HOME WATCH
Is your Gulf Shores, AL-area vacation property unoccupied for long stretches? Looking for some precious piece of mind? We’re an experienced Home Watch service with one goal: to address the needs of absentee homeowners with vacation properties in Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, Foley, AL and surrounding areas. In addition to providing trustworthy, professional home-monitoring, Gulf Getaway Guardians can schedule and manage repairs, deliver immediate reports on all tasks performed, and much more.
Some of our BASIC HOME WATCH services include:
- Check for Structural Damage
- Check plumbing for leaks under all sinks, toilets and hot water heater.
- Check refrigerator and freezer temperature
- Remove newspapers, advertising, bring in mail, trash cans, sweep around front entrance
- Check lights around inside house and replace bulbs if necessary
- Alarm system check
- Check that all doors and windows are locked
- Heat and air conditioning temperature setting and filters
- Run garbage disposals as it lubricates seal
- Remove all food/trash and prepare home for your next visit
- SEE OUR FULL SITE FOR A COMPLETE LIST
HOME CONCIERGE
Headed to your Gulf property soon? Want to start vacationing the moment you arrive? We’ll open your home, be your personal grocery shopper and stock your fridge and pantry, book your boat rental, fishing trip or dinner reservations, arrange for any deliveries (or anything else you need done!), and even handle your departure cleaning. You’ll arrive to a clean, “fresh-aired,” food-stocked home that’s ready for vacation. And at vacation’s end, just leave—and leave the cleaning to us!
Some of our Basic Home Concierge services include:
- Grocery Shopping prior to you arrival for food. Use our handy grocery list and feel free to add any additional requests
- Shop for wine or liquor
- Shop for flowers or gift basket
- Make reservations for restaurants
- Receive deliveries for you
- Purchase ticket to events such as concerts
- Book fishing trips
- Reservations for boat, parasailing or jet skis rentals
- Arrange to pick up clients from Pensacola Airport
- SEE OUR FULL WEBSITE FOR A COMPLETE LIST
FAQ'S
What is the purpose of a Home Watch service company?
Home Watch companies are specifically designed to reduce the stress of owning a vacation home, and being an absentee owner or weeks or months at a time. Our job is to ensure your valuable asset is secure, protected and free from unexpected damage. Your home is our priority, and we treat it like our own.
Why should a homeowner use the services of a
Home Watch company?
As homeowners, we all experience normal wear and tear on our homes. But being an absentee homeowner of a vacation home in or near a coastal area, carries major potential risks and inconveniences: storms, flooding, wind damage, water leaks from internal and external plumbing, electrical problems, insect and pest infestation, and many other adverse events that can damage your home without your knowledge.
How does it work?
We’ll provide the services you choose, and at your desired frequency: weekly, biweekly or monthly. If your home requires maintenance services beyond our capabilities, we’ll help you locate those individuals or companies who can provide those services. We will only recommend companies that are licensed, bonded and insured.
If those services are being performed by others, we’ll act as if it were our own home, and make sure those services are being performed to our personal satisfaction.
Exactly what does a Home Watch services company check?
We provide a standard list of services (please see our Basic Services Package), which can then be customized with additional services, according to the individual needs of the home and the homeowner. We can also provide concierge services for the homeowner (please see our Concierge Services list).
What happens in the event of a problem in my home?
As experienced home-watch service providers, we’ll immediately respond to the problem. If you are not present at the time, we’ll contact you, assess the problem, recommend the appropriate response and service provider, and manage the resolution of the problem in the most cost-efficient manner possible. If the problem arises while you’re in the home, we can advise you on the best response to the problem, and direct the appropriate individuals to make the required repairs.
RESOURCES
Get the latest on hurricane preparedness
The official visitor's guide and attractions
Coastal Alabama Business Chamber
For everything business and community events
Flora-Bama Lounge & Oyster Bar
Events on the beach
Golfing, shopping, dining, entertainment
YOUR TEAM
Dave and Debbie Gatti
We want to protect your home from the kind of disaster that happened to us, while helping you get the most enjoyment and pleasure out of your vacation time - in this place we all love so much.
Dave and Debbie Gatti found out about home-watch services the hard way. Driving into their Destin, Florida vacation home one Friday night, they discovered to their horror that their hot water heater had burst, flooding most of the house, and ruining their wood floors, carpets and furniture. Most of their vacation was spent doing just about everything except vacation.
Friends told them about a home-monitoring service they’d used to do “walk-through’s” of the property, and report on any problems. How much cost and hassle might that have saved them? Plus, the company offered grocery shopping and home set-up prior to their arrival. From then on, they were vacationing from the moment they arrived!
CONTACT
For a set fee, we offer our Basic Services Package, which you can then customize with any additional services necessary to meet the specific needs of your home and circumstances.
Serious peace of mind is just a
phone call or email away.
3 WAYS TO GET A QUOTE
GET IN TOUCH
CALL: 404.386.4092 or 251.213.0448
EMAIL: dgatti@gulfgetawayguardians.com
However you reach us, the next step is to schedule an appointment at the home, so together, we can discuss your individual needs. Can’t meet face-to-face right away? Do you have Skype? Were happy to do a Skype call to move things along to the next step.
