The home-based answer to overnight kennel work in Basingstoke
Overnight care is what Basingstoke owners come looking for, and the estates around Chineham and Hatch Warren are full of the houses that can provide it. Hosting at home turns that into bookings you choose one by one. Home dog boarding in Basingstoke runs £28 to £45 per night, and you keep up to 90% of every booking.
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Local know-how pays off in Basingstoke
Basingstoke has a wet maritime climate with rain spread across the year, frosty spells in winter, and short winter days that leave a narrow window of daylight. Walkers who carry a raincoat and a towel, plan sheltered routes on the wettest days, and hold their slots through the drizzle keep the regulars that fair-weather walkers lose.
When demand peaks
Demand peaks over the summer holidays and across Christmas and New Year, with a second wave on the February, May and October half-terms and the bank-holiday weekends. Boarding and house sitting lead when owners travel; walking, daycare and drop-in visits carry the commuting week.
Know your Basingstoke areas
Most bookings cluster Chineham to Brighton Hill. Owners look for sitters who know the area and can reach them without a long trip.
Breeds you will meet in Basingstoke
Owners here mostly keep Labrador Retriever, Cocker Spaniel, French Bulldog, Staffordshire Bull Terrier. Knowing how those breeds behave, and saying so on your profile, is what turns a first booking into a repeat client.
The home-based answer to overnight kennel work
People in Basingstoke searching for overnight kennel jobs want the same thing home boarding offers: dogs to look after through the night, paid per stay. The difference is where it happens. In home boarding the dog comes to your house in Kempshott or Brighton Hill, sleeps as part of the household, and there is no yard, no shift rota and no drive to a site. The town helps too. It is a business-park town on the M3 with fast trains to Waterloo, so some owners are away on weeknights for work as well as in the summer holidays, and the estates ringing the centre come with the gardens owners look for.
Looking for kennel jobs? This is home boarding instead
Petme does not hire kennel staff and has no kennel sites to work at. Boarding here means hosting dogs in your own home as a self-employed sitter.
Dogs stay in your home
You look after the dogs yourself, in your own home rather than a kennel block. You choose which bookings to accept and how many dogs you take at a time.
Self-employed, no rota
There are no shifts and no staff positions. You set your nightly rate and keep up to 90% of each booking.
Check licensing first
In England, boarding other people’s dogs at your home as a business generally needs a council licence. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland run their own schemes. Petme does not issue licences, so check with your local council before you take your first booking.
Choose your services, set your own rates
Typical Petme rates in Basingstoke. You set your own price for each service, and keep up to 90% of every booking.
Home dog boarding
£28 to £45 per night
Doggy daycare
£20 to £32 per day
Drop-in visits
£12 to £19 per 20 to 30 minute visit
Dog walking
£12 to £19 per 30 to 60 minute walk
Basingstoke areas that book the most
People in Basingstoke searching for overnight kennel jobs want the same thing home boarding offers: dogs to look after through the night, paid per stay.
Built for sitters in Basingstoke
Keep up to 90%
You set your rate. Petme keeps a low service fee, and you keep up to 90% of every booking.
Full schedule control
No assigned shifts and no minimum hours. Accept or decline each request and pause your profile whenever you need to.
Protection Plan for eligible vet costs
Owners booking through Petme have the Protection Plan, up to £20,000 for eligible vet costs, subject to its terms.
Dog Boarding Jobs in Basingstoke
What new sitters ask before signing up on Petme in Basingstoke.
Which service gets more requests in Basingstoke, dog boarding or doggy daycare?
How much can I earn boarding dogs at home in Basingstoke?
Can I choose which dogs I host in Basingstoke?
What protection do I get on home boarding bookings?
How is home boarding different from a boarding kennel?
Do I need a garden to board dogs in Basingstoke?
When does home dog boarding peak in Basingstoke?
Are there overnight kennel jobs in Basingstoke?
Do I need a licence to board dogs at home in Basingstoke?
Start earning in Basingstoke
Set your own rate. Protection Plan up to £20,000, cashback that keeps your clients rebooking, and fast payouts to your bank.
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