Christine Estima is a full-time house-sitter who travels globally while working as a writer. Driven by rising apartment costs in Toronto, she pivoted to house-sitting more regularly after the pandemic, leveraging her strong profile built from community recommendations since beginning in 2005. Estima highlights that with proper planning and communication, she can explore diverse lives across various locations, and sees this lifestyle as a new form of wealth — luxury in a rootless existence defined by freedom and experiences rather than material possessions.
As a writer, you can work from anywhere. So long as there's WiFi and a cup of coffee, you can make it work.
I started house-sitting in 2005 informally, and when broke in Europe, I turned to a house-sitting site for financial relief.
After the pandemic, I realized that renting in Toronto was unattainable and leveraged house-sitting resources to find rent-free living.
My house-sitting profile grew with five-star references, allowing me to explore cities like Montreal while living rent-free.
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