Meet Alfred
Meet Alfred. He runs your heating so you never have to.
Alfred is the first product on the AirAutomate platform — a calendar-driven climate controller that warms each property for arrival, sets back in every gap, and gets smarter with every stay. Climate is his first capability. There is more to come.
How Alfred Works
One cycle, read as a single temperature curve.
Every booking climbs for arrival, holds through the stay, and eases back after checkout — then waits for the next one. Two things never switch off underneath: Alfred learning your property, and savingthe energy an empty room doesn’t need.
Awaiting returns to Preparing — the loop repeats, a little sharper each stay.
- 01 · For arrivalPreparing14° →21°CReads ahead and pre-heats — precisely timed to this property and this forecast.
- 02 · Guests inOptimising21°CheldComfort holds while Alfred trims the energy that comfort doesn’t need.
- 03 · Checkout daySettling21° →14°CCheckout reads as resolved; the setpoint eases back down toward eco.
- 04 · Between staysAwaiting14°Ceco holdHolds at the eco floor, watching the calendar for the next arrival.
Always active — underneath every state
The Payoff
Every gap you stop heating is money kept.
A typical gap between bookings burns four to six hours of heating into an empty room. Across a portfolio, across a season, that adds up fast. Alfred closes that gap automatically, every time — and you can see exactly what it's worth for your properties.
Getting Started
Three steps. Done once.
Setting Alfred up takes less than an hour. After that, you don't touch it — he takes over.
Assess your properties
Choose how many heating zones each property has. A studio flat typically needs one; a larger house might need three or four. Not sure? We help you work it out before you order.
Install Alfred
Alfred replaces your existing thermostat — wired or wireless. About fifteen minutes a zone, with step-by-step instructions and video guides included.
Connect your calendar
During setup, Alfred links to your booking system — Airbnb, Booking.com and every major PMS. He reads your timeline and is ready: he knows when guests arrive and leave.
Built to be trusted
The boring questions, answered upfront.
Before you hand your heating to Alfred, here's what he works with, how he's fitted, and how easy he is to live with day to day.
- Compatibility
Works with the heating you already have.
Gas and oil boilers, electric heating, and heat pumps — wired or wireless via RF, all in one controller. If your current system has a thermostat, Alfred can replace it.
- Installation
Fitted in about fifteen minutes per zone.
Most operators install Alfred themselves with the step-by-step instructions and video guides. Prefer not to? Any qualified electrician can fit it in minutes.
- Safety
Frost protection is never switched off.
Whatever Alfred is doing, a property is never left to freeze. Frost protection runs underneath everything — it is the floor, not a feature you have to remember to enable.
- Manual override
Cleaners and managers can always step in.
If someone arrives early and it's cold, they turn it up on the controller as they normally would. Alfred boosts for a period, then automation quietly resumes. No extra interface, no login.
- No lock-in
Month-to-month. The hardware is yours.
No minimum contract. If Alfred doesn't save you money, cancel anytime and keep the hardware. We earn your business every month.
- Support
Real people, based in the UK.
Setup help before you order, hands-on guidance through install, and a team that answers when something needs a human. We review every founding application personally.
Common Questions
Things operators ask before signing up.
If your internet drops, Alfred continues working as a standard thermostat while it tries to reconnect. Your heating doesn't stop — it just runs without calendar intelligence until connectivity returns, then picks up where it left off automatically.
Alfred works with any heating system that uses a standard thermostat: gas boilers, oil boilers, electric heating, and heat pumps. It supports both wired installations and wireless via RF, all in the one thermostat. If your current system has a thermostat, Alfred can replace it.
Most operators install Alfred themselves in about 15 minutes per zone. It replaces your existing thermostat — wired or wireless. We provide step-by-step instructions and video guides. If you're not comfortable with the install, we'd recommend getting a qualified professional to fit it for you.
Yes. Alfred is designed to be simple — if a cleaner or unexpected guest arrives and it's cold, they just turn it up on the thermostat like they normally would. Alfred accommodates that and boosts the system for a period of time, then automation resumes. No additional interface or login needed.
Alfred reads your full booking timeline, not just the next check-in. For back-to-back bookings, it maintains comfort between guests rather than dropping to standby. It only reduces heating when there's a genuine gap between bookings.
No. Alfred is month-to-month. If it doesn't save you money, cancel anytime. The hardware is yours to keep. We earn your business every month.
That figure comes from measuring heating runtime in properties with and without calendar-based automation. The actual saving depends on your occupancy rate, gap lengths between bookings, and local climate. Properties with lower occupancy tend to save more because there are more empty hours to eliminate.
Hand your heating to Alfred.
Join as a founding operator. Be first in line when Alfred launches. We review every application personally.