Pet & house sitting in York
I’m Tamara. I stay overnight in your house and look after your animals there — the same person every time, in the home they already know.
Overnight in your home
£50a night
Extra pets · visits
£25 a night each · visits £15 / £22 £25 · £15 / £22
Send your dates, your postcode and what animals you have. Nothing is confirmed until we’ve met at your house.
No car journey, no cattery, no strange smells.
Your dog sleeps in the spot he sleeps in every other night. Your cat keeps her own windows and her own hiding places. I come to them instead, and while I’m there the post gets picked up, the bins go out and the house looks lived in.
I don’t offer dog walking on its own, daycare, or boarding at my house.
I stay in your house overnight and your animals keep their normal routine. Walks are included in an overnight dog sit. The rate covers one pet; each additional pet is £25 a night. Bank holiday nights start at £60.
Long enough for a proper walk, medication, or company for a dog who shouldn’t be on his own all day.
Feed, fresh water, litter tray, toilet break, ten minutes of attention. Suits most cats twice a day.
Same prices every day of the week, except bank holidays.
The person coming to your door
I’ve been pet sitting through Rover for over a year, around York and the villages near it, and I have genuine reviews from those bookings.
I live with Skye, a golden retriever, and Charlie, a long-haired cat with strong opinions about the bed. Mud, wet towels, litter trays and a dog who thinks 8pm is breakfast are all part of my morning before work starts.
When I’m at your house, I’m at your house. There is no team and no rota, so the person you meet is the person who turns up.
“Tamara was wonderful with Maude. I came home to a happy, healthy pup…”
Five steps, in this order. Nothing is held until step five, and there is no online booking — I won’t commit to an animal I haven’t met.
“Listened to everything we asked, very responsive on messages…”
Dates, postcode, and what animals you have.
Routines, access, and whether I’m the right fit for your animals.
A free meet and greet in the house I’d be staying in, before anything is booked.
Feeding, walks, medication, your vet, and who to contact if something happens.
I send a Square invoice; the agreed deposit secures the booking.
Agreed in writing before your first night.
How I get in, and how that access comes back to you afterwards, is agreed with you before the booking rather than left to the day. Your keys and your home are treated as carefully as the animals are.
Your vet’s details, your emergency contact and who can authorise treatment are agreed in writing before the booking. If something happens I follow what we agreed and get hold of you or your nominated contact, so nobody is improvising from an airport.
You get regular photos and messages, and we agree how often you want them before you go. If your cat has spent the day under the bed, I’ll tell you that rather than sending a picture of an empty sofa.
Hours I’m in the house
Arrival and departure times are agreed with you before the booking, and written into the care notes.
One named person
A sole trader, not an agency. There is no other sitter to send in my place.
Drop-in visits within about five miles of York, because two visits a day only works if I can get between them. Overnight stays reach further out, up to about fifteen miles.
Visits and overnights
York, Acomb, Clifton, Fulford, Heslington, Bishopthorpe, Huntington, Rawcliffe, Poppleton, Haxby, Copmanthorpe, Dunnington
Overnights, further out
Strensall, Stamford Bridge, Tadcaster, Easingwold, Pocklington, Wetherby
Further out than that, ask anyway. There’s no travel surcharge — it depends on what else is in the diary that week.
Yes. An overnight sit means I sleep there. We agree my arrival and departure times before the booking and write them into the care notes.
During an overnight sit, yes — walks are part of it. I don’t take walking on its own, and I don’t run daycare or board dogs at my house.
Plenty do. I still do everything — food, water, litter, medication — and I check what’s been eaten between visits. If I haven’t seen her, I’ll say so rather than pretend.
As early as you can for school holidays, Christmas and bank holidays, since those dates go first. Short notice is always worth asking about.
Dates, your postcode, and what animals you have. If I’m not free I’ll say so straight away rather than leaving you waiting.
What happens next
I reply to say whether the dates are free.
We talk, then I come to your house to meet you and your animals.
Nothing is confirmed until after that.