Paid house sitting jobs in Torquay's Victorian villas and harbour flats
Paid house sitting in Torquay can mean a Wellswood villa with a garden or a flat above the Rock Walk cliffs. House sitting in Torquay runs £30 to £48 per night, and you keep up to 90% of every booking.
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Local know-how pays off in Torquay
Torquay 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 owners travel
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 Torquay areas
Most bookings cluster Wellswood to St Marychurch. Owners look for sitters who know the area and can reach them without a long trip.
Breeds you will meet in Torquay
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.
Villas, flats and a resort calendar
Wellswood and the Lincombes in Torquay hold large Victorian villas with Italianate features. Paid house sitting there means staying overnight with the pets and keeping the home looked after. Post-war flats above the Rock Walk cliffs and harbour are the other end of the housing mix. Resort-town owners travel in school holidays and at Christmas.
Choose your services, set your own rates
Typical Petme rates in Torquay. You set your own price for each service, and keep up to 90% of every booking.
House sitting
£30 to £48 per night
Overnight boarding
£24 to £38 per night
Drop-in visits
£11 to £17 per 20 to 30 minute visit
Dog walking
£11 to £17 per 30 to 60 minute walk
Torquay areas you can cover
Wellswood and the Lincombes in Torquay hold large Victorian villas with Italianate features.
Built for sitters in Torquay
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.
Protected on every booking
£20,000 in Protection Plan comes with every confirmed booking, so you are never on the hook alone if something goes wrong.
House Sitting Jobs in Torquay
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Start earning in Torquay
Set your own rate. £20,000 Protection Plan on every booking, cashback that keeps your clients rebooking, and fast payouts to your bank.
