Private home sharing for family & friends
Sharing your home should feel as good as being there
PorchLite gives your vacation home a beautiful house guide, easy visits, and a guestbook that fills with memories — so every guest feels personally welcomed, even when you can't be there.
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everything they'd text you, already answered
The 47 texts
You know the thread.
Door codes, grill instructions, trash night. You've answered them all a hundred times — and you'll be asked again Friday.
every weekend, around 4pm…
Mike
hey what's the wifi again?
Sarah
how does the grill turn on?? hungry kids over here 😅
Mom
which bin goes out tonight, green or blue?
Jess
is there a trick to the sliding door? it will not budge
Mike
sorry, one more — where do you keep the spare key?
…and the texts you get with PorchLite
Sarah
made it! kids are already in the lake 🛶 this place is heaven
Not a rental. Never will be.
PorchLite is invitation-only: your home, and the people you'd hand a key to. No listings, no strangers, no nightly rates. Built for love, not transactions.
How a stay feels
A weekend with PorchLite
Thursday
The link goes out
One text from you, and they have everything: directions, the door code, what to pack, which beds are made up. No app to download, no account to create — just your house, beautifully explained.
Friday, 6:04 PM
They let themselves in
The porch light's on. The guide walks them through the door code, the thermostat, the sliding door that needs a little lift. Nobody texts you. You're 300 miles away, and completely at ease.
Saturday
They live like locals
Your favorites, not the algorithm's: the breakfast place with the view, the trail nobody's on, the taco truck worth the detour. All the things you'd tell them if you were there.
Sunday
They leave it lovely
A gentle departure list — strip the beds, run the dishwasher, one last look at the deck — so no one has to wonder what “leave it nice” means here. On the way out, they sign the guestbook.
Ask the house
Questions find answers — not your phone
An assistant that knows your house the way you do. It answers from your guide and your favorites, any hour of the weekend — so being generous no longer means being on call.
- Answers come from your instructions and local favorites
- There for your guests day and night
- You hear about the sunset, not the thermostat
How do we turn on the hot tub?
The switch is in the cabinet under the deck stairs — flip it and give it about 20 minutes. Towels are in the hall closet upstairs. 🛁
Perfect. And coffee filters?
Top drawer, left of the stove. There's a backup bag of beans in the freezer if you run out.
Shared memories
Every stay adds a page
Photos, notes, and stories from everyone who walks through your door. The wet towels get washed and the weekend ends — but ten summers from now, this is the part you'll treasure.
Tommy caught his first fish off this dock. We'll be back every summer as long as you'll have us.
— the Hendersons
For the keeper of the place
The house runs quietly in the background
Behind the warm welcome there's a calm little command center — who's coming when, what needs restocking, and how the costs get shared. For your eyes, not your guests'.
- Visits on one calendar — no double-booked weekends
- Supplies and shopping lists that update themselves
- House to-dos and seasonal projects, off your mind
- Costs shared fairly between siblings and co-owners
- Manuals, insurance, and house papers in one drawer
- The cleaner and the dock guy see only what they need
Who it's for
Built for the way you share
“We bought this place so the kids would keep coming back.”
The gathering house
Ten weekends a summer, three generations, one kitchen. PorchLite keeps the welcome warm when you can’t be there to give it yourself.
“It was Mom and Dad’s. We’re not letting it go.”
The family legacy
Three siblings, one lake house, forty summers of memories. A gentle system of record — so nobody has to be the bad guy.
“We just got the keys. Now I want to share it — the right way.”
The new place
Set it up once: the door code, the hot tub, the one breaker that trips. Host beautifully from the very first guest.
One simple price. Everything included.
$24.99/month for your first home, $14.95 for each additional. Every feature, unlimited guests, and 30 days free to settle in.
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