Why You Need Home Watch
If you’re leaving your home in the Coachella Valley for the summer, do you know what its condition will be when you return in the fall?
With a home watch service, you can have the peace of mind of knowing you will find it as you left it.
What Is Home Watch?
A home watch service means reliable professionals frequently inspect your home while you are away. Their job is to spot problems early and coordinate with you to resolve them quickly.
As the owner of a second home, you hold an insurance policy that protects your investment against the risk of damage from fire, floods, and earthquakes. Home watch service is the perfect complement to that insurance, since it is designed to find and fix small problems before they become big ones. Home watch has helped many homeowners avoid having to file an insurance claim in the first place.
What Does a Home Watch Inspection Cover?
Premier Residential Services’ home watch program includes a weekly comprehensive inspection of your home, inside and out.
In addition, should an earthquake, power outage, summer monsoon rain or other such event affect the Coachella Valley, Premier Residential Services re-inspects your home to be sure all is in order.
The weekly interior inspection includes checking:
- Lighting
- Plants
- Appliances
- Refrigerators / freezers
- Dishwashers
- Garbage disposals
- Washing machines / dryers
- Water heaters
- Air conditioners
- Plumbing
- Maintain commodes
- Run water
- Inspect for leaks
- Utilities
- Telephone lines (including for alarm connection)
- Circuit breakers
The interior inspection also includes maintaining humidity levels, looking for evidence of insect or termite activity, and even collecting and forwarding first class mail.
The thorough garage and exterior inspection includes:
- Vehicles and golf carts
- Doors
- Windows (especially if your home is within range of a golf course!)
- Gates
- Pools, spas, and water features
- Sprinkler systems
- Landscaping
- Exterior lighting
Key Benefits of Home Watch from Premier Residential Services
We believe your home in the Coachella Valley should decrease the stress in your life, not add to it. That’s why we offer peace of mind in the form of our home watch program. You can rest easy knowing one of our trained professionals is inspecting your home and knows what to watch for.
Local Knowledge:
You may not be aware of all the hazards that are specific to homes in the Coachella Valley, but we definitely do. That’s why our home watch program includes inspections after earthquakes and power outages to check that all systems and appliances are operating properly. In addition:
- If requested, we place humidity containers and replenish as needed within your home to mitigate damage to furniture, cabinetry and household wooden items.
- We check carefully for broken water pipes and/or and leaks, because not only can they flood your home, but due to our warm climate they will quickly turn your home into the perfect “greenhouse” habitat for mold and mildew.
- We know the signs of infestation from insects and rodents found in the region and how to remove anything likely to attract them in the first place.
- We check for defective pool and HVAC equipment as well as broken sprinkler heads and irrigation valves and pipes.
Representing Your Interests:
While you are away, we monitor the frequency of other property services vendors, particularly landscape, pest control and pool services. We make sure that you are always receiving the level of service you expect. In addition, think of the benefits of having someone you trust available locally 24/7/365, able to coordinate emergency response and update you should issues arise or problems occur within your residence.
Everything You Expect:
There are certain services that are always included in any good home watch program, regardless of climate or region. Premier Residential Services’ professionals have these fundamentals covered. We check the security of doors and windows. We check for odors of expired or spoiled items in the refrigerator. And we make sure that vehicle batteries and tires are maintained.
To Get Started
We would be pleased to speak with you in more detail about our home watch program and to answer any questions you may have.
Premier Residential Services is fully licensed and insured and is locally owned and operated in the Coachella Valley. Our staff of 75 highly trained professionals maintain the excellent reputation we have earned over more than 50 years of service.
To speak with us about arranging home watch for your residence, please call us at (760) 773-4081, or simply fill out the form on the right and we will respond to you promptly.
