$95 Summer Home Checkup: A No-Obligation Way to Test-Drive MoveZen’s Custom Home Services

The Offer in Plain Terms: $95 – $40 One-Time Discount, One Visit, No Strings

Here’s the deal in one paragraph. Our standard one-off home checkup runs $95. Through August 31, it’s $95. One visit, one technician, one organized photo report delivered to your inbox shortly after signup. We can adjust the thermostat if it’s running outside your stated preference, flush the pipes to clear stagnant water in fixtures you haven’t run in weeks, and pick up whatever mail has accumulated. That’s our base offer.

Why Homeowners Actually Call Us for This

We’ve been managing single-family homes since 2006, and the calls for one-off checkups cluster into three predictable patterns. Knowing who actually calls makes it easier to figure out whether this fits your situation.

The first group travels for weeks at a stretch. Long sailing trips, RV runs through the West, extended family visits, work assignments in another city. They lock the door in May and aren’t back until late August. A neighbor agreed to grab the mail, but the neighbor is also dealing with her own life and the texts have gotten shorter. That’s normal. It’s also why we get the call in early July.

The second group is managing an aging parent’s home from another state. Mom moved into assisted living, the house is sitting empty while the family figures out whether to sell, rent, or hold. Nobody local has time to drive over weekly. The thermostat is whatever someone set it to in April. That’s the situation where a $95 checkup quietly becomes a recurring quarterly visit, and we’re fine with that.

The third group inherited a property. The estate is being worked out. The house needs to be documented, watched, and kept functional through whatever timeline the attorneys and family produce. Empty houses don’t stay healthy on their own. Stagnant water in pipes, HVAC running on whatever the deceased had it set to, mail piling up signaling vacancy to anyone driving by. None of it is catastrophic on day one. All of it compounds.

Across all three groups, the common thread is the same: someone owns a home they can’t physically be at, and they need an experienced set of eyes to confirm nothing is going sideways. We sweat the small stuff for a living. Our resident eviction rate is under 1% on the rental side, and that’s because we catch problems early. The same instinct applies to vacant homes.

What’s in the Photo Report (And Why It Matters)

Let’s be honest about what most homeowners are getting today when they ask a neighbor or family friend to check the house. They get one blurry phone photo of the front door, maybe a thumbs-up text, and a vague “everything looks fine.” That’s not criticism of the neighbor. It’s just what a favor looks like when someone is squeezing it between their own errands.

Our report is a different artifact. Exterior shots from each side of the home, including roofline, gutters, siding, foundation, and yard condition. Interior shots room by room, focused on the things that tend to go wrong when nobody’s home: HVAC vents, ceilings near plumbing runs, window sills, the area around the water heater and washing machine. A reading of the thermostat as we found it, and as we left it. Notes on anything we flagged, with photos to back up the note.

Everything is timestamped. Everything is organized. Everything gets archived. That last part is underrated. Owners who book us repeatedly end up with a multi-year visual timeline of their home. When a roof claim or insurance dispute comes up four years later, they have dated photos showing exactly what the property looked like at quarterly intervals. That’s hard to overstate the value of.

The neighbor favor is free, and free has its place. But when a freeze warning hits in February or a hurricane brushes the coast in September, the question isn’t whether you’d rather have one blurry photo or a structured report. The question is whether you’d rather worry or know.

The Full Custom Home Services Menu (For Context)

The $95 checkup is the front door. Custom Home Services extends well past it, and most owners who stick with us end up using a handful of these over time. The pitch is simple: one phone call instead of a dozen contacts.

None of this is required. The $95 checkup is its own complete product. But if you discover after the first visit that you’d rather have us handle the freeze drip in February or the contractor coordination in October, the rails are already in place.

Why We Made It Cheap on Purpose

Let’s be transparent about the math. $55 does not cover our true cost on a one-off visit when you factor in the technician’s time, the drive, the report assembly, and the office work to schedule and follow up. We know that going in.

We’re betting that once a homeowner sees the report quality and the responsiveness, they’ll keep us on for the occasional visit. That’s a fair bet on both sides.

We’ve run this company since January 2006, and the only way you build something that lasts almost two decades in property services is by playing the long game on every relationship. We’ve never been a volume shop chasing thin one-time fees. Our average rental owner stays with us for years, and that’s because the math works out for both sides when nobody’s trying to extract everything on the first transaction.

Same logic here. We’d rather you spend $55 once, see what we do, and decide on your own timeline whether the next visit makes sense. If it doesn’t, no hard feelings and the photo report is still yours to keep. If it does, we’re already on file with your address, access details, and preferences, and the second visit is friction-free.

How to Book Before August 31

Booking takes a few minutes. Have your property address ready, a note on how we’ll access the home (lockbox, garage code, hidden key location, or a family member with keys), and any specific things you’d like us to look at while we’re there. Worried about a slow leak under a sink? Concerned about a window the neighbor mentioned? Tell us in the intake form and we’ll prioritize it.

Once you submit, our team confirms scope and timing with you before scheduling. No surprises on the visit, no surprises on the invoice. The $95 – $40= $55 rate applies to any checkup booked and completed by August 31.