Meet the woman avoiding paying crazy London rental prices by house sitting for strangers and looking after their cats. Ruby Frances, 24, moved to the city in July 2022.
For the first two months she managed to avoiding paying any rent by house sitting for free during her first two months in the city - saving £1,350 a month. The web development graduate, who is originally from Wellington, New Zealand, realised she couldn’t afford to live alone in the capital but wanted to move so she could start hunting for a job.
After seeing a video on TikTok about house sitting, she joined Facebook groups and was recommended a website called Trusted House Sitters - where she set up a profile to find places to stay. Ruby has house sat in five different homes since coming to the UK.
