Modern dining room with a large potted plant, beige upholstered chairs, a wooden table, and decorative wall panels.

House Manager
in Gainesville, FL

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Clean kitchen with clear counters, white cabinets, black range hood, stainless steel refrigerator, island with a sink, and a row of brown leather stools. Kitchen resets are part of Lighter Home's weekly home management service.

Come home to calm.

You already know what needs doing. You have a mental list in your head that never stops growing. You just haven't had time, and somehow that's one more thing to feel behind on.

The laundry is in the dryer, and it's been there since Tuesday. The fridge has four expired things in it that you don't remember buying. The mail is on the counter, the same counter you cleared last weekend. The dishwasher needs to be emptied, again. You haven't had time to think about it.

You don't need someone to scrub your bathroom. You need a chief of staff to run your house.

That's what Lighter Home does.

Tidy entryway of a house with hardwood floor, a decorative rug, and a staircase with white spindles and wooden handrail. In the background, a view into a bright kitchen with white cabinets and a window. Lighter Home household management service.

Household Management for Busy Gainesville Families

Lighter Home is a household management service for dual-income professional families in Gainesville, Florida. We handle the everyday domestic operations of your home, so you stop spending your limited time and mental energy on the tasks that just keep coming back.

This is not a cleaning service. Lighter Home keeps your house running, notices when you're low on something, knows where everything lives and leaves your home not just tidy but functional.

How It Works

Getting started with Lighter Home is easy.

Step 1: Free Consultation

A 20-30 minute conversation about your household, what isn't working and how Lighter Home can help.

Step 2: Home Assessment

A 90-minute session in your home where we learn your routines, your preferences and how your household works.

Step 3: Weekly Visits

We make your home work for you, and we’ll leave you a note after every visit so you always know what was done.

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Why Gainesville Families Choose Lighter Home

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Your home, like you would run it.

Cleaning makes a home look better. Household management makes your home work better and keeps it working. The laundry is folded and put away. The kitchen is reset and ready for whatever the evening brings. Your home runs the way you'd run it yourself, if you had the time.

Lighter Home founder Colleen Raccioppi walking through a client's front door. She has short curly hair, wearing glasses, a white blouse with puffed sleeves, khaki pants, and a watch, standing at the open front door of a house.

Always the same trusted person.

Lighter Home is owner-operated. You will always work with the same person who knows your home, your preferences and your household routines. We are designed for the kind of trust that makes it comfortable to hand over a key.

Handwritten note from Lighter Home that reads "House is all set for you. You're running low on olive oil - added it to the list. See you Thursday!" In the background, potted plants on a windowsill, with blurred green trees visible outside the window.

Built for Gainesville families.

We work with busy people across Gainesville, and we schedule around your family’s life.  We show up every week, notice things and take care of them. You get a home that feels calm rather than chaotic.

Ready to come home to calm?

Schedule a free consultation, and we’ll take it from there. If you’re not ready to chat yet, use the form to reach out with any questions before committing to a conversation.