A home watch service consists of regularly-scheduled inspections of both the interior and exterior of unoccupied homes. 30A Luxury Home Watch’s primary emphasis is ensuring their clients’ homes are secure and there are no issues with vandalism, water leaks, animal or bug infestations, rain or storm damage, plumbing, electrical, air conditioning and heating, mold or various other concerns.
Neighbors are great and usually free of charge, but most of them do not have the expertise to properly inspect your home, which is a very large investment on your part. In most cases, neighbors will pick up the mail and newspaper, maybe take a quick look inside the home, and then watch the home from across the street. We use an extensive checklist to ensure that each potential issue can be detected before it becomes a major problem. We are available at all times, not only for regular inspections, but also for an emergency. Contrastingly, a homeowner never knows if their neighbor is going to be in town or on vacation. Our fees are a small price to pay for our clients to know their homes are being taken care of by licensed, experienced and insured professionals.
Currently, all of your home watch inspections will be done by 30A Luxury Home Watch President and Owner Blaine Sullivan. In the event Blaine is not available, we will have one of our highly-qualified staff perform the inspections.
This is both a personal and an insurance issue. It is difficult to determine exactly how often someone should have their home inspected. If an issue arises, it is always best if it can be identified before it becomes a large problem. For safety reasons, once a week would be best. We believe that less frequent inspections do not provide the level of security needed to ensure that our clients’ homes are properly taken care of while they are away.
Also, some insurance companies require someone to inspect an unoccupied home once or twice a month. Other insurance companies do not seem to have an issue with this, so there are no requirements. In order to see what requirements the insurance companies may have, please contact them before making a decision on the frequency of inspections.
Yes, we will take calls at any time for emergency issues.
It is almost impossible to provide a quote over the phone without first seeing the property. Without seeing the size and nature of the home, it is difficult to determine which services would best serve our clients’ needs. Every property is different and we treat each property differently.
We feel it is important to meet with the owner and create a custom checklist for the property based on the owners needs, before we can accurately give a price quote.
Our goal is to make sure we provide the best service for an affordable price so you, the home owner, can rest easy knowing your investment is being well taken care of.
30A Luxury Home Watch uses a custom program for reporting our inspection updates. This program has a built-in GPS system which only allows us to obtain access to our reporting software when we are inside the home. The GPS system, QRIDit, finds our client’s home via the address on Google Maps and prints out a QRID, which is then placed in our client’s home. This ensures that someone was actually at the home at the time of the inspection. There is also a QRIDit area in the services section of our website that provides a comprehensive video about this program.
We will do our best to avoid these instances, but we really need our clients’ help in keeping us informed of when anyone is using their homes, otherwise we will perform the services as asked. As second-home homeowners ourselves, we never want to arrive into a home unannounced and take a chance of startling our clients or their guests. If this does happen and we have not been informed, we will have to charge our client for our time. To ensure that this does not happen very often, please call us or send us a quick email letting us know if the house will be occupied. Although we prefer to know as far in advance as possible, telling us the day before the homeowner’s arrival also provides enough notice.
No, we are not a security company, nor do we take the place of one. Our scheduled inspections do offer some security because we are at the property regularly. We will obviously discover if the home has been broken into or if something has been vandalized, but we do not conduct daily patrols of the home like security companies.
In Florida, especially during the hurricane season, both wind and rain from severe storms can cause extensive damage to homes. As a part of our service, we inspect all homes after severe storms. These inspections are conducted at a per hour rate and are just to ensure that there are no leaks or property damage. We do not perform a complete inspection after storms because we have many homes to check in a short period of time. However, if a regular inspection is scheduled a day or two after a storm, we will perform the full inspection for the regular price and not charge our clients for the storm inspection.
Our inspection reports are sent to our clients via email. If email is not an option, then we can either place a call or mail the inspection report. We find that mailing reports is counterproductive, since the lag time between inspections and the delivery of the report is too great. If there are any immediate problems that need to be discussed, we will always place a phone call from the home, as well as provide a report via email.
We will email, or if you request, mail you an invoice at regular intervals. You can mail us a check at that time or make other arrangements if necessary.
Yes. We have a very extensive list of qualified licensed contractors and other vendors who can help with most of your needs.
This is one of the benefits of having 30A Luxury Home Watch take care of your home. We are looking for potential problems that may arise and will coordinate with the owner and our vendors to make sure we take care of those issues before they become bigger issues.
30A Luxury Home Watch Company services the greater South Walton Market with an emphasis on properties located on or around Scenic Highway 30A. These areas include but are not limited to…
Dune Allen
Blue Mountain Beach
Grayton Beach
Watercolor
Seaside
Seagrove
Watersound
Kaiya
Camp Creek
Alys Beach
Rosemary Beach
Inlet Beach
However, as an ever-expanding company, please contact 30A Home Watch today to see if we service your area!
Being intimately familiar with the problem of absentee ownership, we at 30A Luxury Home Watch know the needs of seasonal homeowners and also know the relief when someone licensed, insured, accredited and trustworthy is watching over your property.