What Is Home Watch and Why Westfield Homeowners Need It

Have you ever gone away from home for any length of time and felt anxious about leaving your home unoccupied or in the care of untrained friends, neighbors, or family members?  I have, and I suspect that you have as well.  

HomeWatch of Westfield is a start-up business whose mission is to provide friends and neighbors with real peace of mind, knowing their homes are safe and secure while they are away.  HomeWatch of Westfield is a retired New Jersey State Trooper-owned, National Home Watch Association-affiliated business that offers custom-designed home watch services to clients in Union, Morris, and Essex Counties and beyond.  

Home watch is a popular home protective service in states and areas where vacation and second homes are numerous and sometimes left unoccupied for extended periods without someone to watch them.  Until the founding of HomeWatch of Westfield, friends and neighbors who left their homes for any period had no way to have a qualified, professionally trained, bonded, and insured home watch business watch their homes; now they do.  

HomeWatch of Westfield is not an electronic surveillance security company; HomeWatch of Westfield is a boots-on-the-ground, eyes-on home watch inspection business that conducts checks of a residence or property’s exterior and interior, including home systems, seeking to identify minor structural, mechanical, and safety issues before they become costly, significant issues.  HomeWatch of Westfield is a homeowner’s eyes, ears, and advocate while they are away; HomeWatch of Westfield satisfies the requirements of many homeowners’ insurance policies that require the property not to be left unattended for an extended period of time. 

HomeWatch of Westfield watches homes whose owners are away for any length of time.  Current clients include day-away clients, long-weekend away clients, week(s)-long vacation/business-trip away clients, and snowbird/seasonal clients.  No time away from home is too short or too long for HomeWatch of Westfield to watch a home while the homeowners are away.  

HomeWatch of Westfield is a civilian alternative or supplement to a local police department’s patrol function.  

All home watch inspections include Burglary Deterrence measures.  Burglary Deterrence is a set of actions, based on a retired state trooper’s investigative and homeland security training and experience, that identifies situations and circumstances that are likely to lead persons with bad intent to believe a home is an easy target for a burglary or even a home invasion, and then take steps to remediate those deficiencies.  Burglary Deterrence intends to persuade bad actors to move on to other, seemingly more vulnerable properties.  

Homeowner clients of HomeWatch of Westfield have access to a timely response service for emergencies or incidents.  Concierge services and other time-saving services are also available to homeowner clients.