For homeowners and real estate professionals

A local presence for homes that sit empty

HomePort watches unoccupied houses in Maine. We visit on a schedule, photograph what we can see, send a written report, and help arrange the right local people when something needs attention.

Vacant and seasonal homes Owners who are away Listings and estates

For the homeowner

A quiet monthly look at the house, or a tighter weekly pattern while you travel. You get photos, a report, and a notice if something needs you.

For the listing agent

Documented eyes on a vacant listing or a delayed closing, without HomePort competing for the sale. You remain the agent. We remain the watch.

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Prices as of September 2026. This overview is not a contract. Every arrangement is reviewed before visits start.

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How we work

Empty houses. Honest visits. Written record.

Each scheduled visit is a walk of the property the way a careful neighbor would look, with a checklist written for that house, timestamped photographs, and a report you can keep. If something needs attention, we tell you. With your authorization, we can help arrange an appropriate local provider. You hire them and you pay them. We do not mark up their invoice.

We do

Scheduled visual checks of unoccupied homes
Photos and a written visit report
Notice when something needs attention
Meet an authorized contractor or delivery and lock up after
Help schedule the right local trade, with your say-so

We do not

Inspect occupied homes, or check on people living there
Provide elder care, wellness visits, or caregiving
Do repairs, lawn, snow, or overnight house-sitting
Perform a licensed real-estate inspection
Sell the house, collect rent, or act as the listing agent

Occupancy

Routine home-watch is for vacant houses, seasonal and vacation places while empty, and houses whose owners are away. An in-person consultation or a contractor-access visit can still happen with people there. If the house fills up again, regular visits pause until it is empty.

Travel

We hear from people around Bangor and farther out: lake houses, shore places, and other homes that sit empty. Farther drives depend on whether we can take them on. If travel applies, we agree on that charge with you before you sign. The town name on the mailbox does not set a travel fee.

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Memberships

A monthly plan for the house that sits empty

Membership is billed on its own, after a $149 one-time setup. Setup covers the walkthrough, access, a checklist for that house, and the first property profile.

Watch $119 / mo

One scheduled visit each month
Photos, checklist, and a digital report
Property profile and homeowner portal
Notice if something needs attention

Most chosen

Concierge $189 / mo

Everything in Watch
Up to 30 minutes of coordination each month
Help scheduling authorized vendors
Member contractor-access rates

Complete $329 / mo

Two scheduled visits each month
Up to 60 minutes of coordination
One contractor-access hour each month
Member rates after that included hour

	Watch $119	Concierge $189	Complete $329
Visits	1 per month	1 per month	2 per month
Coordination	Not included	30 minutes	60 minutes
Included access hour	No	No	Yes, 60 minutes
Contractor access	$75 first hour, $60 after	$60 first hour, $50 after	$60 / $50 after the included hour
Extra visit	$89	$89	$89

Unused visits, coordination, and access time do not roll over. Concierge does not include a physical contractor appointment in the monthly fee. You hire and pay the contractor.

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Away, and getting started

A stretch of weeks, or a first conversation

Weekly Away $549

Four weekly visits in an agreed four-week window. Same kind of look, photos, and report as a monthly visit, on a shorter interval. This is not a membership and does not turn into one unless you enroll separately.

Four weekly scheduled checks
An extra visit in that window is $149
Not house-sitting, overnight stays, or pet care

One-time property check $119

One scheduled visual visit when you need eyes on the home once: before you leave town, after a long gap, while a house is listed, or when family wants an independent look.

Checklist, photographs, and a written report
Does not enroll the property in monthly membership

In-person consultation · $99

A paid walk of the property to talk through access and whether HomePort is the right fit. People may be present. The $99 counts toward setup if you enroll within 30 days. Travel, if any, is agreed first and is not credited.

Initial property setup · $149

Walkthrough, access, a checklist for that house, and the first property profile. Required before membership visits start. Signing online does not start visits by itself. Someone at HomePort still reviews the arrangement.

A simple path

Start at homeportmaine.com. Tell us about the house. We will say whether we can take it on, agree any travel before you sign, and only then set the first visit.

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On request

When the calendar is not enough

Service	Price	What you receive
Visits
Additional member visit	$89	An extra scheduled look in the same month, when we can fit it.
Post-storm check	$99	A ground-level look after severe weather, with photos and a report. We do not climb roofs or file insurance claims.
Urgent visit, normal hours	$195	An out-of-sequence visit for a named concern. Not 911, not alarm monitoring, and not a same-hour promise.
After-hours response	from $275	Only if someone can actually go. Starting price. We will say so if we cannot.
Access and coordination
Contractor access, standard	$75 / $60	We meet a named, authorized vendor, stay for the appointment, and secure the home. First hour $75, each additional hour $60.
Contractor access, members	$60 / $50	Concierge and Complete. Complete includes one 60-minute access appointment each month.
Delivery / service access	Quoted	A shorter window for a named delivery or installer. Priced in writing before the appointment.
Additional service coordination	$85 / hr	Beyond the minutes included in Concierge or Complete. You hire and pay the provider.
Estate / vacant oversight	Quoted	A standing visual cadence for a house that sits empty longer than a vacation.
Property transition	Quoted	A defined window around a sale, move, or family change. Quoted to the actual dates.

Contractor labor, materials, and the contractor’s invoice are separate from HomePort’s access charges. HomePort is not the contractor.

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Access and coordination

Letting the right people in, and keeping a record

Contractor access

We meet the vendor you have authorized, remain on site for the agreed time, document what belongs on the visit record, and lock up afterward. We do not perform their work, and we do not add a markup to their bill.

Named, authorized people only
No unescorted access
Complete includes one hour each month

Service coordination

After a visit shows that a specialist should look, we contact an appropriate local provider with your authorization, help schedule, and keep a written trail of what was requested.

Concierge includes 30 minutes each month
Complete includes 60 minutes
Unused time does not roll over

What a visit can see

We record what is reasonably visible from ordinary walking access. Attic observation is only when a permanent staircase provides safe walking. Crawlspaces are never entered. This is property-condition documentation, not a promise that every defect will be found.

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Listings, estates, and family changes

When the house is between chapters

Some of the emptiest houses in Maine are not vacation homes. They are listings waiting on a buyer, estates waiting on a family decision, or closings that took longer than anyone hoped. HomePort can be the local, documented presence while the people who own the decisions are elsewhere.

For listing agents

Visual checks while a vacant listing sits
A written record you can share with the seller
Escorted access for trades working a punch list
We do not sell the house, and we do not ask for the listing

For families and estates

A standing visit cadence agreed in writing
Issue tracking and vendor coordination with authorization
Occupancy, insurance, and who may grant access stay with the family
We are not a property manager, broker, or fiduciary

Estate / vacant oversight, and property transition · quoted

These are not menu prices because length of vacancy, season, and access change the work. We quote a visit plan and dates in writing before anyone signs. Transition work is a defined window around a sale, move, or similar change: extra visits, access windows, and documented condition at agreed checkpoints. HomePort does not pack, stage, clean, renovate, or represent anyone at the closing table.

A note you can forward

If you are an agent, you are welcome to send this packet to a seller whose house will sit empty. The homeowner (or the person with legal authority) is the customer. HomePort reviews every arrangement before visits start.

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Next step

Tell us about the house

There is no self-serve signup that starts visits on its own. Start with a conversation. If we can take the property on, we will put prices and any travel in front of you before you sign.

HomePort Maine

homeportmaine.com

207-300-9811

homeportmaine.com/#/get-started

hello@homeportmaine.com

Please have ready

Town and a sense of whether the house will be empty during visits
Whether this is a membership, a stretch of weeks away, a listing, or a one-time look
Who is authorized to speak for the property

Please know

This packet is an overview, not a signed agreement
Prices are as of September 2026 and can change
HomePort is operated by Aether Mind Studios LLC

HomePort watches unoccupied homes: vacant houses, seasonal and vacation places while empty, and houses whose owners are away. We do not inspect occupied homes, check on people living there, or provide elder care, wellness visits, or caregiving. Visit reports are visual documentation, not a licensed real-estate inspection. If travel applies, we agree on that charge before you sign.

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