Currently hiring in Vancouver & Toronto

Run a Vanmates home.

Paid, structured role for organized people who love community and want to keep a co-living house running smoothly. Live on-site (with reduced rent) or visit weekly — we have both formats.

The compensation.

Two formats, both paid. Live-in saves you the most money; visiting works if you have a stable home elsewhere.

$1,200
Live-in: monthly stipend + reduced rent ($350)
$1,800
Visiting: monthly stipend (no rent break)
~10–15
Hours per week, flexible
2 weeks
Paid time off per year

What you'll actually do.

Most weeks are routine. The rest are about being a calm, kind, organized human in a shared house.

Welcome new residents

Quick walkthrough of the house, key handover, intro to roommates. Usually 30 min once or twice a month.

Maintain shared spaces

Light cleaning of common areas, restocking essentials (toilet paper, soap), monthly cleaning crew handoff.

Coordinate repairs

When something breaks, you triage (DIY or call in our trades), schedule, and stay on top of it. We have a vetted contractor list.

Host one community event/month

House dinner, hike, beach day, pumpkin carving — pick what you enjoy. We give you a $150/month budget.

Mediate roommate stuff

Be the first call when noise / dishes / guests / cleaning come up. Most go away with a calm chat. Real ones we escalate to HQ.

Send weekly check-ins

5-minute Slack update to HQ: occupancy, vibe, anything broken. Templates provided. Five minutes, not an essay.

Who we look for.

Soft skills matter way more than experience. We train the systems part.

Calm under conflict

You don't escalate. You're the person friends call when their roommate situation is messy.

Organized enough

You don't lose track of a maintenance request or a weekly check-in. Notion / Trello / paper notebook — we don't care which.

Genuinely community-minded

You like having people over. You're curious about residents' lives. You don't see this as just a side gig.

Canadian PR or citizen

Required for tax / employment reasons. Open work permits also welcome.

Conversational English

Spanish, Portuguese, French, Mandarin or Japanese as a second language is a strong plus given our resident base.

Basic handyperson skills (nice-to-have)

Can swap a lightbulb, reset a fuse, plunge a toilet, change an HVAC filter. Nothing major — we have trades for the real work.

Current openings.

Updated weekly. Don't see your city? Apply anyway — we keep a hiring pipeline.

Vancouver · Kitsilano

Live-in House Manager · 6-bed

Recently renovated character home, 5 international student residents. Move-in ASAP. Private room with ensuite included.

Live-in$1,200/mo + $350 rentOpen now
Vancouver · Mount Pleasant

Visiting House Manager · 2 houses

Two adjacent houses (8 residents total). Visit 2x per week, on-call for issues. Best fit if you live in East Van.

Visiting$1,800/moStart: May 15
Toronto · Annex

Live-in House Manager · 5-bed

Three blocks from U of T. Quiet, mostly graduate students. Looking for someone calm and routine-oriented.

Live-in$1,200/mo + $350 rentOpen now
Toronto · Liberty Village

Visiting House Manager · 4-bed

Modern condo conversion, four young professionals. Drop in once a week + on-call.

Visiting$1,600/moStart: Jun 1

Common questions.

Most live-in managers report 8–12 hours a week of active work, with occasional spikes (e.g., a major repair, a turnover weekend). Visiting roles are closer to 12–18 hours including travel. The work is bursty — quiet weeks then a busy day — not steady 9–5.

Yes — most of our managers do. The role is designed to fit around a day job, school, or freelance work. Live-in managers especially tend to combine it with full-time studies or remote jobs.

6 months minimum, then month-to-month. We ask for 30 days' notice if you decide to leave. We also have a 60-day mutual trial at the start.

1-week paid onboarding (shadow an experienced manager), a 24/7 ops line for emergencies, weekly Slack with all the other managers, and a regional ops lead who handles escalations. You're never alone in a tough situation.

You handle the first conversation. If it's serious or repeating, you escalate to your ops lead and we take over. We've removed residents before — your wellbeing comes before keeping a problematic person in a house.

Apply to manage a house.

Quick form. We respond within 3 business days. Final hiring includes a 45-min video chat and a paid trial weekend.

Apply to be a house manager

Tell us a bit about you and your situation.

Thanks — we got your application. Expect a reply within 3 business days.

Houses run better with a real human in them.

If you'd be a great one and could use the income, we'd love to talk.

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