Porchlight

House sitting membership

The house is looked after.

Homeowners post the dates. Sitters are approved before they appear. Reviews stay on the record. Built for phones and Windows — install it from the browser.

Example card · not a live sitter

Parkhurst sit

Johannesburg · 12–18 Dec

Awaiting approval
  • Six nights, keys collected the evening before
  • Two cats, mail, and the lemon tree
  • Sitter stays listed only after a review history

Address and phone stay hidden until both sides hold an active membership.

01

Register

A name, a phone, and whether you own the house or sit it. Your sign-in is the account check.

02

Operator clears it

Sit requests and sitter profiles wait for approval. Nothing goes public by accident.

03

The record stays

Ratings, comments, and membership dates remain after the keys are returned.

Homeowners

Post dates, pet notes, and anything odd about the house. Each request is R100.00. Sitters see the city and the brief first.

Sitters

Your profile waits for an operator. Once it is live, and the membership is current, homeowners can find you and leave a star rating.

What it costs

Homeowners pay per posting on PayFast. Sitters pay monthly on PayFast. The money settles in the operator's PayFast account.

Homeowner

R100.00 per posting

Paid on PayFast when the request is submitted, then an operator approves it before it goes live.

Sitter

R 50 / month

Join the directory after an operator approves your profile, and read homeowner contacts.