Asking your neighbor to watch your house in your absence should not be too much of a big deal when you both have a cordial relationship. As long as you have a good level of trust in such a neighbor you should feel free to ask for a simple favor as your house is being watched.
This article consists of the twenty best ways to ask your neighbor to watch your house while you are away. You will be getting a big YES from a place of love if you take your time to study this article and use your words wisely.
20 Best Ways to Ask Your Neighbor to Watch Your House.
- Can you please be the guardian angel of my apartment?
- Can you spare a little of your time to help look after my house?
- Kindly help me watch out for the delivery of my heart desires while I’m away.
- Be a brother’s keeper and look after my house in my absence
- I shall be out of town for a few days, I’d appreciate it if you watch over my house occasionally.
- I need a sitter, not a babysitter but a housesitter as I would be away from home for a couple of days.
- How much will you charge as security? I need you to keep an eye on my house for the next five hours.
- Can you watch my house as a return of favor for all the times I assisted you in one way or another?
- It will give me so much peace to know that a neighbor I trust has a watch on my little space. Do you mind helping me fill that role?
- This house is all that I have, I humbly beseech that you help me watch out for anything while I go on this trip.
- Please say yes to being the protector of my little sanctuary.
- Can you be the watchman who will not sleep nor slumber over my house as I embark on this journey?
- I know how much you love pizza and sandwiches, and I see them delivered to you now and then, please watch my house while I step out and I will cover for your favorites for at least three days.
- Are you free to watch my house while I go on this date tonight?
- I have a proposal, let’s take turns keeping an eye on each other’s house.
- I trust you with everything in me and was hoping you could keep an eye on my house while I’m out of town for a few days.
- You have been the best neighbor anyone would ask for. Please, my dear neighbor, do well to look after my house with your kindness while I step out for a couple of days.
- What can I do to make you watch my house for a day?
- I have an urgent call to attend to please put an eye on my house while I sort myself out.
- My lock just got bad, please watch my house while I go get someone to fix it immediately.
1. Can you please be the guardian angel of my apartment?
One simple and effective way to ask your neighbor to watch your house is by comparing the task you are giving them to something divine.
Ask that he or she be the guardian angel of your house as you travel or go on that vacation and watch him or her say yes with everything in them.
- Hey there! Can you please be the guardian angel of my apartment?
2. Can you spare a little of your time to help look after my house?
Be courteous and acknowledge that it will require time out of your neighbor’s schedule to watch your house. Asking if they can spare a bit of their time sounds like good etiquette and will fetch you a yes from the depths of their hearts.
- Please neighbor, can you spare a little of your time to help look after my house?
3. Kindly help me watch out for the delivery of my heart desires while I’m away.
If you are expecting any delivery of something you ordered or what someone sent you and you wouldn’t be available to receive it, then you can humbly ask your neighbor to help you receive it while you communicate with the delivery company about someone else standing in to receive your delivery.
- Kindly help me watch out for the delivery of my heart desires while I’m away my friend.
4. Be a brother’s keeper and look after my house in my absence.
One way to ask your neighbor to watch your house is by telling him or her to be a brother’s keeper in your absence. Here, your neighbor will be more willing to help because you requested that he become your keeper.
- Do you mind being a brother’s keeper and looking after my house in my absence, you know I wouldn’t mind doing the same if you need me to, right?
5. I shall be out of town for a few days, I’d appreciate it if you watch over my house occasionally.
Be honest and tell your neighbor how long you intend to be away, also express how grateful you will be if he or she accepts to watch your house.
- Betty, I shall be out of town for a few days, I’d appreciate it if you watch over my house occasionally.
6. I need a sitter, not a babysitter but a housesitter as I would be away from home for a couple of days.
It sounds funny when asking your neighbor to watch over your house using the sentence above. You can choose to put it in some other similar way as I did in the example.
- I need a sitter, not a babysitter but a housesitter as I would be away from home for a couple of days, and you are the only one I can trust to watch my house at the moment.
7. How much will you charge as a security fee? I need you to keep an eye on my house for the next five hours.
Tease your neighbor by sounding like you don’t mind paying a fee if he or she accepts to watch your house while you step out.
- Please, I need you to put an eye on my house for the next five hours. I will pay whatever you charge as a security fee.
8. Can you watch my house as a return of favor for all the times I assisted you in one way or another?
This sounds selfish, but if your neighbor will not oblige to assist you unless you prove that you deserve such kindness then just put it this way to him or her.
- Norah, can you watch my house as a return of favor for all the times I assisted you in one way or another?
9. It will give me so much peace to know that a neighbor I trust has a watch on my little space. Do you mind helping me fill that role?
If you are traveling out of town to perform some duties, then let your neighbor know as you ask him or her to watch over your space.
If you intend to keep him in the dark about your movement then you shouldn’t tell him at all to watch your space.
- It will give me so much peace to know that a neighbor I trust has a watch on my little space while I embark on this trip. Do you mind helping me fill that role?
10. This house is all that I have, I humbly beseech that you help me watch out for anything while I go on this trip.
Another way to ask your neighbor to watch your house is to become humble and sound pitiful. Talk about how all you own is just your house if you don’t want your request to be rejected.
- At the time, this house is all that I have, I humbly beseech that you help me watch out for anything while I go on this trip.
11. Please say yes to being the protector of my little sanctuary
Pretend you are proposing when asking your neighbor to watch your house by telling him or her to say yes to your offer. See the example used here.
- Mr B, we’ve been good neighbors for over a year now and I would love to take this to the next level, please say yes to being the protector of my little sanctuary.
12. Can you be the watchman who will not sleep nor slumber over my house as I embark on this journey?
Make your request funny when you want to ask your neighbor to watch your house by using the example seen here
- Can you be my watchman, but promise not to sleep or slumber while I’m away?
13. I know how much you love pizza and sandwiches, and I see them delivered to you now and then. Please watch my house while I step out and I will cover for your favorites for at least three days.
Entice your neighbor with something he or she likes to take as a reward for helping you watch your house.
- If you can watch my house for the three days I will be away, I will sponsor the order and delivery of your favorite for the same number of days.
14. Are you free to watch my house while I go on this date tonight?
Try to have an idea of what your neighbor’s schedule is like before bringing up your request. You are most likely asking for this favor because you are going to be busy with something else.
It is important to know if your neighbour on the other hand is free and down for the job. Assuming that he or she will always be at home to help you when you want this is wrong in a certain sense.
- What is your schedule like, are you free to watch my house while I go on this date tonight?
15. I have a proposal, let’s take turns keeping an eye on each other’s house.
Make the house a collaborative effort and watch your neighbor say yes, you know people like to know that they will get a handsome reward for doing one thing or another.
- I have a proposal, let’s take turns keeping an eye on each other’s house when the other person travels, but we’ll start with you first as my flight is in the next two hours.
16. I trust you with everything in me and was hoping you could keep an eye on my house while I’m out of town for a few days.
Great compliments will always win hearts when making a request, so learn to use sugar-coated words the next time you are requesting a favor.
- I trust you with everything in me and was hoping you could keep an eye on my house while I’m out of town for a few days, I will return as quickly as I can.
17. You have been the best neighbor anyone would ask for. Please, my dear neighbor, do well to look after my house with your kindness while I step out for a couple of days.
Since people find it difficult to say no to sweet talkers, you may want to sweet talk your request into your neighbor’s head by calling him or her pleasant names that will make saying yes irresistible.
- Clara, heaven knows you have been the best neighbor anyone could ask for. Please, my dear neighbor, do well to look after my house with your kindness while I step out for a couple of days.
18. What can I do to make you watch my house? I have an urgent business out of town today.
Asking your neighbor what it will take or cost to make them watch your house in your absence is one of the best ways to make your request.
- What will it cost to make you watch my house? I have an urgent business out of town today.
19. I have an urgent call to attend to please put an eye on my house while I sort myself out.
If you urgently have to leave home then this is a go-to way to ask your neighbour to watch your house.
- I have an urgent call to attend to please put an eye on my house while I sort myself out, if not for the urgency of the situation I would have informed you earlier.
20. My lock just got bad, can you watch my house while I go get someone to fix it?
If you find yourself in an unfortunate situation, be open to a neighbor you trust and tell him or her to help you watch your place while you look for means to get it fixed.
- Hello neighbor, my lock just got bad, please watch my house while I go get someone to fix it immediately.
Parting Words.
If you are badly in need of a positive response from your neighbor about putting an eye over your house as you step out then you should take the examples given above seriously.
Of course, who would ask for help and not wish to get a yes except they are joking? You do not want to return to only some of your items that are present and your house broken into nor will you fancy missing out on a delivery that might come in your absence.