Vacant & Seasonal Properties
Property
Preservation.
Documented, photographed care for the properties nobody is living in — vacant homes, seasonal cottages, and rural holdings across Southern Ontario.
For Properties Left Standing
A property left empty is still a property at risk.
An empty house, a closed-up cottage, a rural holding between tenants — these properties degrade faster than anyone expects. Pipes freeze, sumps fail, weather gets in, and small problems become large ones because nobody is there to catch them early.
Our preservation program puts a local, documented set of eyes on your property on a schedule you choose. Every visit produces a time-stamped photo report. Every access is authorized and logged. Every contractor is supervised. Whether you're between tenants, closing the cottage for winter, or holding a property toward sale, we keep it standing and accounted for.
Services Include
Every visit, documented.
Vacant Property Inspections
Scheduled interior and exterior walk-throughs of unoccupied homes, with occupancy observations and full condition reports after every visit.
- ·Interior / exterior property checks
- ·Occupancy observations
- ·Date- and time-stamped photo reports
- ·Property condition reports
Winterization & De-Winterization
Seasonal close and reopen coordination — drain-downs, line blows, heat-trace checks in the fall, and safe de-winterization before re-occupancy.
- ·Winterization coordination
- ·De-winterization coordination
- ·System-by-system documentation
Emergency & Storm Response
On-call checks after significant weather or alarms — storm inspections, leak and freeze observations, and after-hours site visits when something goes wrong.
- ·Emergency property checks
- ·Storm inspections
- ·Water / freeze / leak observations
- ·After-hours response
Access & Security
Authorized entry for owners, insurers, and trades — with lock, door, and window observations logged on every visit so the property stays sealed and accounted for.
- ·Authorized property access
- ·Lock / door / window observations
- ·Key and access tracking
Contractor & Maintenance Coordination
We let the right trades in, supervise the work, and quality-check the result — from lawn and snow service to ongoing property maintenance.
- ·Contractor access and supervision
- ·Lawn / snow service coordination
- ·Property maintenance coordination
Preservation & Project Management
Cleanouts, preservation coordination, repairs, and listing or sale prep — a single point of contact to keep a vacant property from sliding backward.
- ·Cleanout coordination
- ·Property preservation coordination
- ·Repair / project management
- ·Listing / sale preparation coordination
Cottage & Rural Properties
Seasonal cottage inspections and rural property checks, where longer drive times and off-season stretches make regular eyes on the property matter most.
- ·Cottage / seasonal property inspections
- ·Rural property inspections
Documented Reporting
Photo reports, every visit.
After every inspection you receive a date- and time-stamped report with interior and exterior photos, condition notes, and any flagged observations — leaks, freeze risk, forced entry, contractor work, or anything else worth your attention.
Many Ontario insurers expect documented checks on vacant or seasonal properties. Our reports are built to be shared directly with your broker.
Sample Visit Report
- Visit date & timeStamped
- Interior photosCaptured
- Exterior photosCaptured
- Occupancy statusConfirmed
- Locks / doors / windowsChecked
- Leaks / freeze / waterObserved
- Flagged itemsNoted
Holding an Empty Property?
Let's keep it standing.
Tell us the address, how it's used, and how often you'd like eyes on it. We'll come back with a right-sized preservation schedule.
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