Someone on the ground, without handing over your home

You cannot be at every check-in, every repair or every meeting with the building committee. The question is not whether someone acts for you in India, but how much they may decide alone.

Most of what a short-stay rental needs happens on the spot: opening the door, fixing the geyser, talking to a neighbour. None of it requires you to give up control of your home. It requires a clear split between what your manager decides and what stays with you.

What a manager can handle day to day

• Publishing and updating the listing, setting prices, answering guests.
• Arrivals, departures, key handovers and lock codes.
• Cleaning, linen and consumables between stays.
• Small repairs below a spending limit you set in writing.
• Talking to neighbours and the building office about guests.

What you should always keep

• Selling, mortgaging or letting the home long-term.
• Any repair or purchase above your agreed limit.
• House rules: pets, events, maximum number of guests.
• Which dates are blocked for your own use.
• Ending the contract, with the keys and listing returned to you.

Put the limits in writing

A management agreement should list these decisions one by one. Vague wording such as "the manager may take all necessary steps" is how owners end up surprised. Ask for a spending ceiling, a list of approved tradespeople, and a rule for emergencies — what may be done at night, and who must be told by morning.

Family or professional?

Many owners start with a cousin or a neighbour. It works while the home is let occasionally. Once guests arrive every week, the work becomes a job: messages at midnight, cleaning on tight schedules, pricing every day. A professional manager who reports in writing tends to protect both the income and the family relationship.

How Hexuvium works

Under our management agreement the home stays yours. We run the listing, guests, cleaning and small repairs within your limit, and send you a monthly statement. Anything above the limit, and anything about the property itself, waits for your written yes.