The Vision
Short-term rental operations are broken by design.
Your systems don't talk to each other. Booking calendars don't control heating. Sensors don't inform decisions. AirAutomate is the platform that connects them — starting with Alfred, who links your booking calendar to your heating. Climate control is just the beginning.
The Problem We See
Every property operator knows this pattern.
Guest checks out at 10am. Cleaner arrives at 2pm. Next guest checks in at 4pm. During those six hours, the heating runs at full comfort temperature for an empty property. Multiply that across 10 properties, 30 turnovers a month, 12 months a year.
The waste is invisible because it's gradual. It shows up in monthly bills, not daily alerts. Most operators absorb it as a fixed cost. We don't think it has to be.
A typical month — 10 properties
Turnovers
checkout-to-checkin cycles
Avg gap
heating running with no guest
Wasted hours
of unnecessary heating
Estimated cost
in avoidable energy spend
Our Approach
Three principles that make Alfred different.
Calendar-driven, not thermostat-driven
Traditional smart heating reacts to occupancy. Alfred reads your booking calendar and anticipates. He knows what's coming before the guest does.
System-level thinking
One property is a thermostat problem. Twenty properties is a systems problem. Alfred is designed for the operator who owns/manages a portfolio, not a single home.
Infrastructure protection built in
Frost protection is never disabled. Pipes don't freeze. The system never switches everything off blindly. Safety is the floor, not a feature.
Platform Architecture
A team of specialists. Complex automation made human.
Each member of your AirAutomate team has a name, a role, and clear boundaries. Operators always know who is doing what.
Alfred
Core Control
Reads your calendar. Controls your heating. Executes decisions automatically across every property in your portfolio.
Launching Soon
Eleanor
Intelligence Layer
Sensor data, occupancy patterns, anomaly detection. Eleanor understands what's happening across your properties and surfaces structured recommendations.
Coming Soon
Angus
High-Power Systems
Hot tubs, swim spas, underfloor heating, multi-system orchestration. Angus manages the heavy-load systems that drain energy fastest.
Coming SoonThe Scale of the Problem
Millions of properties waste energy between bookings. Yours don't have to.
6.2M
Short-term rentals in Europe alone. The vast majority have no intelligent heating control. You're not alone in this problem.
30%
Of heating energy is wasted in properties using manual or timer-based control. That's money leaving your account between every booking.
£400+
Saved per property per year. Across a 20-property portfolio, that's £8,000 back in your margin annually.
Built to Earn Its Place
No lock-in. No feature gating. Alfred pays for itself or you cancel.
We keep hardware costs low so the barrier to starting is small. Your subscription is month-to-month — if Alfred doesn't save you more than it costs, you walk away. No penalties, no contracts.
Every operator gets every feature. Tiers are based on how many heating zones your property needs, not artificial limitations.
Hardware
From £49Subsidised setup. We want you to start, not profit from hardware
Subscription
£19-49/moPer property. Month-to-month. Cancel anytime.
Portfolio discounts
5-15%+Automatically applied as your portfolio grows
Lock-in
NoneMonth-to-month. Cancel anytime. The hardware is yours to keep
Every day without Alfred is another day of wasted heating.
See exactly how much you could save. Join the waitlist as a founding operator.