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Home Watch

Your Home Watch Company Does Not Have a Chef on Speed Dial. Ours Does.

Aleka DeGraaf · November 12, 2026

This is where we stop sounding like a home watch company, because we are not just one. Our Connoisseur Services go beyond watching. They are built for owners who want the home ready when they arrive, and handled when they leave, with the details taken care of by people who know what luxury actually looks like.

Most home watch companies will check your house and send you a report. That is a fine service, and it is not what this is. Connoisseur is the layer on top, for the homes where arrival and departure matter as much as the weeks in between.

Arrival, handled

Before you arrive, we deep clean the home. We stock your essentials and your preferred groceries, so the fridge is full and the pantry has what you like. We set your welcome touches, wine, fresh flowers, temperature set just right, lights on, music if you want it. You walk in the door and the house feels like someone was expecting you, because someone was.

That is the difference between a house that has been watched and a house that has been prepared. A watched house is safe. A prepared house is welcoming. Connoisseur is the prepared version.

Departure, handled

When you leave, we handle the post-stay cleaning, the laundry coordination, and resetting the thermostat, the lighting, and the security systems. The house goes back to its resting state, clean, secure, and ready for the next visit, whether that is next week or next season.

You do not come home to a list of chores. You leave, and it is done. That is the whole idea.

The specialty layer

And the specialty layer is where it gets fun. Private chef partnerships here in Greensboro and on the North Carolina coast, so dinner is handled before you walk in the door. A chef in the kitchen, a meal ready when you are, no reservation, no driving, no cooking after a long trip.

Pet connoisseur care, even exotic pets and reptiles, because your iguana deserves a professional too. If your household includes animals that most pet sitters will not touch, we have people who will, and who know what they are doing.

Personal assistant and staffing coordination for the home, so the right people are there when you need them. Housekeeping, drivers, event staff, whoever the visit calls for, arranged by people who do this regularly, not by a frantic search the day before you arrive.

Most home watch companies stop at the report. Private chefs, exotic pet care, and staffing coordination in one service is the Connoisseur difference, and it is the reason the tier exists.

The plans

Essentials starts at $150 a visit. That covers the core arrival and departure care for a single visit, with a detailed report after each one.

The Connoisseur Plan runs $400 to $600 a month, for owners who come and go regularly and want the full arrival and departure service on a standing basis.

The Estate Plan runs $800 to $1,200 a month, for larger homes and more frequent visits, with more of the specialty layer included.

Elite is custom, from $1,500 a month and up, built around the home, the household, and how you actually use the place.

We serve Lake Norman, Asheville and the mountains, the Piedmont Triad and the Triangle, and the North Carolina beaches. Wherever the home is, the standard is the same.

Luxury is in the details. Let us handle them. Request a walkthrough, email homewatch@4thdps.com, or call (336) 223-5337.

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