Woman who kindly offered to house-sit during friends' honeymoon stunned after being asked for £300 to cover bills

A woman was left stunned after a couple she house-sat for invoiced her for bills
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Martin Coulter5 April 2018

A woman who house-sat for a hooneymooning couple was left baffled when asked her for £300 to cover the month's bills.

The sitter, who goes by the name of "HakeLively" online, turned to parenting forum Mumsnet for advice after receiving the request.

She wrote: "I house-sat for some friends and they've billed me!

"They live in a nice area of London; I do not. They've been away for a month-long honeymoon and asked if I'd flat-sit. I jumped at the chance because it's lovely there and much closer to where I work.

"I didn't eat their food. I didn't drink their wine. I cleaned before I left and changed their sheets for them. I left milk and fresh bread and a note saying thanks!

"Then this morning I got a message from them saying: 'Thanks for looking after the place. Alright if we ask for a donation to cover a few bills? Would £300 be okay?'

"I don't think if you ask someone to house-sit you get them to sub your bills - do you?"

The story provoked outrage online, with some branding the couple's actions "unbelievable" and "weird".

One commentator wrote: "They wouldn't be getting a penny out of me. We house-sat for my [Grandparents] for five weeks before. They paid us - not the other way around."

Another said: "This is such weird behaviour...They seem to be treating you as someone subletting their flat rather than keeping it safe for them. I can’t imagine what they are thinking!"

HakeLively told followers she was "itching" to respond to the couple but her partner had "gone all melty about it".

At the time of writing it is unknown if she paid the £300.

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