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Thursday, March 6, 2014

Severn Cottage Services of Coldwater, Ontario, gains second-year accreditation in the NHWA!




Jack Luber, Executive Director
 

Owners Randy and Sandy Martin are located in the heart of Ontario’s cottage country in Severn Falls, Ontario. Randy started Cottage Watch in 1990. After spending 10 years in the oil fields, he decided to come home for a year. Having grown up in cottage country, he knew most of the weekend cottagers from the city.  When they found out he was home, the cottagers started asking him to look after their properties while they were away for the winter. In those days, there were very few companies providing a service like this--and virtually no information--so it has been a learning curve ever since. Randy returned to the oil fields overseas but continued with the cottage watch on a smaller scale.



In 2011 Sandy, Randy and their three children decided to expand on their cottage services to a full-scale business, including Cottage & Home Watch Property Patrols, Cottage Rental Services and Cottage & Home Cleaning. The area they cover is very distinctive, as some of their customers’ properties have no roads, which can create its challenges; access is by boat or ATV in the summer and snowmobile or air boat in the winter. What makes their patrol services unique is the development of their advanced electronic reporting system that proves to their customers that they have actually been to their property and gives them the peace of mind they deserve! The reporting system is generated on site, notifies the customer by e-mail when the patrol report is submitted, automatically records date, time and GPS position of the inspector, uploads pictures to the reports at any time during the patrol, and allows 24/7 customer access to their reports via the Internet.



Severn Cottage Services covers a vast area: from the Severn River between Big Chute & Swift Rapids, Gloucester Pool, Six Mile Lake, the Honey Harbour area, Midland, over to Horseshoe Valley up to Orillia and along Lake Simcoe. Whew!



 
Sandy and Randy Martin

You can reach Randy and Sandy at (705) 686-7290 or toll-free at (855) 686-7290. They can be found on the Web at www.severncottageservices.ca

Congratulations, Randy and Sandy! 
As always, I wish you
Much Success,
Jack


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