If you own a seasonal home on Marco Island, a reliable home watch service in Marco Island, FL is the difference between coming back to the home you left and coming back to a costly surprise. Sunstate Home Watch performs scheduled inspections of your vacant island home, sends timestamped photo reports to your dashboard, and — if something is wrong — our founder Torbjörn phones you personally. Licensed, bonded, and insured. Plans start at $99/mo, and your first inspection is free.
Marco Island is one of the most beautiful places in Southwest Florida to own a second home — and one of the hardest on an empty house. Gulf-front salt air, summer heat and humidity, hurricane season, and the simple fact that small problems go unseen for months mean a vacant home here needs real eyes on it, not just a neighbor who "drives by sometimes."
Snowbird in the Midwest, Northeast, Canada or Scandinavia? We're trilingual (EN / ES / SV) and built specifically for owners who live thousands of miles from their Marco Island home.
Marco Island's location at the southern tip of the Paradise Coast is exactly what makes it special — and exactly what makes an unattended home vulnerable. The same Gulf breeze that draws you to homes along Hideaway Beach, Tigertail, Caxambas and the residential canals also carries corrosive salt air that works on HVAC coils, fixtures and metal year-round.
When a closed-up home loses A/C or a clogged condensate line backs up, indoor humidity climbs fast. Florida mold can take hold in days — and remediation here runs $2,000 to $10,000 or more.
A failed water heater, a burst supply line under a sink, or a slow toilet leak can run for weeks in an empty house. Water damage restoration averages around $3,800 — and that's before mold and flooring.
Hurricane season brings wind, water intrusion and power loss. Waterfront and Gulf-front homes near the beach and canals take the brunt of salt and surge. A tripped breaker or open seal can go unnoticed for an entire season.
Add lanai screen failures, pool equipment faults, pest and rodent intrusion, refrigerator failures, and irrigation leaks, and it's clear: a Marco Island home left alone for the summer is a home left exposed. That's what we're here to fix.
We don't just glance at the front door. Each scheduled inspection is a thorough, consistent walk-through of your property, inside and out, documented with photos you can see from anywhere in the world.
After every visit you receive a timestamped photo report in your dashboard, so you always know exactly when we were there and exactly what we saw. Want the full list we work from? See our Florida vacant home checklist.
If we find a problem, a real person — not an automated alert — calls you. Then we coordinate trusted repair help so a small issue never becomes a five-figure claim.
Here's what many Marco Island owners don't realize until it's too late: most homeowners policies treat a vacant home differently. Insurers can limit or even void coverage after roughly 30 to 60 days of vacancy, and they routinely deny claims for "gradual" damage or "neglect" — the slow leak, the creeping mold — when there's no proof anyone was checking the home.
Regular, documented inspections are your evidence. Our timestamped reports show the home was actively monitored, that damage was caught and addressed promptly, and that you did your due diligence as an owner. That documentation can be the difference between a covered claim and a denied one. Home watch isn't a cost — it's protection for both your home and your coverage.
Book My Free First InspectionFounder Torbjörn personally phones you if something's wrong. You're never left guessing, and never talking to a call center.
Timestamped photo reports in your dashboard after every visit — verifiable peace of mind from anywhere in the world.
Professional, trustworthy and accountable. Repair coordination included, so problems get handled, not just reported.
We serve seasonal and second homes across all of Marco Island — from the Gulf-front and beachfront condos near Hideaway Beach and South Beach, to the residential canal and waterfront homes around Tigertail, Caxambas, Marco River and the Estates, plus inland streets throughout the island. We also cover nearby Naples, Bonita Springs, Fort Myers and Cape Coral.
We arrange secure, agreed access in advance, whether that's a key, a lockbox or a smart lock code. Access details are kept confidential, and our service is bonded and insured for your protection. You always know who is entering your home and when.
You get a phone call from a real person — usually Torbjörn — the same day, not a buried email. We document the issue with photos, walk you through your options, and coordinate trusted local repair help so a small problem doesn't turn into a major loss or a denied insurance claim.
Standard service is a scheduled inspection, with more frequent visits available, especially during hurricane season. Plans start at $99/mo, and your first inspection is completely free so you can see exactly how it works.
Absolutely. We're trilingual — English, Spanish and Swedish — and many of our owners are based in the US Midwest and Northeast, Canada and Scandinavia. You'll always be able to reach a person you can talk to comfortably.
Stop wondering what's happening inside your empty home this season. Get scheduled inspections, photo proof, and a real person who calls. Your first inspection is free.
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