Scheduled visual observation for absentee owners — Fort Myers high-rises, riverfront condos, and seasonal homes.
When you travel, your home sits unoccupied for weeks or months at a time. Avalon visits on a schedule you set, walks the property along a consistent routine, photographs what is visually accessible, and sends you a written report after every visit. You see what we see, while you are away.
A Florida climate is hard on an empty home. Avalon's role is to visit on schedule and document what is visually accessible, so a condition that becomes visible does not go unseen for months. We observe and report. We do not diagnose, repair, or guarantee.
No two homes are alike, so no two plans are either. Choose the services that fit your property and how long you are away. Recurring services are billed only during the months your home is unoccupied. Starting rates are shown; your plan is confirmed in writing before we begin.
On a schedule you set, we walk your property along a routine built around your home, note what is visually accessible, and send you a written, photo-documented report after every visit. You see what we see, while you are away.
$75 per visit · bi-weekly, tri-weekly, or weeklyEvery visit produces a written, time-stamped report with photographs, delivered by email, by text, or in your homeowner app. Clear documentation that your home was visited, useful should you ever have an insurance claim.
Included with every visitBuilt for riverfront towers. We know the access points, parking, gate procedures, and the rhythms of HOA-managed buildings, so your visits are smooth and discreet.
Riverfront specialtyThe same documented, scheduled attention for seasonal houses and absentee-owned homes across the area, shaped around a single-family property rather than a tower.
Houses welcomeBefore-the-storm readiness and after-the-storm documentation for your unoccupied home through Florida's hurricane season.
$400 See storm prep details →Setup and placement of homeowner-owned leak detectors, humidity gauges, and refrigerator sensors throughout your home. Alerts go to your own phone. The devices are yours to keep.
See sensor options →Vendor and delivery access, appointment meet-ins, and concierge errands while you are away.
$80/hr after-hours $120/hr · vendor key-in $80We close the home down on your way out, stowing outdoor furniture, turning off the water, setting the A/C, and clearing perishables, then open it back up before you return: water on, A/C comfortable, shutters open, and a fresh walk-through, so you arrive to a home that is ready.
Priced per home · tailored to your stayPeriodic drives to keep your vehicle exercised and ready, so it is not sitting idle for months.
$50 per drive, plus fuelWhen something needs eyes now, we can respond to a sensor alert or an urgent call as a scheduled service.
$95 after-hours $175 · holiday $275Most clients set things up by phone, text, or email, no in-person meeting required. Request a consultation or just call or text and we will build your plan.
We meet at your property and learn how you live in it, away and at home.
We build a walk-through routine tailored to your home and a visit cadence that fits.
Avalon visits on the agreed schedule during the months your home is unoccupied.
You receive a written, time-stamped report with photos after every visit.
Every Avalon report is produced with business-management software from Home Watch IT, which records the location, date, and time of each visit. Reports reach you by email, by text, or in your own homeowner app, whichever you prefer, giving you clear time-stamped documentation that your home was visited, useful should you ever have an insurance claim or other need.
"I'd rather be your Home Watch Reporter than your Insurance Adjuster."
My prior career experience trained me to notice the details in a home that others may miss, and to put what I see in writing, clearly and on the record. I am a licensed insurance adjuster in Florida and Texas, with more than twenty years in property loss. For years I also worked as an NFIP flood adjuster for FEMA, and I still lead a private network of flood adjusters today. When I stopped traveling for out-of-state catastrophe work and moved to Fort Myers in 2021, I took on local claims full time, handling as many as 100 a month across condominiums, businesses, and homes.
That work put me alongside contractors, public adjusters, attorneys, leak-detection specialists, water-mitigation crews, and restoration companies. I have stood in more storm-damaged and water-damaged homes than I can count. Avalon is the other side of that work: keeping a careful, documented eye on your home so its story is written before you need it, not after.
I live on the Fort Myers riverfront. Your home is one elevator ride or a short drive from mine. That is a level of attention an out-of-town service cannot offer.
Paul is a licensed insurance adjuster in Florida and Texas with over 20 years of property loss field experience, including NFIP flood adjusting for FEMA, and a background in water, fire, and mold restoration work. This background informs how visits are documented. It does not constitute a professional opinion on the condition, safety, or value of the property during any visit, and home watch is not an adjusting, inspection, or restoration service.
Avalon specializes in high-rise and condominium home watch along the Caloosahatchee River in Fort Myers, anchored at Oasis Grand, reaching through the downtown River District and south along McGregor Boulevard toward the Gulf. We serve the waterfront towers of downtown Fort Myers and North Fort Myers just across the river, along with the surrounding Southwest Florida coast, from Cape Coral down to Fort Myers Beach and Sanibel.
The historic McGregor Boulevard corridor, running southwest toward the Gulf.
Surrounding Southwest Florida coastal communities, served by arrangement.
Water is the most common and most expensive thing that goes wrong in an unoccupied Florida home. Avalon can set up and place homeowner-owned leak detectors, humidity gauges, and refrigerator sensors throughout your home.
You own the system. Alerts go directly to your own phone. Avalon can respond to an alert as a separate, scheduled service. We are not an alarm monitoring company and we do not monitor your devices remotely.
Home Watch is a visual observation of a home or property, looking for obvious issues. Avalon visits your unoccupied home on a schedule you set, walks it along a consistent routine, photographs what is visually accessible, and sends you a written, time-stamped report after every visit.
No. Home inspection is a separate, licensed professional service in Florida governed by Chapter 468, Part XV. Avalon Home Watch does not perform home inspections and does not hold a home inspector license. Avalon provides scheduled visual observation and reports what is visually accessible during each visit.
Visit cadence is set with you. Common schedules are bi-weekly, tri-weekly, or weekly, billed during the months your home is unoccupied.
After each visit you receive a written, time-stamped report with photographs describing what was visually accessible during the walk-through. Reports can be delivered by email, by text message, through your homeowner app, or all three, whichever you prefer.
No. Any smart sensors or cameras are owned and operated by you, and alerts go to your own device. Avalon is not a licensed alarm system contractor and does not provide remote monitoring. We can set up the hardware and respond to an alert as a separate, scheduled service.
Avalon specializes in high-rise and condominium home watch along the Caloosahatchee River in Fort Myers, anchored at Oasis Grand and reaching through the downtown River District. We also serve absentee owners in the surrounding Southwest Florida coastal communities, including Cape Coral, Fort Myers Beach, and Sanibel.
Paul Gunderson is a graduate of the Home Watch Academy training program, founded by Diane M. Pisani.
Tell us about your home and how often you are away. We will build a service routine and a schedule that fits.
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