About
Where Ayla comes from
One flatshare, one founder, and a question that stayed.
Orchard 13 began as a doctor’s consultation and a family home in Bonnevoie. When the doctor retired, the question was what the flat should become. François de la Caffinière gave it an answer: a flatshare where people arriving in Luxembourg could land well, refurbished with the Scandinavian calm he cares about and furnished down to the last lamp.
Running it taught him one thing above everything: flatsharing is a great experience when the people fit, and a draining one when they do not. So he took the choosing seriously. He listened to the people already living there, met every candidate properly, and let no room go to the first person who could pay for it.
“François is the best landlord, discrete and very caring about who is occupying the apartment, always trying to create the best matches for the current tenants.”
Sofia, who lived at Orchard 13 for more than two years, via Trustpilot.
The house worked, and that raised the question Ayla was built to answer: how do you keep that level of care, and still find people quickly? The housing groups and the cold messages serve nobody well, the people with rooms as little as the people looking.
Ayla is the answer he wanted to exist: one conversation, one introduction at a time, and care that does not thin out as it grows. Today she lives in a WhatsApp chat and stays free while she launches. François is still the person behind her, and if you write to Ayla and ask for a human, he is the one you will reach.
Say hello whenever you are ready