Home watch for houses that are often empty.

We start by learning the house.

On the first walkthrough we record where the water and gas shutoffs are, the alarm and its codes, the age of the boiler, which trees hang over the roof and who services what. Every later visit is compared against it.

That record is the difference between noticing that a ceiling stain is new and walking straight past it.

Inside, outside and everything between.

• Every room, including closets, attic and basement
• Ceilings and walls for new marks or damp
• Plumbing fixtures, water heater and visible pipes
• Heating or cooling holding its setting
• Alarm, cameras and wifi still connected
• Doors, windows and skylights secure
• Roofline and gutters from the ground
• Trees, fences, gates and the drive
• Pool house, guest house and garage
• Post and deliveries brought inside

You see what we saw.

Photographs and a few lines on anything worth knowing, by text or email the same day. When something needs a decision from you, we call instead, with what we'd recommend.