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Packages

Nine starting points, all adjustable.

Most people begin with Home Watch and add to it. The packages exist so you have something to react to, not because your property has to fit one.

Why there are no prices here

Cost depends on the property, where it is, how often it is attended and what is included — a weekly check on a condo in the Beltline and a twice-weekly check on an acreage in Bearspaw are not the same job, and pretending otherwise with a single headline figure would be misleading.

Tell us about the property and you get a written quote before anything is scheduled. Nothing is charged until you have agreed to it.

Quick Check

One visit, when you need one

A single scheduled visit with a completed checklist, photographs and a written report. No commitment and no subscription.

One-off

Includes

  • One scheduled visit at a time you choose
  • Full interior and exterior checklist
  • Timestamped photographs
  • Written report, same day
  • Notification of anything found

Not included

  • Recurring visits
  • Mail, plants or household tasks
  • Contractor coordination

Common add-ons

Per visit · quoted on enquiry

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Home Watch

Recurring checks with a documented record

Scheduled recurring visits producing a continuous documented record. The baseline monitoring plan and the right starting point for most vacancies.

Weekly, twice weekly, or every 72 hours

Includes

  • Recurring visits on your chosen cadence
  • Full interior and exterior checklist each visit
  • Interior temperature recorded every visit
  • Timestamped photographs, building a comparable record over time
  • Mail and parcels collected and organised to your instructions
  • Issues documented, classified by severity and reported
  • Written report after every visit
  • Continuous property record you can download

Not included

  • Video walkthroughs
  • Plant watering and household tasks
  • Seasonal services such as snow or lawn
  • Professional inspections

Common add-ons

Monthly subscription · quoted on enquiry

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Home Sitter

Checks plus the household tasks

Everything in Home Watch plus the recurring household tasks a lived-in house needs — plants, bins, mail, running water, small jobs during the visit.

Weekly or more frequent

Includes

  • Everything in Home Watch
  • Plants watered to your per-plant instructions, with photo confirmation
  • Bins out and returned on your collection schedule
  • Fixtures run at each visit to keep traps from drying
  • Lighting and blinds varied so the property does not read as empty
  • Included allowance of small non-trade tasks each visit
  • Video walkthrough monthly

Common add-ons

Monthly subscription · quoted on enquiry

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Snowbird Complete

Departure to return, the whole season

The full seasonal arrangement: departure preparation, monitoring through the winter with extra visits during extreme weather, seasonal services coordinated, and return preparation before you land.

Weekly through the season, with additional visits during weather events

Includes

  • Departure visit with full property setup and photographic baseline
  • Weekly monitoring through the entire absence
  • Additional visits during extreme cold events at no extra charge
  • Storm checks after significant weather
  • Snow clearing arranged and verified after every snowfall
  • Mail, parcels and plants handled throughout
  • Contractor coordination with your standing authorisation limits
  • Return preparation — house warm, water on, driveway cleared, mail organised
  • Full season summary report at the end of the vacancy

Common add-ons

Seasonal, billed monthly · quoted on enquiry

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Vacant Listing

For a property that is empty and for sale

Presentation and condition care for a vacant listing, timed around showings, with the monitoring any empty property needs underneath it.

Weekly, plus pre-showing visits on request

Includes

  • Weekly presentation and condition check
  • Pre-showing reset on request — lights, blinds, temperature, entry cleared
  • Fixtures run at each visit so the property does not develop odours
  • Flyers, mail and parcels cleared
  • Lawn and snow arranged and verified
  • Photo confirmation sent to you or your agent before showings
  • Full monitoring checklist underneath the presentation work

Not included

  • Any opinion on price, condition or marketing
  • Showings or contact with buyers
  • Staging or furnishing

Common add-ons

Monthly subscription · quoted on enquiry

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Between Tenants

Physical property care through a turnover

Move-out documentation, monitoring through the vacancy, cleaning and repair coordination, and a pre-occupancy walkthrough. Property care only — not property management.

For the duration of the vacancy

Includes

  • Move-out condition documentation with photographs and video
  • Monitoring visits through the vacant period
  • Cleaning and junk removal coordinated and verified
  • Non-trade tasks — filters, bulbs, smoke alarm batteries, minor touch-ups
  • Contractor access for repairs
  • Pre-occupancy visual walkthrough with documentation

Not included

  • Advertising, showings, screening or tenant selection
  • Lease negotiation or execution
  • Rent collection or deposit handling
  • Any activity requiring an Alberta property management licence

Common add-ons

Per turnover, or monthly · quoted on enquiry

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Estate Care

For a property held in an estate

Monitoring and property care through probate, with documentation an executor can share with beneficiaries and their lawyer.

Weekly or biweekly, for as long as needed

Includes

  • Regular monitoring visits for the duration of the estate
  • Full photographic and video documentation of condition
  • Snow, lawn and exterior maintenance arranged and verified
  • Repair coordination with executor authorisation
  • Documented record suitable for sharing with beneficiaries and counsel
  • Coordination with the estate's Realtor when authorised
  • Pre-listing preparation when the property goes to market
  • Handled without a sales process attached

Not included

  • Legal, tax or estate administration advice
  • Handling, valuation or distribution of contents unless specifically instructed in writing
  • Any decision-making about the property

Common add-ons

Monthly, cancellable at any time · quoted on enquiry

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Concierge

An ongoing local operator for your property

The highest-touch arrangement: monitoring during absences plus an open request channel for anything the property needs, with priority scheduling.

Flexible, matched to your pattern of absence

Includes

  • Monitoring cadence that adjusts to when you are away and when you are home
  • Open request channel — describe what you need in plain English
  • Priority scheduling ahead of standard bookings
  • Departure and return preparation every time, without rebooking
  • Contractor and delivery attendance included within a monthly allowance
  • A service that already knows the property — filter sizes, shut-off location, cold rooms, service history
  • Preferred rates on time-based tasks

Common add-ons

Monthly retainer plus usage · quoted on enquiry

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Portfolio

Multiple properties, one standard

Consistent monitoring across a portfolio with one reporting standard and a single view of which properties need attention.

Per property, scheduled into routes

Includes

  • One visit standard and one report format across every property
  • Properties grouped into efficient routes rather than priced as individual trips
  • Bulk scheduling and bulk cadence changes
  • Portfolio view of status — current, attention needed, overdue
  • Single monthly statement across all properties
  • Consolidated issue reporting
  • New properties added or removed without renegotiating

Common add-ons

Volume-based, monthly · quoted on enquiry

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Not a package

Book a property assistant by the hour

Some jobs do not fit a plan. Give us a list and a duration.

30 minutes

A drop-in and a short task list.

60 minutes

A full walkthrough plus several tasks.

2 hours

An appointment window, or a longer task list.

Half day

Delivery windows, multiple appointments, or a project.

Custom

Tell us what you need and we will scope it.

Example — 60 minute visit

  • Water 12 plants
  • Bring mail and parcels inside
  • Change 2 bulbs
  • Replace furnace filter
  • Check basement and mechanical room
  • Photograph the backyard

Describe what you need

Need someone at the house?

Tell us what the property needs. Direct services throughout Greater Calgary.