{"id":2480,"date":"2014-02-06T11:25:33","date_gmt":"2014-02-06T16:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runningahousehold.com\/?p=2480"},"modified":"2018-06-04T11:07:16","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T15:07:16","slug":"house-sitters-checklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runningahousehold.com\/?p=2480","title":{"rendered":"House Sitter&#8217;s Checklist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you planning to have someone watch your house while you&#8217;re away?\u00a0 If so, check out our House Sitter&#8217;s Checklist.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a chart for you to write down the items your house sitter needs to take care of.\u00a0 As the items are completed, your house sitter can make a check-mark in the box.\u00a0 When you come home, you&#8217;ll know exactly what has been completed.<\/p>\n<h3>What is a house sitter?<\/h3>\n<p>A house sitter is a person who comes to your house to take care of things while you&#8217;re away.\u00a0 It might be a family member, neighbor or friend.<\/p>\n<h3>What\u00a0can a house sitter do?<\/h3>\n<p>House sitters usually take care of some of the chores that need to be done, even though you&#8217;re not home.\u00a0 Here are a few examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Feed pets<\/li>\n<li>Bring in newspaper<\/li>\n<li>Pick up mail<\/li>\n<li>Put out trash cans<\/li>\n<li>Bring in trash cans<\/li>\n<li>Water plants<\/li>\n<li>Run pool filter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Printable\u00a0House Sitter&#8217;s Checklist<\/h3>\n<p>Below, you&#8217;ll find a sample of our House Sitter&#8217;s checklist.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/runningahousehold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/House-Sitters-Checklist-Sample.pdf\">House Sitters Checklist &#8211; Sample<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve also included a blank checklist for you to use.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/runningahousehold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/House-Sitters-Checklist.pdf\">House Sitters Checklist<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>How to use the House Sitter&#8217;s Checklist<\/h3>\n<p>After printing the House Sitter&#8217;s Checklist, fill in the days that you will be away.\u00a0 On our sample checklist, you will see we listed a full week: Saturday through Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Next, list the tasks that need to be completed every day that you are away.\u00a0 For example, &#8220;Feed Pets&#8221; will need to be done everyday.<\/p>\n<p>Then, list the tasks that need to be completed on certain days.\u00a0 If a task doesn&#8217;t need to be done on a certain day, then put an &#8220;X&#8221; in the box.\u00a0 On our sample checklist, we asked our house sitter to put out the trash cans on Tuesday.\u00a0 All of the other boxes on that line have an &#8220;X&#8221; to indicate this only needs to be done on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, there&#8217;s an area for you to write down important phone numbers.\u00a0 You may want to leave your cell phone number, the phone number of a neighbor, as well as the phone number of your 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