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904 Home Watch has earned accreditation from the National Home Watch Association. The association was formed in 2009 in order to establish and maintain the highest industry standards for home watch and absentee homeowner services throughout the United States and Canada.
Home watch is a visual inspection of a home or property, looking for obvious issues, which means that it is a service that “keeps an eye on things” at your vacation or primary home while you are not in residence. All principals of NHWA Accredited Member companies are background-checked, insured and bonded.
Owner Robert Straub earned a BA in economics from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Then he had a career in the retail business. It was there that he built his foundation for understanding the value of customer service and delivering on a promise.
Over the last two decades, Straub has worked in the real estate industry in a variety of roles, primarily in the general brokerage and new home construction arenas. As he transitioned into general brokerage in 2000, he took the significance of customer service and the power of promise with him. He built his business in Baltimore, Maryland, using customer service and promise as its cornerstones.
In 2002, familial changes had Straub and his family relocating to Charlotte, North Carolina. He worked for a large concern, first in sales, and then continued his evolution on the operations side by becoming a project manager, overseeing sales, marketing, construction, warranty and accounting for a single community.
In 2012, Straub’s family moved to Northeast Florida. He continued working with the Charlotte division of a large builder, as a consultant following the acquisition of another builder's land position. And now, he is excited to bring his experience and knowledge to the home watch industry.
Straub watched the price of homes increase for the last five years and the supply of homes decrease over the same timeframe, and he knew that mortgage interest rates were sure to increase. He found a Home Watch website from Southwest Florida, and it intrigued him. He began researching the possibility of doing the same thing, since there are many second homes/condos in his area, along with primary residences where the owners leave for their second homes elsewhere for less than six months. Straub concluded that he could make the business work.
904 Home Watch serves St. Johns County, Duval County, Nocatee, Sawgrass Country Club, Marsh Landing Country Club, Atlantic Beach, Neptune Beach, Jacksonville Beach, Ponte Vedra Beach and Ponte Vedra. Straub can be reached at 904-654-9951 or at 904homewatch@gmail.com. Learn more from his website, at 904homewatchllc.com.
