Household management and personal assistance · Pensacola, Florida
Your home, your peace.
We run the day-to-day of a private household: the meals, the cleaning, the bills, the calendar and the upkeep, and the day-to-day tasks of a personal assistant. You get your time back, and the house keeps running.
Sakan is Arabic for a dwelling, and for the calm you find there.
Services
What we take off your plate
Each household chooses what it needs from the list below, and anything new is agreed before it starts.
Personal and domestic
Hands-on care for you and your home.
- Meal prep
- Planning meals and preparing food ahead
- Cooking
- Cooking day-to-day meals
- Cleaning
- Hands-on cleaning of the home
- Personal assistant
- General personal assistance, day to day
Everyday running
The routine that keeps a house working week to week.
- Calendars
- Household and personal scheduling, appointments kept and confirmed
- Groceries and supplies
- Ordering and restocking from the vendors you prefer
- Home maintenance
- Routine upkeep and repairs
- Bills
- Paying and tracking bills from a household account in your name
- Lawn and landscaping
- Scheduling and overseeing yard work
Household paperwork
The records and renewals that are easy to lose track of.
- Documents
- Insurance, warranties and IDs, with expiration dates tracked
- Vehicles
- Registration, inspection, service and recalls
- Subscriptions
- Memberships tracked, renewed or cancelled
- Mail and packages
- Receiving, sorting and forwarding
- Gifts and occasions
- Dates remembered, gifts bought and delivered
- Travel
- Bookings, itineraries, mail holds and the house readied for your return
The house itself
People, systems and seasons, coordinated in one place.
- Seasonal prep
- Hurricane season, holidays and the pool
- Housekeeping staff
- Coordinating additional cleaners and household staff
- Contractors
- Sourcing, scheduling and supervising projects
- Utilities
- Setup, changes and outages
- Security
- Codes, keys and a log of who has access
- Pets
- Vet visits, grooming, boarding and sitters
Professional support
Help with the work that follows you home.
- Inbox
- Sorting and flagging your email
- Meetings
- Booking and confirming meetings
- Expense reports
- Gathering receipts and compiling reports
- Documents
- Drafting and formatting
- Tax time
- Gathering what your tax preparer needs
We do not provide childcare, elder care or medical administration. Pricing is set for each household after the consultation.
How it works
From the first call to ongoing care
Consultation
Book a time and tell us about your household: what takes your time, and what you'd like handled.
Agreement
The scope, the rate, how expenses work and the notice period are put in writing before work begins.
Setup
A household binder is built for your home: contacts, vendors, assets, schedules and a bill calendar.
Ongoing care
We take care of the work day to day, and you get a statement of every payment each month.
How your household is handled
Your money, keys and information stay accounted for
- Your account, your nameBills are paid from a household account you own and fund by monthly transfer.
- Every payment loggedA monthly statement shows what came in, what was paid and the receipts.
- An access logCodes, keys and entry to your home are recorded.
- Households kept separateYour records are never mixed with another client's.
- Your consent firstYour information is not used with AI tools without your written permission.
- Agreed scopeNew work is discussed and agreed before it starts.
Get in touch
Start with a conversation
A consultation is the first step. Choose a time that suits you, or write to us if you'd rather start by email.
Serving private households in Pensacola, Florida.