The retainer

One plan. Everything your home needs to stay looked after.

Every Kilncrest home gets the same walkthrough and reporting standard — the retainer covers presence and oversight; repair work is billed transparently as it happens.

Limited roster — eight homes
$450/month
  • Weekly scheduled walkthrough, interior & exterior
  • Photo-documented report after every visit, same day
  • Priority repair SLA: same-day response, on-site same/next business day
  • Licensed-trade dispatch & on-site supervision
  • Freeze & storm response
  • Rate locked for 12 months
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In-house repairs
$95/hr member rate for the fix-it tier — fixtures, filters, hardware, weatherstripping, smart-home devices, minor appliance issues, and similar.
Licensed trades
Plumbing, electrical, HVAC, and roofing are performed by licensed local partners. We dispatch, supervise on-site, and document — billed at partner cost plus a 15% coordination fee, disclosed on every invoice.
À la carte
Guest-arrival preparation, deliveries and contractor access, seasonal checklists, and special requests — quoted up front.
Seasonal & winter-only coverage
Winter watch, October 1 – April 30, from $195/month — a biweekly walkthrough, same-day photo report, and freeze response for cabins and second homes that sit empty through the freeze season. Weekly visits from $325/month. The from-price applies to homes on an existing route; a lone cabin carries a $60/month drive surcharge until a neighbor joins. Shoulder-season homes on the retainer can switch to biweekly visits. Same walkthrough, same photo report.
What we don't do
Kilncrest is a home reliability service, not a rental manager. We do not lease your home, advertise it for rent, place tenants, negotiate or execute rental agreements, or collect rent. Everything we do is for you, the owner — including preparing the home for your own short-term guests.

Our roster is limited to eight homes so service quality never dilutes. Current rate is locked for 12 months; pricing for future roster openings is based on home size and visit frequency.

What the weekly visit covers

The 30-point walkthrough

Systems & mechanicals

Heat and thermostat verification, water heater, softener and filtration, humidifier, sump, visible plumbing, breaker panel scan.

Envelope & grounds

Roofline and gutters from grade, siding and trim, windows and doors, decks, irrigation heads, snow load and ice damming in season.

Interior & security

Signs of water intrusion or pests, appliance run-check, alarm and camera status, doors and locks, overall condition photos for your records.

Documented visits, in writing

Every visit leaves a record — one your insurer can read.

Homeowner policies typically cover a burst pipe or water discharge only when reasonable preventive steps were taken — heat maintained, water managed, someone actually checking on the home. When a house sits empty with no record of any of that, it's exactly what a claims adjuster questions. Kilncrest turns every walkthrough into evidence.

Timestamped & photographed

Every visit is logged with date, time, and photos — the thermostat reading, the mechanical room, the condition of the home that day.

Preventive steps, on the record

Heat verified, water status checked, freeze risks flagged and acted on — the specific steps insurers expect of a well-cared-for vacant home, documented as they happen.

A running history that's yours

Reports reach you the same day, and the full visit history stays yours — a continuous record that your home was professionally looked after, week after week.

We're not an insurance company and can't decide a claim — but if you ever need to show your home was being looked after, you'll have the record in hand.

Before the claim — when coverage is placed

Your insurer will ask who's checking the house.

Most homeowner policies limit or exclude coverage once a home sits unoccupied for 30–60 consecutive days, and agents placing coverage on a second home ask directly how the home is used — how many weeks you're there, and who watches it in between. A documented weekly visit record gives that question a concrete answer, in writing, that your agent can put in the file.

Wildfire is now part of the same conversation. Utah's new high-risk wildland-urban interface (WUI) map guides how carriers classify mountain homes, and homes inside the boundary face documented mitigation expectations. Our visit log covers defensible-space and ember-zone upkeep alongside freeze prevention, photographed on the same report.

Kilncrest doesn't sell or carry your homeowner's insurance and can't decide a claim. Whether your carrier offers credits for leak-detection devices or a documented visit record is a question for your agent — ask them; we'll make sure the record is there.