Paying a house/pet sitter. Does this sound okay?

[rszdtrvl]

My younger brother (23) is coming up to house sit and pet sit for us while we are at Disneyland next week.

He will be in charge of the house/pets for 6 days/5 nights. He will be staying overnight for 7 nights.

He requested Wrestlemania on pay-per-view (I believe it is on the 28th - cost is $60). Along with that we are planning on renting him a couple of video games, stocking up on munchies, and paying him $150.

Does that sound okay? He has never had a job, and still lives with my parents.

I don't want to be cheap, but don't want to over-pay either.

 

[casndan]

Sounds pretty good to me! Thats probably nicer than I'd be to one of my siblings.

 

[girli565]

I think that sounds great! I probably wouldn't pay my family anything aside from stocking the fridge/PPV movies and the video games, lol.

 

[HsvTeacher]

That sounds good to me.

We usually pay our dog sitter $25 a day. We also give him a little extra for gas and make sure the fridge and pantry are stocked with his favorite foods.

 

[rszdtrvl]

Thanks! I feel a lot better about the amount.

I am very high-strung when it comes to my pets. We have 2 Beagles and a cat, and I can be neuroic about their care.

He will have a friend over for the weekend too.

Thank you all so much!

 

[jakoky]

Hi there, my almost 19 yr old dd just finished her third dog or cat/housesitting job in the last month...1 of them was 2 wks, 3 days and they prepaid her 100 dollars before they left( 1 cat) but got home and said the house was way too clean and she hardly touched the food , so they went and got her a 50 dollar gift card for one of her favourite stores...the next job (2 cats), she was there 4 nights and made 70 dollars ( too much )...that same day she started her next one ( 1 dog ) and was there 3 nights and made 40 dollars...

I am having a tough time with this summer...normally our dog goes to my parents...well, they got a new puppy and my dog isnt very happy about this...she is 7 and the puppy drives her crazy...my mom will come here and watch our dog, but it may be for 12 days...i thought of getting my niece ( to save her from her stepmom, they dont get along)...my niece is 18 and is just finishing her first year of college and moving home for summer...my parents think i am crazy, because my mom will do it for free of course...so do i pay her, or take the free road (being on the budget board i think i know my answer )

anyways, my daughter was happy with all the amounts she made...really, petsitting/housesitting is easy for an animal lover, which she is...she works a lot, so this money was just extra spending for her...and she really appreciated all the money she made!!!

 

[luvsmickeymouse]

Sounds great to me!

 

[Sgt Mickey]

 

[bettymae1121]

Sounds good. I'm paying my best friend to come stay with my dog next month, $180 for 8 days, plus a stocked fridge. I'm doing her a favor, she's unemployed and lives at home with her mother while she tries to get back on her feet...and her mother is driving her nuts (she deeply appreciates the free crash pad, but they still get on each other's nerves...). So I'm giving her a "paid" vacation of sorts! It's about half what the kennel would run, so we both come out ahead.

 

[littlbugmom]

My younger brother (23) is coming up to house sit and pet sit for us while we are at Disneyland next week.

He will be in charge of the house/pets for 6 days/5 nights. He will be staying overnight for 7 nights.

He requested Wrestlemania on pay-per-view (I believe it is on the 28th - cost is $60). Along with that we are planning on renting him a couple of video games, stocking up on munchies, and paying him $150.

Does that sound okay? He has never had a job, and still lives with my parents.

I don't want to be cheap, but don't want to over-pay either.

With the cost of a pay-per-view and several game rentals, you're paying him over $200. To do hang out at your house and feed the animals. I think it's plenty. If he had to drive to and from your house to get to work every day, I might consider gas but he doesn't work. Does he go to school? He must, right? Because you said he's never had a job. Will he have to travel to and from your house to go to classes and is it farther than he'd have to drive from his parent's house?

 

[la_la]

That is way more than we paid my brother or DH's cousin (seperate times), so I would say that he's getting a pretty great amount!!!

 

[rszdtrvl]

With the cost of a pay-per-view and several game rentals, you're paying him over $200. To do hang out at your house and feed the animals. I think it's plenty. If he had to drive to and from your house to get to work every day, I might consider gas but he doesn't work. Does he go to school? He must, right? Because you said he's never had a job. Will he have to travel to and from your house to go to classes and is it farther than he'd have to drive from his parent's house?

No he does not go to school. He has graduated from college (2-year) already.

His life is a long story. Needless to say, he is having a horrible time getting a job.

We will be picking him up on Thursday and taking him back a week later on the following Thursday.

Plus, he is having a friend over to the house over the weekend (the friend is still in college, so he will need to go back home on Monday).

Due to his situation, I would much rather over-pay a bit rather than under-pay.

I know he will appreciate the break from my parents house. If I had to live at home at his age, I never would have survived it.

 

[Rosiekins]

I think that sounds good. I get a little more then that when I pet sit but it involves 2 walks a day, pooper scooping (Blah DH does it lol) and we buy most of our own food. I do for the family I nanny for so it is always in place of work. I also live in MA where everything is more expensive, I grew up in WA though Ferndale right up there by Canada. I think for a relative, with video games and PPV 150 is perfect.