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Two households. One list. One person holding it.
A house manager for a family caring for children and parents takes the running of your own home. The kids' calendar and your mother's appointments. Your fridge and your father's pharmacy. Pew's 2026 report put it plainly: many adults are sandwiched between roles, supporting both children and parents, and the load lands mostly on women. A house manager takes the running of your own household so the hours you have go to the people who need you.
We'll look at both households' weeks.
Your household, handled
The hours you get back go to the people who need you most.
Pew, Oct 2026: 40% of working women helping an aging parent say it has hurt their emotional well-being.
- 10,000+ families supported
- 90-day guarantee
- Flat fee, never a % of salary
What people are saying
Families on what came off their plate.
“The mental load I've been able to release is indescribable. Our home runs smoothly, appointments and schedules are handled, and I finally feel present with my family instead of overwhelmed by a never ending to-do list.”
Your household first
The house manager owns the running of your home: meals, laundry, supplies, the kids' logistics. That's the part that can be handed off cleanly.
Capacity for theirs
The hours and the headspace you get back are what the appointments, the calls and the visits need. The role can include errands for a parent nearby.
Flat fee
Not a percentage of salary. One fee for the search, in two payments.
The gap
You can't hand off your parents. You can hand off your house.
Caring for a parent is yours. The pharmacy calls, the specialist appointments, the Sunday visits don't delegate well. What does delegate is everything in your own home that competes for the same hours.
What's on the list now
- Your children's school, activities, meals, laundry
- Your parent's appointments, prescriptions, bills, the house they're in
- Your job
- The admin for two households
- Nobody to hand any of it to
What the house manager takes
- The running of your home: meals, laundry, resets, supplies
- The children's logistics and pickups
- Vendors, returns, errands, the admin pile
- Errands for a parent nearby, if you want them in scope
- Hours and headspace back for the part only you can do
Parents moving in, or close by? Bring that to the call. It changes the scope.
Seen enough? Pick a time now.
A free 30-minute group call with a Sage Haus hiring specialist. No obligation, and the fee is covered live.
What you'll get
A search that looks at both households.
1
Kickoff call with your specialist
We map your week and your parent's, and find the hours that only you can give.
2
A job description for your home
Household operations first, with the kids' logistics and any errands for a parent nearby scoped in.
3
Vetted finalists, interviews arranged
Sourced, screened and interviewed by a person. References and a background check before any offer.
4
Onboarding and a 90-day guarantee
An onboarding call, a six-week check-in, and a one-time re-match within 90 days if the fit isn't right.
Parent moving in?
The household gets bigger. So does the role.
A multigenerational home is a household-management job first: meals for more people, more appointments on the calendar, more supplies. The job description is written for the house you'll have.
Parent across the country?
Capacity is the gift.
When care is remote, what you need is time: for the calls, the visits, the flights. A house manager at home is where that time comes from.
Case studies
Households with more on the list than most.
The Thackeray family · Dual-Physicians
Her day off was for everyone else's errands.
Two medical professionals, one of whom doesn't see patients on Fridays.
The Kimberline family · Activity-Heavy Family
Two schools, forty minutes apart, one person driving.
Three children enrolled at two schools forty minutes from each other, in a small coastal town in the Northeast.
The Wextonbury family · Dual-Income
Two cities, one household, and the airport in between.
Two full-time working parents in the Southeast with a newborn and a toddler at home — and an older child whose shared-custody schedule lives in another state, which puts the airport on the family calendar every month..
The Fenwick family · Entrepreneurs
A founder, three children, and a household split across two weeks.
A founder co-parenting three children on an alternating schedule.
Read all the stories at sagehaus.com/case-studies.
Not ready to book? Take the three-minute quiz.
It builds a scope for your family: the hours, the tasks and the kind of role that fits. You get the result straight away.
The numbers
What two households' hours cost one person.
The calculator values your time and shows what your own household's running costs you now, next to a house manager at the hours you choose. The hours it returns are the ones your parent needs.
- The cost today, including your own time
- Hours you get back each week
- Return on the search at one and two years
How the calculator works
- 1What you pay today for sitters, delivery, cleaners and errands, plus the hours you put in yourself
- 2A house manager at the hours and rate you choose, with W-2 costs if you want them
- 3How you find them: a flat fee, an agency percentage, or your own time
- 4The return on the search at one and two years, and the hours you get back
Nothing is filled in for you. Add the Sage Haus fee from your call when you have it.
Book a call
Ready for support?
A free 30-minute call with a Sage Haus hiring specialist. We'll look at your week, tell you honestly what kind of role fits, and if a search makes sense, what it would look like for your family.
More from our families
What changes after the hire.
“We're spending more quality time together as a family. We no longer have to choose between a big work deliverable and making sure the family is ready for tomorrow.”
“Once I gave myself permission to ask for help, everything changed.”
“She has given our family something incredibly valuable: more peace, more time, and more room to simply be together.”
Questions families ask
Before you book.
Can the house manager help with my parent?
Errands, pickups, meal drops and household tasks for a parent nearby can be scoped into the role. Personal or medical care is a different profession; we'll say so on the call.
Source: Pew Research Center, Women, Work and Caregiving (Oct 2026)
What does a house manager actually do all day?
The household: the daily reset, laundry, kitchen and meal prep, groceries and supplies, the calendar, vendors, errands and returns, the children's logistics.
Free resource: The mental load, explained and time and cost calculator
How many hours do families start with?
Most start at 15 to 25 hours a week and grow.
What will I pay the house manager?
A role that includes errands for a parent nearby may run a few more hours a week. Typically $25 to $50 an hour depending on scope and location, higher in New York and the Bay Area. They're a W-2 household employee; we point you to a payroll partner that handles taxes and pay stubs. Our own fee is covered on the call.
Free resource: time and cost calculator
How do you vet candidates?
Vetting is the same whether the role includes errands for a parent nearby or not. Regional hiring specialists source from local boards and our certified talent pool. Every candidate is screened and interviewed by a human before you meet them. References, a background check and an employment agreement come before any offer, and a one-time re-match is available within 90 days.
How long does it take?
If a parent's move or a surgery date sets the timeline, we work back from it. About four to six weeks from an approved job description to your first candidates. If you have a date in mind, we work back from it.
What if it doesn't work out?
If needs change as a parent's do, the guarantee covers the change. A one-time re-match with up to two new candidates inside the first 90 days, no extra fee, provided you did the onboarding call and the six-week check-in with us.
My partner doesn't see it.
Bring them to the call, or start with our guide for the conversation at home.
Free resource: Pitch in the Kitchen and the calculator
Do you cover my area?
If your parent lives in another city, the search still runs where you are. Families across the United States and Canada, with regional specialists who know the local market. Rural and small-town searches take a little longer; tell us where you are on the call.