What is Home Watch Service?

Home Watch Service and Implementing Home Watch Best Practices is the pro active way for you to reduce the adverse effects of those issues known to happen in unoccupied homes. Protect your investment!

Prevent small issues from becoming disasters.

Home Watch - Port Charlotte - Punta Gorda

Home Watch Services to many is synonymous with names like House Sitter, Homewatch, Home Watching, Property Check, Unoccupied-Vacant Home Watch Services, Absentee Home Watch Services, Property Manager, House Watch, House Check Services or Home Check.

These names all refer to "Home Watch", defined as:

"The visual inspection of a home or property looking for obvious issues".

"Risk Mitigation/Management"

Issues Will Arise, preventative measures taken and issues found early

reduce the adverse effects.

Always check your insurance policy to see if a claim can be denied if your home is left unoccupied/unchecked for a specific period of time. You want to be sure you hire a Home Watch Company to visit within your policies provisions and one that provides you with documentation of each visit to include date, location and photos.

Documentation will be critical if you do need to file a claim.

Saying your neighbor checks in on your home will not fly with the insurance industry. They will want to see documentation of each Home Watch visit!

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Recommendations/Reviews

"We had Neal keep an eye on our home while we were traveling for an extended period and he did an exceptional job! We will definitely use Neal in the future to watch our home when we need someone! We hired a different home watcher previously who was a little cheaper but the service was not good so you get what you pay for!

Very professional and affordable rates".

Christie B., Punta Gorda

"Neal has watched our house and is very responsible attentive. I would definitely recommend his services".

Tony M., Port Charlotte

"Neal does a great job. He is very responsible and attentive".

Susan M., Port Charlotte

"Neal is very professional, trustworthy and dependable. I highly recommend him for your home watch needs".

E.S., Punta Gorda

Don't leave your home unoccupied and unchecked!

Get started with Home Watch Service!

Fill out the Contact us form or call Neal to get an idea of what our service is and likely to cost in Port Charlotte or Punta Gorda. If you think our estimated pricing is fair and reasonable you can invite us to your home for a walk through. At the walk through Neal or Emily will review with you our qualifications, insurance certificates, state and county business registrations and review our intake documents. We will inform you of Home Watch industry best practices, we decide together how we service your home. We determine a firm price per visit, WE DO NOT CHARGE "ADD ON" FEES, those fees other companies don't tell you about until you are signing up for service (credit cards fees, annual software fee, checklist customization fees, administration fees, fuel surcharges or annual fee) the price we determine on our walk through is the price per Home Watch visit you are billed for. You will sign our service agreement which will indicate start date and you provide us two keys to the access door.

You can cancel our agreement at anytime with 30 days notice.

We want you to be comfortable and clear about our Professional Home Watch Inspection and Reporting Services in Southwest Florida.

We commit to a fair and reasonable Home Watch Inspection price after we know what services we will be providing for you.

OUR SERVICES/Pricing

About: Neal

Home Watch Training and General Information

Who Watches Your Home When You're Away?

Neal Snyder owner/mgr Custom Home and Marine Watch - Home Watch Service

in Port Charlotte/Punta Gorda, Florida.

Neal knew the importance of setting up and operating a professional home watch company for long term success. Since a license to provide Home Watch is not required by the State of Florida or Charlotte County Neal has registered a DBA, Custom Home and Marine Watch with the State of Florida and purchased the Tax Receipt/registered his business/name with Charlotte County

Neal is a member of both the NHWA, National Home Watch Association and FLHWA, Florida Home Watch Association. Neal completed the one on one training including onsite home watch inspections/checks for both homes/condominiums, business curriculum and the home watch curriculum tailored specifically to homes in the Southeastern US. Neal completed the Home Watch Boot Camp and also received the designation of "Certified Home Watch Professional” the highest accreditation available by the NHWA.

Neal has been involved in the property appraisal industry assisting his wife Emily who is a Florida State Certified Residential Real Estate Appraiser RD#7026 in residential appraisal inspections across the state of Florida for 15+ years, inspecting residential homes/condominiums is common place for Neal & Emily. We know what to look for and have years of inspection experience.

Boat ownership has also been a life long task and Neal has experience caring for motor vessels.

Professionalism, client confidentiality, timely communication, and good old fashion business ethic "doing what he is contracted to do" makes Custom Home and Marine Watch the best choice for potential clients.

Home Watch, Certified Home Watch Professional.

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Why we do Home Watch

Neal and his wife Emily live in the Old Grassy Point Sailing Community. Emily is a life long Florida resident while Neal has lived in Florida over 30 years. Prior to moving to Port Charlotte they frequently visited a family members 2nd home here in Port Charlotte as the unofficial caretaker "Home Watcher".

We have seen many of the problems second home owners experience. Couple that with our professional training and you can rest easy knowing your 2nd home is being looked after when you're away.