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  • Watch — monthly exterior
  • Watch Full — monthly, inside and out
  • Away — bi-weekly
  • Vacant — weekly
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Homeowners outside a well-kept property they are leaving for the season

Plans

Four plans. The difference is how often.

Cadence and scope are the only two things that change the price, because they are the only two things that change the work.

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  • No lock-in
  • Pause when you are here
  • Cancel and get your key back

We are quoting by hand at the moment

Our rates are set from what a route actually costs, and we are still measuring that on real properties rather than guessing at it. Tell us where the property is and we will come back the same day with a number we can stand behind.

We would rather explain this than publish a figure we might have to walk back.

The plans

Pick the one that matches how the property is left

If you are not sure, the middle two cover most situations. Tell us the pattern and we will say which.

Watch

Monthly

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Exterior, grounds and entry points, once a month.

  • Monthly exterior and envelope check
  • Roof and gutters from ground and ladder
  • Grounds, drainage and storm debris
  • Entry points confirmed secure
  • Photographed report, same day

Best for: A property someone else can get into, or one you visit yourself now and then.

Choose Watch

Watch Full

Monthly

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Everything in Watch, plus inside the house.

  • Everything in Watch
  • Room-by-room interior walkthrough
  • Damp, leaks, smells and pests
  • Taps run, traps topped, heat confirmed
  • Water heater and breaker panel photographed

Best for: The usual answer for a house standing empty over the winter.

Choose Watch Full

Away

Bi-weekly

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The full check, twice a month, with priority alerts.

  • Everything in Watch Full, twice monthly
  • Priority phone alert on urgent findings
  • Faster referral to a trade when needed
  • Comparison against the previous visit in every report

Best for: Empty year-round, or a long way from anyone who could respond.

Choose Away

Vacant

Weekly

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Weekly visits, documented to the standard an insurer asks for.

  • Everything in Away, weekly
  • Documentation built for a vacancy or unoccupancy clause
  • Dated, timestamped record of every visit
  • Report format you can hand straight to an insurer or executor

Best for: Usually an insurance requirement rather than a preference.

Choose Vacant

Side by side

What each plan includes

The rows are the whole difference. Everything else is the same on every plan.

Monitoring plan comparison
 WatchWatch FullAwayVacant
Visit frequencyMonthlyMonthlyEvery 2 weeksWeekly
Exterior and groundsYesYesYesYes
Roof and guttersYesYesYesYes
Interior walkthrough—YesYesYes
Water and power checks—YesYesYes
Priority phone alerts——YesYes
Insurance-grade documentation———Yes
Report turnaroundSame daySame daySame daySame day

Paying up front

Two months free on an annual

Pay twelve months up front and 2 of them are free. It is a straight discount for cash, and we would rather be plain about why we offer it than dress it up as a loyalty benefit: a new business needs cash at the start, and you are the one lending it.

You can also pay monthly and stop whenever. Nobody is tied in, and a plan that has to hold you in place is one that was not worth buying.

Labelled property keys held in a logged storage box

A note on where we go

The drive between properties is most of what a visit costs, so we serve three route clusters properly rather than the whole Island badly. If you are outside one, we will tell you straight away and either quote the travel honestly or say it does not work.

See the areas we cover

Plan questions

Choosing between them

What is the difference between the monthly plans?+

Scope. Watch covers the exterior, the grounds and the entry points. Watch Full adds an interior walkthrough, which is where damp, leaks, pests and anything with a smell get caught. Same visit frequency, different amount of house.

Which plan do most people need?+

For a house empty over the winter, monthly with an interior check is the usual answer. Bi-weekly is worth it when the property is empty year-round or a long way from anyone who could respond. Weekly is generally an insurance requirement rather than a preference.

Can I change plans or pause over the summer?+

Yes. Plenty of properties only stand empty for part of the year, and paying for visits nobody needs is a good way to lose a customer. Tell us the pattern and we will price for it.

Why is the price not based on the size or value of my property?+

Because neither one predicts what a visit costs. What costs money is how long we are on site and how far we drove to get there, and cadence and scope are the only two things that move those. A price you cannot check for yourself is a price you end up arguing about.

Not sure which one?

Tell us how the property is left and we will recommend one. If the honest answer is that you do not need a plan, that is what we will say.

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Island Preservation GroupWatched · Recorded · Reported

We monitor Vancouver Island properties whose owners are not there. Scheduled visits, photographed reports, and an honest record of what we found — through plain service and modern technology.

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Watch — monthly exteriorWatch Full — monthly, inside and outAway — bi-weeklyVacant — weekly

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