The NHWA welcomes it's first Canadian member: Severn Cottage Services

Greetings and salutations!

 

It has taken a while, but I am finally able to announce the accreditation of our very first Canadian Member! Sandy & Randy Martin are the owners of Severn Cottage Services Inc. which is located in the heart of Ontario’s cottage country in Severn Falls, Ontario. Randy started Cottage Watch in 1990 by being in the right place at the right time.  After spending 10 years in oil fields around the world, he decided to come home for a year or so. Because he grew up in "Cottage Country", he knew a lot of weekend cottagers from the Toronto.  A few of them heard that he was back in town, so they asked him to look after their properties while they were away for the winter. Because there were no companies offering services like Home Watch, Randy and his wife Sandy learned by doing.  Randy returned to the oil field overseas, but continued with cottage watch on a small scale. In 2011 Sandy, Randy and their two children decided to expand their cottage watch services to include: Cottage and Home Watch property patrols,and cottage cleaning and rental services. Randy and company cover a very unique area, because their client's homes are not always accessible by automobile.  That's right: access is by boat or ATV in the summer, and snowmobile or air boat in the winter! Their vast service area covers the Severn River area, between Big Chute & Swift Rapids, Gloucester Pool, Six Mile Lake, the Honey Harbour Area, Midland, Horseshoe Valley to Orillia and even along Lake Simcoe. They even developed a cutting edge, state of the art reporting system that informs their clients of their visit, using GPS positioning. A report is automatically generated to the client showing time, inspector and uploaded pictures that can be accessed 24/7 online. Randy has asked my company , Coastal Carolina Home Watch to test his system in the US. He also has plans to introduce his reporting system to the NHWA membership at our National (International?) Conference which is slated for October 24th - 26th, 2013 in Myrtle Beach,SC. Please visit their website www.severncottageservices.ca

Randy and Sandy Martin of Severn Cottage Services, Inc.

There is no doubt in my mind that Canada will play a very large role in the NHWA. I urge other Home Watch or Cottage Watch companies in Canada to follow Randy and Sandy's lead in joining us.





Thanks for reading, and I will be announcing our 6 newest members this coming week. As always, I wish you

Much success,


Jack