House sitting a house full of pets is not an easy task.

This man was asked to house sit his aunt’s house with 4 pets and a teenager.

He asked to increase his compensation, since he has to take time off work, but his aunt tried to convince him that she’s already offering him a good deal.

Was he asking for too much? Read the full story below.

AITA for charging $50 a day to house sit Aunt’s place

My aunt often goes on vacation, and she always needs someone to look after the house.

She has a dog, cat, and 2 birds.

She also has a teenage son on the spectrum that I look after.

This man’s aunt regularly pays him to house-sit her place.

I don’t do it for the money, but she typically gives between $20 and 30 CAD a day to do this.

The typical day can be quite busy.

It comes with a load of other chores.

I feed the cat twice a day and clean the litter box.

I walk the dog three times a day—once in the morning, afternoon, and evening.

I also feed the dog twice a day, and do the dog’s dental bone late in the morning.

I make sure birds are fed, but her son takes care of that most of the time.

And he has to look after her son, too.

And finally, I clean up after her son.

The latter can often take 30 minutes a day or more.

He makes quite a mess.

She does provide some food that her son and I can eat, but I also make food for him and make sure he eats.

Now, his aunt asked him to house-sit for a month.

She is going to Europe for a month.

She wanted me to house sit for her again.

This time, however, I am full time in university,

I am also working part time.

He asked for a rate increase.

I’d definitely lose time at work because I can’t leave the dog for more than 7 hours.

I make $35 CAD/hour as a lifeguard.

I asked for $50 a day to help offset this.

The going rate in my area is $75-100 a day plus pets.

She thought it was too much.

My aunt texted me rather passive aggressively.

She said $50/day was way too steep.

She added that I won’t have to take time off work or clean up after her son.

That is simply not the case.

She started guilt-tripping him.

She’s been trying to guilt me into feeling like she’s doing me a favour because I’d be getting a place to stay and food in the fridge.

The reality is that I will be losing money, and I’d get all the responsibility of taking care of her household.

AITA for asking for better compensation.

It’s nice that he helps out his aunt, but he’s not required to housesit for her.

Let’s check out the comments of other people on Reddit.

Stand up for yourself, says this person.

This user shares their personal thoughts.

This person has a good suggestion.

While this person advises to stand firm.

Finally, plain and simple.

There’s no such thing as free labor.

If you thought that was an interesting story, check out what happened when a family gave their in-laws a free place to stay in exchange for babysitting, but things changed when they don’t hold up their end of the bargain.