Basic idea: homeowners who travel a lot or have second homes need someone reliable to check on their property while they’re away. Weekly visits, checking for leaks, storm damage, making sure everything looks lived in, that kind of thing. Insurance actually often requires this kind of documented visit for vacant homes, so there’s a built in reason people need it, not just a nice to have.

Couple things I’m still figuring out. Pricing is completely open right now, I haven’t locked anything in and want to see what the market will actually bear before committing to a number. Also thinking through whether to offer extras like starting cars periodically or grocery stocking before someone gets back, versus keeping it a tight simple service.

This isn’t housesitting or pet sitting where someone lives in the home temporarily. No one stays there. It’s scheduled visits, insured, with a documented report each time, closer to a professional inspector than a sitter. My product is the document generated and provided to homeowners which they will use to provide to their home insurance companies.

Has anyone here used a service like this, hired one, or thought about starting one? What would make you trust a new company with your house for months at a time?

Edit: Title has mansions but it’s mostly higher end homes. On the $2-4 mil range. I’m based in southern Ontario, we don’t have super big houses like the states here.