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Build a house sitting service platform
Kliv is an AI app builder. Describe your house sitting service platform: house manuals, sitter assignments, photo check-ins, owner views, booking, payments, and access that closes when the stay ends.
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What is Kliv?
Kliv isn’t a marketplace template or booking widget. It’s an AI app builder that builds software for you.
You describe the app you need in plain words, and Kliv builds it: the data, the logic, the screens, the permissions, and the workflows. What you get is a real application that’s yours. You can run it on your own accounts, change it later by asking, and use your own Stripe account for memberships and stays. It isn’t a template.
On this page, that app is a house sitting service platform for manuals, assignments, check-ins, owner updates, bookings, and payments. Kliv builds all kinds of web apps; this is one local-service example.
Why build a house sitting platform?
A house sitting business runs on trust, but trust still needs records. Homeowners want to know who has the key, what the sitter saw, whether the plants were watered, and whether the basement is dry after a storm.
Kliv turns house manuals, sitter assignments, photo logs, access windows, and billing into one system. Each house has its own rules. Each assignment has dates. Each visit leaves proof.
The empty house, accounted for
A quiet house still creates records. These are the ones that matter.
The house manual
The thermostat, sticky key, cat medicine, alarm contact, and plant instructions live on the house record. The assigned sitter can read it only during the assignment.
The assignment
Dates, house, sitter, and key state are tracked together: handed over, in use, returned. Who has which key is not kept in memory.
The visit log
Each round is a row with photos attached: ferns, mail pile, dry basement, doors, or anything else the owner asked to see.
The routines
Plants Tuesday, cat twice daily, pool pump Friday: checklists are generated per visit from that house’s rules and ticked off from a phone.
The people
Homeowners, sitters, and vetting notes are records. A sitter’s login reaches their assignments; an owner’s login reaches their own house.
The stay’s bill
A $130 annual membership plus $48 a night can be booked and paid at checkout on the service’s own Stripe account.
An example: Greta’s coastal house-sitting service
Here’s how one house-sitting business might use a platform built with Kliv. It’s only an example — you would describe your own assignments, checks, pricing, and access rules.
A homeowner books three weeks away
Greta’s client books February 3 to 24. The owners update the house manual before flying, and the assignment already has a named sitter.
The sitter gets temporary manual access
When the key handoff is recorded, the sitter can read the alarm code and routines. That access is tied to the assignment dates.
A storm check reassures the owner
A storm hits on day nine. The sitter adds an extra visit, uploads four photos of the dry basement by 8 a.m., and the owners see the proof from abroad.
Every routine has a timestamped log
Eleven visits, every checklist ticked, every photo attached. The log answers whether the ferns were watered without a group text.
The key return closes access
When the key is returned, the manual closes to the sitter on schedule. The stay is settled, and the house record keeps the February history.
Describe what you want to build
Kliv builds from your description, so include the house records, sitter access, checklists, owner views, and pricing. Here are three examples:
House sitting service
Manuals, assignments, and photo check-ins.
“Build a house-sitting platform for my local service. Each home should have a manual, sitters should read it only during their assignment, visits should be logged with photos and checklist items, and owners should book and pay online.”
Snowbird home watch
Weekly checks sold as a subscription.
“Build a home-watch service site for second-home owners. Charge $59 a month for weekly inspection rounds, send a photo report after every visit, and alert my team if any live assignment has no check-in for 24 hours.”
Garden care rounds
Seasonal care with proof attached.
“Build a booking site for my plant and garden care rounds. Each property should have a watering schedule, seasonal plant notes, photo logs for every completed visit, and online payment for one-off or recurring rounds.”
While the lights are off
Access is tied to the assignment. The manual, including alarm code, is readable to the assigned sitter only during the assignment window. When the key comes back, the rule closes the file again.
Missed check-ins surface automatically. A scheduled job can flag any live assignment without a check-in for 24 hours, so Greta finds out before the homeowner has to ask.
Each login reaches the right records. The service sees all houses, a sitter sees this week’s assignments, and an owner sees their own house and visit log.
A house-sitting service is local trust made operational. Local businesses on Kliv covers other service businesses built the same way.
Common questions
What exactly is Kliv?
Kliv is an AI app builder. You describe the house sitting platform you need, and it builds the app, records, booking flow, and access rules.
Do I get a real app, or a template?
A real app. House manuals, assignments, sitter access, visit logs, photos, bookings, and payments are built around your service.
Can I change it after it’s built?
Yes. You can add new checklist items, change pricing, add a subscription home-watch plan, or change sitter access rules by asking.
Who can read a house manual, and when?
The service can read it. The assigned sitter can read it only during the assignment dates. That window closes on schedule.
What happens if a sitter misses a visit?
You can set an alert rule. For example, any live assignment without a check-in for 24 hours can be flagged to the service.
Can owners see visit photos?
Yes. Owners can sign in and see the visit log, photos, timestamps, and checklist completion for their own house.
How does payment work?
Memberships and per-night fees can run through checkout on your own Stripe account. Each stay carries its own bill.
Does Kliv take a cut of each stay?
No. Payments run through your own Stripe account. Card processing costs are between you and Stripe.
Is this only for vacation travel?
No. The same structure can support weekly home-watch rounds, seasonal second-home checks, garden care, or plant care.
Can sitters use phones for check-ins?
Yes. They can open the app in a browser, complete checklists, and upload photos from the property.
Can I use my own domain?
Yes. The customer-facing booking pages can run on your own domain.
Can I move off Kliv later?
Yes. The code syncs to your own Git repository, so leaving is a git pull rather than a rebuild.
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Show the owner the house is fine
Describe the houses, keys, assignments, checklists, photos, owner views, and prices in detail. Kliv builds the service platform around those rules.