Avalon Home Watch was built on the other side of the insurance claim, by a property loss adjuster who has stood in more storm-damaged and water-damaged homes than he can count.
"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 seen exactly how a small, unnoticed problem in an empty home becomes a five- and six-figure loss, and how often a claim comes down to whether anyone can show what happened, and when.
Avalon is the other side of that work. Instead of arriving after the damage to measure it, I keep 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, 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 is the old legend's island of healing and rest, a place of watchful peace.
The name fits the work. When your home sits empty for the season, the last thing you want is to spend your time away wondering about it. Avalon's job is to carry that quiet watch for you, so the home is looked after and you are free to be wherever you actually want to be.
The way we work follows from that. We observe and we document, plainly and consistently. We do not oversell, we do not guess at things we cannot see, and we do not pretend a home watch visit is something it is not. After every visit you get a written, time-stamped report with photographs, so you always know the condition of your home in your own words and your own time. If something needs attention, you hear about it right away, with pictures.
That is the whole idea: steady, honest, documented attention on a home you love, from someone who lives a few minutes away and knows exactly what he is looking at.
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.
239.789.6528