Someone here.When you’re not.
Private house management for Kiawah homeowners, built around professional Home Watch.
Vellamore provides personalized home management for Kiawah Island homeowners who spend much of the year away. Through scheduled visits, consistent oversight, and one point of coordination for home-related needs, we simplify the process of caring for your home by keeping you informed and helping coordinate the people and services it requires.
We look after your house and see every job through.
The same written standard at every visit, and one person responsible for each thing we find.
- We observe
The same walk, in the same order, every visit, so a small change shows.
- We document
A note and photographs the same day, kept in your house’s record.
- We coordinate
The right company, a price you approve, and one of us at the door.
- We follow through
It stays on your note until it is done, and we tell you who did it.
Each visit starts from what the last one found. A house should have a memory. What the record holds
- 01
You can leave.
Someone experienced visits on an agreed schedule and already knows your house from the last visit.
- 02
You already know.
You hear what was found and what was decided before you think to ask.
- 03
Someone else is following it up.
Anything still open has a named person responsible for it until it is resolved.
- 04
Your first day back is yours.
We have your house ready for the day you arrive.
Your first morning back is spent enjoying your house, not dealing with it.
You come up the drive in March. The house has been walked eight times since you were last in it, and you read about every one of them. The irrigation valve that stuck in January was replaced in January. The seep under the guest bath was photographed, priced, approved by you in a text on a Tuesday, and closed by a plumber that Thursday. Nothing is waiting at the door.
The island keeps working on your house while you are gone.
Every season brings something different. We are there for all of them, and you hear about each visit the same day.
| J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pollen and dampFeb–Apr | ||||||||||||
| Storm seasonJun–Nov | ||||||||||||
| Hard freezesDec–Feb | ||||||||||||
| The quiet failuresNo season | ||||||||||||
| Agreed beforeStorm · freeze | agreed in writing before the season | agreed in writing before the season | the agreed interval only | the agreed interval only | the agreed interval only | agreed in writing before the season | agreed in writing before the season | agreed in writing before the season | agreed in writing before the season | agreed in writing before the season | agreed in writing before the season | agreed in writing before the season |
- Pollen and damp
A house shut for weeks needs someone walking through it, not only a thermostat.
- Storm season
After a storm, we check your house as soon as the island allows it.
- Hard freezes
A split supply line runs until someone opens the door. We open it sooner.
- The quiet failures
A stuck valve or a stopped unit, found on the next visit rather than the day you arrive.
PeakBuildingLowNot the seasonAgreed in writing before the season
A note after every visit, the same day.
Written by the person who walked your house, even when nothing is wrong.
Sample · illustrativeVisit note · 00 Ocean Course Drive
Tuesday 8:40 AM
House is fine otherwise. Windows secure, everything else normal. The heater is still seeping and still waiting on a decision from you.2
Pool gate latch is not catching, photographed. The fence company can come Thursday. Their quote is inside the limit we agreed for your house, so it is booked unless you tell us otherwise.3
Mail collected. Irrigation set to skip Thursday, with rain forecast.
- Signed by the person who was there
The day, the time and their name.
- Findings followed to close
An open item stays on every note until it is fixed.
- Small repairs keep moving
Inside the limit you agreed, it is booked. Above it, nothing is booked until you approve.
Our advice is never tied to the repair.
Many firms that watch houses here also sell the work they find. We do not, so a recommendation from us is only ever about what your house needs.
- Visits on the schedule agreed for your house
- A written note and photographs the same day
- Every trade met at the door and attended while they work
It does not change when your house needs work.
- Licensed companies chosen for the work, from our Register or your own
- Their invoice, sent to you directly
- No markup and no referral fee
We receive nothing from any provider.
The people who will be in your house, and who is responsible for it.
Taryn Sheasby
General Manager
“A house you know well is a calm thing to be responsible for. You learn how it behaves in each season, you see a change while it is still small, and the owner hears about it before they have to ask. That is what I want every Vellamore house to feel like.”
Before Vellamore she managed residences on this island for South Street Partners, Kiawah Partners and the Kiawah Island Club. She is accountable for what happens at your house.
Riley Winter
Senior House Manager
“I write every note as if you were standing next to me in the house: what I looked at, what I found, and what happens next. When nothing is wrong, I still tell you what I checked, so you know someone was there.”
She runs the schedule and the visits, writes the notes you receive, and calls you when something needs a decision.
Vellamore is owned by Bonnie and Brian Winter. After twenty years of second homes, they built the service they had always wanted for their own. Meet the family
What it costs when nobody is holding your house.
- A repair that waited because nobody saw it
- Companies to chase from out of state
- A first day back spent on the phone
- No record of what was done last year
$750 a month
Set by the size of your house, its systems and how often we visit. Outside work at the trade’s price, with nothing added.
How the fee is setWe speak to every owner before we begin.
We limit how many houses we take on, so the same people look after all of them. There is room this fall. If that changes, we will tell you when there will be.
What happens next
- Within a dayA person reads what you send and replies.
- A conversationHow the house is used, what systems it has, and what you want looked after.
- A walk-throughThen a written proposal. Or an honest no, with the name of someone better suited.
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Tell us about your house
Four questions · about a minute. The first call then starts with your house.
Tell us about your house