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How we work — before we ever meet.

The whole job is one habit: enhance it, photograph it, caption it, post it — as you go. This page shows you exactly what that looks like, with real posts from our team channel. Read it once and you'll already be ahead of most applicants.

Step 2 of your application 5 minute read Real posts from #enhancer-guest-readiness
Two channels — same habit

You'll post in Slack. Here's where.

Slack is a workplace messaging app — think group texting, organized into rooms called channels. You already agreed to this step in your application; here's the flow.

While you're getting started — #enhancer-skills-check

A temporary, private channel just for candidates. Your at-home challenge lives here: enhance one room at home, posting a photo + short caption per fix as you go, then a half-verify pass. Nobody but Mike sees it while you find your rhythm.

After you're fully onboarded — #enhancer-guest-readiness

You switch to the real team channel — the one below. Everyone on the team sees those posts during a live turnover: what got fixed, what got corrected, what got said. It's the house's shared memory.

The #enhancer-guest-readiness Slack channel at EnglishPrairieBnB, full of photo posts during a real turnover
The real team channel, #enhancer-guest-readiness — during a turnover it fills with photo posts, in the order the house gets walked.
The habit itself

What a post looks like.

Every post is the same shape: a photo of the thing, plus a short, specific caption. Not "cleaned the bathroom" — what you fixed, in a few words. These are real posts from real stays:

Slack post: photo of a bathroom sink with caption 'Cleaned off toothpaste'
"Cleaned off toothpaste." Small fix, named precisely. This is the whole style.
Slack post: shelving with folded towels, captioned 'Fixed'
"Fixed." Styled shelves with the towels reset — the photo carries the story.
Slack post: living room tray styled on a leather ottoman, captioned 'Fixed'
"Fixed" — decor tray re-staged. Staging is part of the job, and it gets posted like everything else.
Slack post: mantel surface, captioned about cleaning bugs off the mantel and game room
"Cleaned various bugs off mantel + downstairs game room." Specific, honest, done.
Slack post: coffee bar mat wiped down during a half-house turn
Half-house turn — still posted. "It was a half house this turn, so no guests…" — the habit holds even on easy days.
The channel filling up with posts through one stay
Post each fix before you leave the room. That's the rhythm — walk, fix, snap, caption, next.
Tip from the channel, verbatim: post as you go. Do not batch everything at the end. The moment you finish a fix, that's when the photo happens.
You're not doing this alone

Then the coaching kicks in.

Every post gets read. Mike and your teammates reply in the thread — tips, corrections, "nice catch" — right under the photo. Over months, that thread becomes a searchable playbook of the house:

Searching the channel for posts from Mike shows years of coaching replies
Searching the channel for Mike's posts surfaces years of coaching — washer guidance, smart-home fixes, supply tips. Your questions are usually already answered in-thread.
Mike and a teammate troubleshooting a washer live in the channel
Live troubleshooting, together. A washer acts up mid-turn; Mike and a teammate work it out in the thread while the turnover keeps moving.
What coaching sounds like: "Vacuum the rug plus both lamps in the room" · "Please empty the vacuum after use" · "Magic eraser the door sliding marks" · "Please be sure to check the washer for detergent." Direct, specific, zero drama — because the trust, but verify pass is how the whole operation stays 5-star.
The last step

Finish with a half-verify pass.

When you think the room is done, walk it one more time — fresh eyes, guest's path, entry to exit. Whatever you catch, fix and post it too. That second look is the difference between "cleaned" and guest-ready, and it's the exact muscle this role uses every single shift.

Your at-home challenge is the same habit, scaled to one room:

1

Pick one room at home

Any room. Look at it the way a paying guest would.

2

Enhance it

Fix, clean, stage — roll up your sleeves like the guest arrives tomorrow.

3

Photo + caption, as you go

One post per fix, short specific caption, posted before you leave the "room."

4

Half-verify

Re-walk it once. Catch what's left, fix and post that too. Then you're done — and we'll set your paid onsite day.

I'm ready — take me to the application →

Already applied? Your Slack invite will arrive by email — post your challenge in #enhancer-skills-check.