Your house sitting side gig in Chicago

You choose the areas of Chicago you cover, and owners in those areas send you booking requests. Nothing is assigned to you across town. Set your coverage to the streets you can actually reach, and decline anything outside them.

You pick which services to offer, so dog walking alongside house sitting is normal. Each carries its own rate that you set, and you can switch one off without touching the other. Most sitters in Chicago start with one and add a second once the calendar fills.

If you want the work, this is the right page: you set the rate for house sitting in Chicago and take the requests that suit you. If you want to hire, the owner search by address is where to look.

House sitting on Petme in Chicago runs $45 to $80 per night. You set your own nightly rate, and with sitter cashback you keep up to 90% of every booking.

Yes. Petme recruits sitters across Chicago year-round, from Lincoln Park to Wicker Park, and owners send booking requests directly to sitters in their area. There is no vacancy list to wait on: you create a profile, set the areas you cover, and accept the requests you want.

No. Petme sitters must be 18 or over, so under-18s cannot take bookings yet. From 18 you can start without formal experience: you need a smartphone with the Petme app, to pass ID verification, and a profile that describes the pets you have cared for, including your own.

It fits part-time schedules well because you are self-employed: no assigned shifts, no minimum hours, and you set your own rate. Many Chicago sitters take a few bookings a week around a job or studies and scale up or down as their calendar allows.

You stay in the owner's home and keep their pet's routine: feeding, walks, play, and company overnight, plus basics like mail and plants if asked. Owners book it so their pet stays in familiar surroundings while they travel.

With house sitting you go to the owner's home; with boarding the pet comes to you. House sitting suits pets that do better in their own space, and it is billed per night the same way.

Yes. You review each home and pet, arrange a meet first if you want, and accept or decline. You set your nightly rate and your available dates, whether the home is in Lincoln Park or Wicker Park. No assigned bookings and no minimum nights.

Every confirmed Petme booking, including house sitting, includes $22,000 in Protection Plan for the pet in your care, at no cost to you or the owner. The same cover applies whether you stay in Lincoln Park or Wicker Park.

Boarding peaks over the winter-holiday travel window and the June-to-August vacation stretch; daily lunchtime walks run steady year-round for downtown and North Side commuters. That pattern shapes house sitting bookings in Chicago across the year. December through March brings sub-zero wind chills, lake-effect snow, and heavy road salt along the Lakefront Trail.

No formal qualification is required. You need to be 18 or over, have a smartphone with the Petme app, and pass ID verification. Experience helps you win your first house sitting bookings in Chicago, so it is worth describing the pets you have looked after, including your own, on your profile.

Owners in Chicago mostly keep Labrador, Goldendoodle, French Bulldog, German Shepherd, rescue mixes. Saying on your profile which of those you have stayed with helps owners choose you, because most are looking for someone already comfortable with their dog's size and energy.