38 reviews · 5.0 average
Ten seasons of homeowners who stopped worrying about the house.
Below: what our clients say, three saves with the actual numbers attached, and the articles we send new homeowners before their first summer away.
In their words
Reviews from seasonal homeowners across the North Valley.
“I hired them from Calgary without ever meeting them in person. Ten months later the house has never looked better, and I have a folder of reports my insurer accepted without a single question.”
“Jeff found a water heater seeping in week three of our trip. Shut it off, sent photos, had a plumber there the next morning, and called me from the driveway when it was done.”
“The photo report is the whole thing for me. I can look at my own laundry room floor from a hotel in Bar Harbor and know it’s dry.”
“Three roof tiles replaced and the debris hauled after a monsoon — before I even knew a storm had come through. That’s the service.”
“They met the AC company, stayed for the whole install, and sent me a photo of the new unit and the invoice. I approved it from a lake in Ontario.”
“We arrive to a cool house, cold water, ice in the tray and the patio uncovered. After twelve-hour travel days, that is worth every dollar.”
Real saves
What one visit caught — and what it would have cost by October.
Details are shared with each homeowner’s permission. The dollar figures are the repair quotes we actually saw.
A weeping supply line, week three
Found: a damp baseboard behind the washer, no puddle yet, humidity reading four points above the rest of the house.
Done: water shut at the valve, photos sent within the hour, plumber on site the next morning to replace both braided lines.
$310
$14,000+
An AC compressor down in 109° heat
Found: interior at 94° on a Tuesday visit, thermostat calling and nothing running.
Done: portable units placed the same afternoon to hold humidity down, HVAC company scheduled within 48 hours, owner approved the repair by phone from Oregon. No mold, no warped flooring, no cabinet damage.
$1,240
$22,000+
Three lifted roof tiles after a monsoon
Found: post-storm exterior sweep showed displaced tiles above a bedroom and exposed underlayment.
Done: photographed and dated for the insurer, roofer on site in four days, debris hauled, ceiling checked from inside on the next two visits. Dry all season.
$480
$9,500+
Articles for homeowners
What we tell every client before their first summer away.
Practical, Arizona-specific, and written from ten seasons of walking these houses.
The 8-point shutdown before you fly out
Water off at the main, water heater on vacation setting, ice maker isolated, drains treated, thermostat at 85°, blinds down, perishables gone, and a dated photo of every valve you touched. Do these eight things and most summer disasters simply cannot start.
Monsoon prep for a house nobody’s in
June is the month to do it: stow or strap everything on the patio, clear the roof scuppers and yard drains, trim limbs that overhang the tile, and photograph the exterior while it’s intact. That last one is the step homeowners skip — and the one adjusters ask for.
How an empty house announces itself
Nobody casing a neighborhood needs to see inside. A full mailbox, packages on the step, knee-high weeds in the gravel, the same three lights on a timer every night, a pool going green. Removing those five signals does more for security than another camera.
Read the vacancy clause in your policy
Most homeowner policies treat a house differently once it’s unoccupied past a set number of days — often 30 or 60. Some require documented periodic checks. Send us the wording and we’ll set your visit interval to match it, then keep the reports on file.
Why a pool is the fastest thing to go wrong
Two inches of evaporation a week, a pump that runs dry, and a green pool in eleven days. If you have a pool, your visit interval should be weekly — and somebody should be laying eyes on the equipment pad, not just the water.
Scorpions come in at the foundation line
Weep screeds, door sweeps, garage thresholds and hose bib penetrations — that’s the route. Sealing those gaps and keeping a treated perimeter matters far more than spraying baseboards inside an empty house.
Your turn
Be the homeowner with the boring summer.
A free walk-through, a written quote, and a house that gets looked after whether you’re in Michigan or Manitoba.