[tjwarzel]

Was wondering how it worked out for anyone who owns a home in the villages and still has a house back home. My wife is not quite ready to retire yet, but we don;t want to rent out to anyone. How does it work to leave a home empty a time. I think we could work it out. We enjoy everyones opinion and advice.

[graciegirl]

There are people on here who hire someone to watch their home and there are people on here who do not.

These two who you see post on TOTV come highly recommended; Redwitch and Mary Edwards. They each have a business taking care of peoples homes while they are away and other tasks as well.

Some people have friends who live here check their homes routinely.

[njbchbum]

we own several homes which we occupy at different times of the year and have no problems doing so - because we have house watchers for each of them. when leaving any of them we shut off the water, leave the heat or ac at minimum levels, put the cable and phone 'on vacation' and either hold or forward the mail [depending on the length of our absence].

the key is to have reliable folks to watch your property and to have your list of repair people available for you to contact if a problem does develop [you should see the address book we travel with!]. we are fortunate to have our properties covered with great people.