One trusted person who handles the mental load, the daily resets, the life admin, and the things that fall through the cracks. Not a cleaner. Not a nanny. Something more useful than either.
You finish work. You come home. And then — the second shift begins. Dinner. Laundry. Emails. Lunchboxes. Appointments. The endless list of things that quietly accumulate while you're busy living your life.
This isn't a failure to cope. It's a structural problem. Modern families are running full households without the support networks that used to make it possible.
We all need a village. Most of us just don't have one anymore.
These are illustrative — every session is shaped around what your household actually needs that week.
Surfaces reset, laundry moving, and a quick scan of what the week needs — so nothing catches you off guard. The baseline your home needs to feel calm. Every visit, without exception.
Fridge and pantry check, meal prep and planning for the week ahead. A simple meal prepped and ready to heat. Restocking list placed or order made so you're never caught out at 6pm.
Vinted returns, Amazon packages, dentist appointments, swapping out bikes, prescription collections. Everything that keeps a million mental tabs open in your brain. Handled.
Wardrobe switchovers, holiday prep, birthday party organisation. Checking what ski gear the kids have outgrown, making a list, putting it in your shopping cart for approval. Getting the house ready for whatever's coming next.
Digital work that extends beyond the visit: vendor booking, reservations, research, chasing. Your Ayi is working even when they're not in the house.
Here's what a typical four-hour session looks like. Every visit is different — shaped around what your household needs that week.
On arrival
Your Ayi walks through the home, checks the 2am Running List, and plans the session around what your household needs most this week.
First hour
Laundry on. Kitchen surfaces cleared and wiped. Dishwasher loaded or unloaded. Living areas tidied. The baseline that makes everything else feel possible.
Middle hours
This week: batch cooking a soup and prepping lunches. Vinted labels printed, parcels bagged for the post office. Kids' uniforms checked and ironed. Fridge restocked.
Before leaving
A quick note left for you — what's been done, what's in the fridge, anything you need to know. Then the door closes, and your evening is yours.
A living document that records everything about how your home runs. Your preferences, your vendors, your routines. Gate codes, how you like the laundry folded, what your children will and won't eat.
Your Ayi knows your home from day one — no briefing required, no explaining yourself again. If your Ayi is ever unavailable, a covering Ayi walks in already knowing everything.
Your Playbook is yours. It travels with you.
How you like things done. What goes where. The small details that make a home feel right.
Gate codes, Wi-Fi, boiler instructions, children's routines, feeding instructions for pets.
Trusted tradespeople, preferred suppliers, your cleaner's schedule — all in one place.
Drop anything the moment it lands on your mind. Your Ayi picks it up before the next session — off your brain the moment you write it.
Ayi was built for families who are managing, but just about. The ones who have the help in theory but still feel like the household operations manager.
You have a cleaner on Thursdays and a nanny for pickups. But no one is thinking about the week, planning the meals, handling the admin. That's still you — every evening and every Sunday.
You moved for a career or a relationship, and the support network you grew up with is 3,000 miles away. There's no one to call when you're drowning. Ayi is your village, built here.
You're doing everything — work, kids, home, admin, the mental load — without a partner to share it. Ayi gives you back breathing room and the hours to actually be present with your children.
For families where ADHD, autism, or other neurodivergent conditions make household management genuinely harder, Ayi offers consistent, non-judgemental support — week in, week out.
The first years are relentless. Ayi doesn't replace your nanny or your cleaner — she's the person who holds everything else together so you can focus on your baby and your recovery.
You don't have to be at crisis point to deserve help. If your home feels like another job, if Sunday nights feel like dread — Ayi is for you.
See our membership packages or join the waitlist. We're welcoming a small founding group of London families now.