Cards where the questions happen
A 3×3 sticker on the thermostat, a 4×6 card at the pool equipment, an engraved 12×12 sign at the trash enclosure. Guests scan the thing they're standing in front of, and answers arrive with that context.
CleverStay for single-family homesEvery quirk of your house, explained on the spot
A whole house means a thermostat with opinions, a garage keypad, a septic system, and bins that go to the curb Thursday night. CleverStay puts a scannable card at each point of confusion, backed by one guide you keep current.
Building guides is free, forever. Your 14-day Pro trial starts when your printed cards arrive, not before.
Built for houses with opinions
Safety-critical instructions, stated your way
Septic rules (“nothing but paper”), well-water notes, fireplace and space-heater guidance live in your guide verbatim. Chat cites them; it doesn't paraphrase them into trouble.
From listing to guide in an afternoon
Paste your Airbnb or VRBO link and CleverStay drafts the house guide from your listing. You add the quirks only you know about.
Seasonal changes without a reprint scramble
Close the pool, change the garage code, switch the trash vendor - edit once, and the dashboard tells you exactly which printed cards are now out of date and reorders them in one click.
Sticky notes, binders, and the speech
A whole house generates whole-house workarounds. Here is what they cost, and what takes their place.
Today
A binder in the kitchen
While the guest stands confused at the breaker panel in the basement.
With CleverStay
A card at the panel itself - the instruction lives where the problem lives.
Today
Sticky notes and taped paper signs on appliances
Curling after a season, ignored after a week.
With CleverStay
Laminated cardstock and weatherproof vinyl, shipped to the house, replaced free if damaged.
Today
“Call me if anything comes up”
Which means everything comes up, and it's always you who picks up.
With CleverStay
Cited answers first; your phone reserved for the burst pipe, not the ice maker.
“Our lake house runs on a well and septic, and I used to give every guest the speech. Now there's a sticker at the kitchen sink and one in each bathroom. Nobody's flushed a wipe since, as far as the plumber and I can tell.”
Ellen and Rob K.
One lake house · hosting 4 years
Single-Family HomeLake House
FAQs
Single-family rental questions, answered
What whole-home hosts ask about cards, quirks, and codes.
Not quite your setup?
CleverStay works the same way everywhere a guest needs an answer. These pages speak to setups next door to yours.
Short-term rentals
Cards and chat for the weekend-turnover world: wifi, hot tub, checkout.
See the page →Unique stays
Propane, holding tanks, and shore power explained at the valve - even off-grid.
See the page →Condos
HOA rules and building access, findable before the board writes you up.
See the page →Or start from the top: see everything CleverStay does.
Put a card at every quirk.
Draft your house guide from your listing free, then ship cards to the thermostat, the pool gear, and the trash enclosure.