Who this service is for
Regular home checks are designed for one specific person: the owner who is not in Greece most of the year and cannot physically attend the property on a predictable cadence. Our members are almost always one of four profiles. Greek-diaspora families with an inherited apartment in Athens, Thessaloniki or a village house in the Peloponnese — visited two or three weeks a year, otherwise empty. International second-home owners with a coastal villa or city flat used for six to twelve weeks across the year, then closed up. Golden Visa investors whose qualifying property is held for the residency and rarely occupied. And retirees in transition who have bought a Greek property but haven't yet relocated full-time.
What unites them: the property is producing a documented operational risk every month it goes unobserved. A slow plumbing leak behind a kitchen unit produces €600-€1,500 of damage in eight weeks and €18,000 in a winter. A failed roof tile after a Cycladic storm exposes a ceiling void to six months of moisture before anyone notices. A 30-day insurance vacancy clause quietly invalidates the policy — and the owner only finds out at claim time. None of these require expertise to detect early. They require somebody to be in the room.
Who this is not for
We're transparent about fit. This service is the wrong choice in three situations. If you live in Greece more than nine months a year, you don't need it — you'll catch things yourself faster than any provider can. If you already have a trusted family member or full-time caretaker doing genuine inspections with photo reports, you don't need to pay for what you already get. And if your property is mid-renovation, what you need is renovation oversight (a different service of ours), not monthly home checks — visits twice a month aren't useful when contractors are on site daily.
How the service runs, month by month
- Onboarding. A founder-led intake call. We confirm the selected plan's one, two or four scheduled visits per calendar month, record any separately quoted custom visits, identify priority items for your property, and arrange key intake and secure storage.
- Baseline visit. Before the first scheduled visit, we conduct a baseline walkthrough — photographing every room, every external elevation, every meter and panel. This produces the condition-of-property record that becomes the reference point for everything that follows. The baseline is what tells us whether something has changed.
- Monthly visits. Same checklist every time. The same person where possible (founder-led in Attica; trusted local partners in regions where we have established relationships). 30-60 minutes inside, 10-20 minutes external. Photos taken methodically, with timestamps and geotag metadata preserved.
- Report within 24 hours. Sent via WhatsApp or email, your preference. If everything is fine: an all-clear paragraph and the photos. If anything needs your attention: a flagged section with clear photographs, plain English description, our recommendation (act this month / monitor next visit / urgent), and an estimated cost if known.
- Ongoing record. Each report builds a dated history of the property's condition. Any additional summary or condition report follows the inclusions in your selected plan or a separate written quote.
The photo report — why this format matters
Different home-watch providers produce wildly different deliverables. Some send nothing. Some send a one-line "all OK" text message. Some send a generic PDF. We send a structured photo report because that's what every downstream party — insurance adjuster, building manager, tax inspector, future buyer — actually accepts as evidence. Photographs with timestamps and geotag metadata are forensically credible in a way that a property-manager's text message will never be. When we say "the property was attended on this date and was in this condition", we can prove it.
This is the difference between paying for a service that mostly comforts you and paying for a service that mostly protects your asset. We've built ours for the second. The 30-day insurance vacancy rule explainer walks through what this documentation actually defeats in a real claim.
Pricing — what regular home checks cost
Regular home checks are the foundation service in every Estia plan. Monthly billing is €99 for one visit, €149 for two visits and €249 for four visits per calendar month. Annual billing is paid upfront at €948, €1,428 or €2,388 respectively. Prices exclude Greek VAT where applicable. A one-time €100 onboarding fee, excluding VAT where applicable, covers key intake, the baseline walkthrough, secure key storage and the initial condition record. Any property-specific travel or attendance condition is quoted before signup.
Annual totals are paid upfront and save €240, €360 or €600 against twelve monthly payments. Members can cancel with 30 days' written notice; prepaid fees covering periods after termination are refunded pro rata under the Terms and signed service agreement. See the full plans page →
Frequently asked questions
How often do you actually visit?
Essential includes one scheduled visit per calendar month, Recommended includes two and Premium includes four. These are calendar-month counts, not weekly or fortnightly promises. Additional or custom-timed visits can be quoted separately.
Do you go inside the property, or only check from outside?
Inside. The whole point of regular home checks is that exterior-only inspection misses what matters — interior leaks, humidity, smells, appliance condition, mail accumulation. We hold keys, the alarm code (if any), and entry credentials. Everything is logged.
What if you find something during the visit?
We document the issue and contact you through the escalation channels agreed for your property. Where immediate containment can be performed safely and within your written authorization, we take that limited step while you decide how to proceed. Repair decisions and contractor work remain subject to the agreed authorization process.
Can my insurance adjuster see the photo reports?
Yes. We provide the relevant photo logs and visit records on request, free of charge, to the property owner. If you forward them to an insurance adjuster, that's your call. We've written about how this documentation defeats the 30-day vacancy clause.
Who actually does the visits?
In Attica, the founder. Outside Attica, trusted local partners we've vetted personally and worked with on test properties before introducing a member. Where the founder isn't physically attending, the founder still owns the report, reviews it on the day, and is the single point of contact for the owner. There is no anonymous call-center model at Estia — every member has one human in Greece who is accountable for the property.
Can you handle building meetings, bills and tax admin as well?
Yes — those are available through our Bills, Building Meetings & Greek Admin service. Administration is quoted separately unless your signed service agreement expressly includes it.
What about repairs?
Repairs are not part of regular home checks. When we find something, we report it; you decide whether to act. If you decide to act, we can coordinate the contractor (that's the Maintenance & Contractor Oversight service), but the repair itself is billed separately by the contractor and is your decision and your cost.
What's the typical first-year experience?
The first visits establish a baseline and identify items that need monitoring. Later reports make changes easier to spot because each visit follows the same checklist and can be compared with the earlier condition record.
Where we cover
Regular home checks across mainland Greece and select islands. Most active regions: Athens (incl. Kolonaki, Glyfada), the Athens Riviera, Thessaloniki, Halkidiki, Pelion, Evia, the Peloponnese, Kalamata & the Messinian Gulf, and the Mani. Other regions on request.
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