An example
The Thursday swap
A customer needs to move a clean. Instead of three texts and a reshuffle, the assistant offers the slot that fits your round and updates the calendar. The gap goes to someone on the waiting list.
Cleaners & domestic help · Colchester
A cleaning round that runs itself.
Regulars, one-offs, keys, swaps and payments: the admin behind a cleaning round never stops. Let's make it run itself.
For domestic and commercial cleaners, window cleaners, and carpet and oven cleaning. You go to your customers
Text messagesMade-up example
A cleaning business's text replies
CustomerCan we move Thursday's clean to Friday this week?
AI assistantOf course. Friday at 1pm fits with Sarah's other cleans nearby. Shall I move it?
CustomerYes please.
AI assistantDone. You'll get a reminder on Thursday evening.
What AI can take off your plate
Five places to start
Rounds planned by area
Regular cleans grouped by street and estate, with new customers slotted in where you already are.
Swaps by text
Customers move a clean by text, and the gap is offered to someone nearby.
Keys and access notes
Key-safe codes and alarm notes kept with each booking, and shared only on the day.
Payments chased politely
Monthly invoices or payment links, with friendly reminders.
Reviews and referrals
A thank-you after the first month, with your review link.
Try smart booking
Watch it find the slot that adds the fewest miles to a real-looking week.
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Smart booking
Fewer miles. More jobs. Home by five.
When a customer asks for a visit, it looks at where you'll already be that week and offers the slot that adds the fewest miles. You just reply 1, 2 or 3. Your own calendar stays in charge.
Text to DaveMade-up example
New request: Gutter clear, Lexden, CO3 (Mrs Patel)
1) Mon 15:30 - best. On your way home from West Bergholt. Adds 0.1 mi.
2) Tue 10:45, adds 0.5 mi
3) Thu 11:45, adds 1.3 mi
Reply 1, 2 or 3 to book, 0 to decline, C to call them.
Around Colchester
From Highwoods to Wivenhoe, a round that zig-zags across town costs fuel and an hour a day. Grouping cleans by area is often the quickest win.
Every business is different. I start by sitting down with you to see how your week actually works, then suggest only what will save you real time.
How it works
Three steps. You never touch the tech.
Time Audit £195, taken off any setup · Setups from £395 · Solo package from £195 · Care from £49 a month. All prices →
- 1We sit down together
An hour at your place. You talk me through a normal week.
- 2Your Time-Back Report
Your biggest time drains, what AI can do about each one, and the cost.
- 3Set up and looked after
You see it working before you pay the final bill. Then I keep it running.
Colchester · In person · Done for you
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