It is a fair question, and most home watch sites answer it with a quote form. This page gives you a real answer instead.
You get two things here. First, what companies in Southwest Florida publish as their own rates, so you know where the market sits. Second, the logic behind those numbers, so you can tell a fair rate from a cheap one.
Suncoast Property Care does not publish rates. The reason is further down this page, and so is the way to get a number for your own home.
The figures below come from our own competitor research in Southwest Florida, carried out in August 2026. They are drawn from rates that other companies publish openly on their own sites.
Read them as market figures, not as our rates. Nothing in this band is an offer, a quote or a promise about your home.
Treat this as orientation and nothing more. These are other companies' published rates, and what sits inside a visit differs widely from one company to the next.
Two rates that look alike can buy very different work. A low rate often means a shorter visit or a more surface-level check, and that difference almost never shows up in the number itself.
A rate by itself tells you very little. Ask every company these six questions, including us, and the numbers start to mean something.
Once you know what a visit should contain, the rate itself follows six things. No two homes ask for the same time and attention, which is why a published table would be wrong for most readers.
A condo has one entry. A single family home has a yard, a roof line and doors on four sides.
More rooms mean more ceilings, faucets and windows to look at, on every visit.
A pool, a cage, a dock or a sea wall each add checks to the list.
How often we come sets how many visits land in a month, and how much ground each visit covers.
A home at the edge of our area takes a bigger slice of the day than one a few streets away.
Meeting vendors, sorting mail and handling access is planned into the rate up front.
This is also why we quote per home instead of publishing a table, and why Maarten comes and looks at the home before he gives you a number. A number given over email is a guess, and guesses get corrected later.
A rate only means something next to the work behind it. Here is what one completed visit contains, on every schedule we run.
See the full check list·See a sample report
The NHWA accredits home watch services only.
Suncoast Home Watch reports are visual property records. They are not licensed home inspections or insurance inspections, and they do not guarantee coverage or claim approval.
We do not carry out damage inspections, structural reviews, roof checks or insurance inspections. We cannot promise that every piece of storm damage will show up, and we cannot name an exact hour after a storm.
That depends on your own situation, and it is a question for your tax advisor. We do not give tax advice, and you should be careful with any company that does.
What we can do is keep the paperwork clean and easy to hand over. Visits are billed monthly based on the visits actually completed.
A home inspection is a licensed, one-time survey, usually around a sale. The inspector opens panels, tests systems and reports on the condition of the building itself.
Home watch is a recurring visual check while you are away. Home Watch is defined as a visual inspection of a home or property, looking for obvious issues.
Suncoast Home Watch reports are visual property records. They are not licensed home inspections or insurance inspections and do not guarantee coverage or claim approval.
We cannot answer that for your policy, and that is a question for your insurer rather than for us. Some insurers set conditions for homes that sit empty for longer stretches, and those conditions differ per policy.
Read your own policy or ask your agent. If a check schedule matters to your insurer, a dated photo report gives you a record of what was looked at and when.
Because the word "visit" is not defined anywhere. One company counts a drive-by. Another counts a full interior walk with a written report, and charges for the time that takes.
Frequency, home size, how far the home sits and the report all sit inside that single number. Comparing two rates without those details is guesswork.
We quote per home, because a table would hand you a number that is probably wrong for yours. So Maarten comes and looks at the home first. He walks it with you and asks how you use the place, and afterwards you get the plan and the price in writing, with the reasoning next to the number.
No obligation, and you decide once you have seen it on paper. Rates are reviewed once a year, and any change is communicated at least 30 days in advance.
Market figures get you to a range. Seeing the home gets you an actual number. We come by, walk it with you for about 90 minutes, and afterwards you get the plan and the price in writing, with the thinking behind it. No obligation.
We work out of Cape Coral and we keep the route tight, so we are close to the homes we watch and can usually be there the same day when something needs attention. Cape Coral, Fort Myers, North Fort Myers, Iona, Cypress Lake, Matlacha and Fort Myers Beach, and a good way beyond that. Not sure whether we reach your street? Just ask.
Email office@suncoastpropertycare.com or call +1 (239) 525-3161.