someone to look after your house and pets when you’re traveling for an extended period of time, not the opposite. I mean what if someone decided to rent the house for a month but said no to looking after the dog? They’d probably turn them down. They’re looking for a free petsitter under the guise of “reduced” rent.
The average pay for a house sitter is $50 to $100 per day visit or $100 to $150 to stay overnight, according to Thumbtack. The exact pay for a house sitter per day will vary depending on where you live, how many pets you have, how long the sitter visits, and whether or not they perform additional responsibilities while in your home, such as collecting mail and carrying goods inside.
https://brokerininsurance.com/home-maintenance/how-much-to-pay-a-house-sitter/
This looks like it should be the first post in a “choosingbeggars” lemmy community.
It’s for a church honey!
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People are seriously unbelievable. House sitting and dog sitting are both jobs 😭
Last dog/house sitting job I got paid what these people are demanding someone pays them… people can be deluded. Their lovely townhome is pretty rough looking too…
I never heard of the job “house sitting”…
It’s a thing- pick up the mail, make the house looked lived in to deter theft, etc
That’s something I ask a neighbor to do, not pay someone :').
Sounds like $40/night w/o dog, and $40 minus daily dog boarding cost/night with free dog. Depending on the local boarding cost, it might actually be free.
Under different circumstances it might make more sense. Like if it was for 8 months at a fraction of regular rent rates. But to try to get a house sitter for 1 month to pay you $40 a night? The balls…
Don’t people usually PAY a house sitter?? 🤔
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Hey, i made that Reddit famous, you can’t be stealing my biggest post.
I demand satisfaction via pistols at dawn!
Lol, I yield, I yield! You gotta repost that here. It’s one of the funniest things ever!
LOL!! Is ChoosingBeggars here yet?
