Aloha Home Watch Services, LLC
Living in paradise is something I feel privileged to experience daily. Helping seasonal residents experience this as well is my passion – The spirit of Aloha.
To provide seasonal and native homeowners peace of mind that in their absence their home will be closely monitored and well-cared for by a professional, competent and conscientious home watch company.
Looks what a group of wild hogs can do in one night. Three backyards damaged.
05/23/2024
What a shame! This dock has been out of the water for a year now. I am not sure if this lake will ever rise. Even with the rains over the unusually wet winter, it stayed low. This was one of the first communities in Waterside. It makes me wonder if water is being diverted.
This explains the low water level on the pool!
05/15/2024
This is why I always check washing machine drums. You just never know what you will find. The homeowners just left this house and on my first visit I saw some residual water. The house water is turned off, so I wonder if while they were here, the solenoid that controls the water valve didn’t close properly. If you don’t check something like this and it sits for months, you can have a smelly drum. Experience counts when it comes to keeping small things from becoming larger problems!
05/12/2024
Lots of free, fun things to do at Waterside Park.
Waterside Park – Waterside Place Waterside Park is accessible through the town center by adjoining bridge. This large, 8-acre island community park on Kingfisher Lake is loaded with amenities that will bring visitors to Waterside Place and be the site of many memories to come.
01/26/2024
Ever wonder what is found during my home inspections? Here is a sampling from 2023. Click the link and find out.
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01/11/2024
This is what it looks like when a microburst tears up a screen cage. This happened Saturday when the front moved through the area.
12/15/2023
I woke up Monday morning and noticed some grout lines in our guest bathroom were dark. I knew right away it was moisture. Upon closer examination, I could see the tank gasket was leaking. Water was continually dripping onto the floor but fortunately, because of the slope of the tile, it was running away from the walls and the sink cabinet. I used my moisture meter to confirm there were no wet baseboards or cabinet areas. This was a simple fix but left undetected it would have been a different story. This is one of the many reasons that I suggest the water be turned off when homeowners are away, even if just for a weekend. If this leak would have continued for a few days let alone week or two, there may been extensive damage in my home.
12/05/2023
Another wild shot. This one skimmed off the window and left dimple marks on the glass without breaking it. This house is about 30 yards to the right off the tee box.
11/28/2023
A safe ending to this story. I found this gap in the flue of a gas home heating unit and had it repaired. Carbon monoxide and other byproducts are regularly vented out of the home via this flue. Fortunately, this home has carbon monoxide detectors to help avoid a tragedy in the event that carbon monoxide would’ve been released into the home. It always pays to look up when checking AC air handler units.
11/21/2023
The green is located on the other side of this house. This was a wild one. It’s a Pinnacle. Usually I find Titleist owners make the wildest shots.🤪
Nothing shouts, “Florida!” … more than a gator crossing the street in the middle of the day.
11/04/2023
And the migration south begins. Cars are being delivered.
10/18/2023
Here’s a weird one. While I was checking a condo in Lakewood National, a package was delivered to the doorstep. I never heard the delivery person, so it surprised me. I took a look and sure enough it was for the same unit number but the building next-door. Turns out it was 37 pounds of meat - Street value unknown.  I carried it over and dropped it off. Perfect timing to save the day. I wonder what 37 pounds of meat smells like when it’s been sitting on your doorstep for two weeks.🤪
I guess they win…. creepiest yard!
10/05/2023
Home Watch can be like owning a gym. Busy day!
08/14/2023
Started my Monday morning off with a little jolt. I came around the corner and walked into someone’s bathroom and saw this in the middle of the floor. I thought it was a mouse at first and then realized it was another toilet frog who bit the dust.
Sometimes when roofing companies are short staffed, you just have to pitch in and help. After I saw the water coming into the attic, he came down and pinpointed the entry point. I can’t even describe how hot it was in this attic in the middle of the afternoon. A shout out to all you roofers who do this day in and day out!
Here’s a weird one. This is the backside of a pool deck of a new house I just picked up. The current owner doesn’t know how this hole got there, nor does the previous owner. Next stop is the pool builder to see if he can explain it.
This is the neighbor’s pool of one of my customers. I think they have been away for a few weeks and someone was helping out. Oh well.
Perfect timing to catch this while the irrigation system was running.
07/11/2023
Whoops. So hot that this fire pit is falling apart again.
07/06/2023
Opneded up this pantry and smelled that very familiar smell - rotting potatoes. These were tucked away in a plastic storage bin so I never saw them, that is until I smelled them. Not too bad becasue they just stared to turn, but still bad enough that even putting them in a garbage bag didn’t prevent my trunk from still smelling a day later. Rarely do I go a year without rotting potatoes! 😂
This looks like the start of a long, hot summer - clogged AC drain lines. This is a ground floor condominium with one unit above. They share the same exit drain line so guess who has to pay for a service call when shared drain gets clogged? The condo at the lowest point becasue it backs up to their unit first. I guess it’s a trade-off because the unit upstairs acts like an insulating buffer against the heat from the roof, saving the ground floor condo in electrical consumption.
06/29/2023
A crack in the plastic pan under the air handler in the attic leaked out of the secondary, galvanized pan because the corner seam had a crack in it. This allowed water to leave the tray before tripping the secondary shutoff. Fortunately it has not been leaking long.
06/26/2023
Last car shipped north for the season. It seems some people stayed in town later this year. That is, at least until the humidity set in for good!
06/22/2023
Causualty of a truck loaded with Landscaping trying to squeeze by construction traffic and misjudging their distance. Fortunately, they notified me and agreed to replace it.
05/17/2023
Ever wonder why your brand new driveway of your $2M home has rust stains at closing? Unfortunately, I see this far too often.
03/03/2023
It’s tough when you live downwind of a construction dumpster on a windy day like today. I had to squint my eyes because of the sand blowing through the air.
01/13/2023
EVER WONDER WHAT A HOME WATCHER FINDS IN A TYPICAL YEAR? Check out my year in review.
HOME WATCH BLOG While the majority of home visits were uneventful , here is a sampling of some of the surprises of 2022. Glad I was there to catch them! This does not even include any pictures from Hurricane Ian....
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