# Haven Free

> Haven Free LLC is a home watch and home care company serving homeowners in Sarasota and Manatee
> Counties, Florida, by membership. It positions itself as a trusted partner for the home: it watches
> the house while the owner is away, cares for it while they are in residence, offers a short list of
> personal services, and coordinates licensed trades for repairs and improvements — with one named
> Home Manager, a report with timestamped photographs after every visit, and one monthly statement.
> Haven Free LLC is not a contractor; all construction, repair and licensed trade work is performed by licensed Florida
> contractors under their own agreements with the owner. Pricing is not published.

Haven Free℠ is a service mark of Haven Free LLC. Tagline: "Home. Away. Always."

## Key facts

- Service: home watch and home care by membership; personal services; coordination of repairs and
  improvements performed by licensed Florida contractors under their own agreements with the owner
- Memberships: AWAY (for the months the owner is gone), HOME (for the months they are here), ALWAYS
  (both, year-round, with priority scheduling, seasonal close-up, arrival readiness and an annual home
  record review). Tier names carry no service-mark symbol.
- Visit rhythm while away: weekly, every other week, or monthly alongside owner-owned remote sensors
- Every visit: written checklist, report with timestamped photographs the same day, a call right away
  if something needs attention
- Storms: hurricane preparation to an agreed plan; a visit after the weather clears, as soon as it is
  safe, with photographs
- Keys: logged in a written access register, signed for, and returned with a signed receipt
- Credentials: general liability insurance (certificate available before signing); criminal background checks on
  everyone who enters a member's home; member of a professional home watch association
- Trades: Haven Free accepts no referral fees or commissions from the contractors it coordinates
- Free resources: checklists for closing a Florida home for summer, arriving home, and hurricane season (PDF), plus
  guides on insurance for empty homes and on humidity and mold
- Area: Sarasota and Manatee Counties, Florida, including gated and private communities: Osprey, Sarasota,
  Siesta Key, Casey Key, Nokomis, Venice, Longboat Key, Lakewood Ranch and Bradenton
- Not offered: home inspections (visit reports are observations, not opinions of condition), licensed
  trade work, alarm installation or monitoring, repairs at Haven Free's cost, rental management
- Founder: Jeff "JW" Johnson, Founder and Managing Member
- Contact: (941) 499-7441 · contact@oakscapitalgroup.com · Osprey, Florida 34229

## Our promises to members

We will know your home. We will tell you what we see. We will call when it matters. We will hold your
keys as a trust. We will only recommend what the house needs. We will make it right. (The Member
Service Agreement governs.)

## Pages

- [Home](https://www.havenfree.com/): Who Haven Free is, a season with Haven Free, our promises, the three memberships
- [Memberships](https://www.havenfree.com/memberships/): AWAY, HOME and ALWAYS; visit rhythms; what shapes a membership; the Gulf Coast year
- [What We Keep](https://www.havenfree.com/what-we-keep/): The six kinds of care, repairs and improvements, and what we do not do
- [What We Check](https://www.havenfree.com/what-we-check/): The full visit checklist and a sample visit report
- [Hurricane & Storm Season](https://www.havenfree.com/storm-season/): Written storm plan, before-and-after photographs, staying in touch, licensed firms
- [How It Works](https://www.havenfree.com/how-it-works/): Conversation to annual review, credentials, our promises, the agreement in plain English
- [Questions & Answers](https://www.havenfree.com/questions/): Insurance, background checks, visits, storms, keys, fees, rentals and memberships
- [Areas We Serve](https://www.havenfree.com/areas/): Sarasota and Manatee Counties
- [Sarasota County](https://www.havenfree.com/areas/sarasota-county/): Osprey, Sarasota, Siesta Key, Casey Key, Nokomis, Venice, Longboat Key
- [Manatee County](https://www.havenfree.com/areas/manatee-county/): Lakewood Ranch, Bradenton, Longboat Key
- [About](https://www.havenfree.com/about/): A note from founder Jeff "JW" Johnson, how we earn your trust, the team
- [Preferred Partners](https://www.havenfree.com/partners/): How we choose licensed trades; we take no fees from them
- [Guides & Checklists](https://www.havenfree.com/resources/): Free checklists and guides for Gulf Coast homeowners
- [Closing Your Florida Home for the Summer](https://www.havenfree.com/resources/closing-your-florida-home/): Departure checklist (PDF available)
- [Coming Home: An Arrival Checklist](https://www.havenfree.com/resources/coming-home-arrival-checklist/): Arrival checklist (PDF available)
- [Your Hurricane Season Plan](https://www.havenfree.com/resources/hurricane-season-plan/): Hurricane season checklist (PDF available)
- [Insurance and the Empty House](https://www.havenfree.com/resources/insurance-and-the-empty-house/): Questions to ask your insurance agent
- [Humidity, Mold and the Closed-Up House](https://www.havenfree.com/resources/humidity-and-mold-in-a-closed-house/): Humidity targets and early warning signs
- [Contact](https://www.havenfree.com/contact/): Start a conversation
- [Site Map](https://www.havenfree.com/sitemap/): Every page
- [Privacy Notice](https://www.havenfree.com/privacy/): What the website collects
- [Terms of Use](https://www.havenfree.com/terms/): Terms of use

## Optional

- [Full text of every page](https://www.havenfree.com/llms-full.txt)
- [Oaks Capital Group](https://www.oakscapitalgroup.com/): designer of the OCG Residences; every Celebrate commission includes a first year of Haven Free ALWAYS