20 days in October 2026 in South Yorkshire

REQUIRED: house sitting experience and references we can check. We're going to be away from around 9th to 28th October. We need someone who is happy to arrive here on the evening of Thursday 8th October to stay in the house with our two dogs (ageing Border Collie and young Boxer cross), and our two cats, until our return. Be a good friend to our pets, keep them safe, take the dogs for walks in a lovely park just a couple of minutes away. One dog is old so she needs just one leisurely walk each day. The other dog is very young and needs plenty of exercise, so she needs two walks. Take care of the house and keep it secure and tidy. Make sure our dogs are not left alone for more than 4-5 hours maximum. We have an old Edwardian terraced house not far from the city centre in Doncaster. There's a spacious guest bedroom with kingsize bed, a good kitchen, dining room and living room. There's a small rear garden, and we have fibre broadband and central heating. On-street parking, with easy bus and car access to the city and the A1/M1 motorways, and other interesting local towns within a shortish drive. York is just an hour's drive away, and Scarborough is similar. We're a very short taxi ride, or a twenty-minute walk away from the train station. Need to be prepared to spend most of the time with the dogs, i.e. not being out and about for more than 4-5 hours at a time. We need someone who isn't going to be out all day and in the evenings as well. No, sorry.

Be a good friend to our pets, keep them safe, take the dogs for walks in a lovely park just a couple of minutes away. One dog is old so she needs just one leisurely walk each day. The other dog is very young and needs plenty of exercise, so she needs two walks. Take care of the house and keep it secure and tidy. Make sure our dogs are not left alone for more than 4-5 hours maximum. We have an old Edwardian terraced house not far from the city centre in Doncaster. There's a spacious guest bedroom with kingsize bed, a good kitchen, dining room and living room. There's a small rear garden, and we have fibre broadband and central heating. On-street parking, with easy bus and car access to the city and the A1/M1 motorways, and other interesting local towns within a shortish drive. York is just an hour's drive away, and Scarborough is similar. We're a very short taxi ride, or a twenty-minute walk away from the train station. Need to be prepared to spend most of the time with the dogs, i.e. not being out and about for more than 4-5 hours at a time. We need someone who isn't going to be out all day and in the evenings as well. No, sorry.