Home Watch Photo Gallery Captures Daily Work For Rochester NY Area
Please find below a selection of home watch photos and tours that were conducted for repeat and prior clients and students in training. See Home Watch USA in action throughout the Greater Rochester NY area and beyond.
Note: certain photos depict activity outside of the scope of service; however, they are used here for educational purposes.

During a home watch visit, found a detached Water Heater Flue that can allow carbon monoxide gasses into a Greater Rochester area home.

HVAC Vent Pipe and Air Intake are close the the ground and can be easily obstructed by snow or debris during a storm or windy weather.

Safety tip: steel wool stuffed into a hole on an exterior wall of a Rochester NY area home possibly to prevent mice and rodents from coming inside.

Bushes overgrown on a home are signs of an unoccupied home and can notify criminals and vandals of an empty house. Bushes also cause excessive moisture and attract mice and rodents.

Home Watch USA found an exterior door of a home left open. It was noticed and secured at a home watch visit.

Home watch visit found overgrown vegetation, vines, and plants in the gutters that an cause expensive damage.

Found a torn plumbing vent pipe boot on a roof that is susceptible to leak.

Fresh Garlic hanging to dry at a home during a home watch USA home watch visit.

Digital Garage Door Opener is dirty and full of spider webs because the cover wasn't on it, Home Watch USA to the rescue.

Home Watch USA found a squatter at a real estate agent's vacant listing in greater rochester ny area..

Volunteering at our local Community Food Link in Greater Rochester NY.

Home Watch USA found a leaking water heater on a home watch visit in Greater Rochester NY.

October 19, 2004 article in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle where Home Watch USA owner and founder, Dan Powell, shares his opinion on New York State Licensing Law before its implementation.

Home Watch USA found mildew on clothing within a week of a flooded basement. Emergency home watch visit services available.

Found two dead mice during a home watch visit, grey one is a house mouse the brown one a field mouse

A windstorm blew a branch onto this main electric service cable which was found during a home watch visit.

Home Watch USA found a live bat in a sump pump crock in a basement.

Home Watch USA checks faucets during our house checks, this one was leaking.

During a home watch visit after a storm, Home Watch USA found windstorm blew the roof shingles off this house.

See a rodent bait station that shows the bait has been eaten indicating rodent activity at a home watch visit.

HomeWatch USA removes newspapers, leaves and flyers that are signs of an unoccupied home to criminals, squatters, and vandals.

We love home watching in Greater Rochester NY! A beautiful view of the finger lakes wine country.

Broken garage door spring found during a home watch visit.

Found a missing downspout extension that is causing negative grading sloping back towards this greater Rochester NY area home.

Found a tree Blown Over From a Windstorm During a Post Storm House Check by House Watch USA.

Home Watch USA checks that the icemaker is off if you forget before you leave the house.

Walk up attic shows exposed spaced slat sheathing and wood shingles during a home watch visit.

Home Watch USA changes dirty furnace air filters at request for clients during home visits.

Home Watch USA found water stains on the garage ceiling during a home watch visit.

A Home watch visit found black mold like substance observed, which can happen within 48 hours of a water leak.

Federal Pacific Stab Lock Panels need to be evaluated by a licensed electrician for possible issues.

Home watch visit found a tree that was blown over from a wind storm during an emergency visit.

Home Watch USA home watch visit found siding that became loose during high winds and notified Greater Rochester NY area homeowner.

Home Watch USA found this interesting door...something wrong?

Home watch visit found a dead mouse caught in a snap trap.

Home Watch USA found exterior dryer vent with damaged louver doors.

Home watch visit found an old coal, gravity, octopus furnace that has been converted to gas.

Possible asbestos duct tape on furnace supply trunk.

Possible asbestos duct tape found on furnace cold air return.

Home watch visit found this living room with the baseboard heaters ripped out by squatters for the copper pipes inside that they found.

Home Watch USA found basement ceiling that was ripped out by squatters during a home watch visit for the copper plumbing pipes. Squatters take the pipes to a salvage yard for money.

HomeWatchUSA found a bathroom that was destroyed by squatters so they could get and sell the copper plumbing out of the walls, cabinets, and toilet.

Discovered A Clogged Condensate Drain Pipe for a Central Air Conditioner During. Home Watch Visit

HomeWatch USA owner, Dan, Finds Cedar Shake Roofing Shingles.

Red Flags and Disclosure Class Home Watch USA owner, Dan Powell, Teaches

Home Watch Safety Check: New Toilet Flange that secures the toilet to the floor.

During Home Watch Check in Greater Rochester NY area, found Bat in a Sump Pump Crock.

During A Home Watch Visit Found An Old, Gas light fixture and gas plumbing.

Found An Old Electric Fuse Box That Was Used Before Electric Breaker Panel Boxes.

Found a Bat Hanging on a Gable Vent in an Attic in a Greater Rochester NY area home.

Students Learn How to Check Houses for Red Flags and Safety Concerns.

Plumbing Vent Boot has holes, causing a leak through bedroom ceiling.

A Rochester NY area floor drain is empty of water, one of the safety checks during a home watch visit.

A soffit vent is missing a screen allowing birds to build a nest inside it.

Found a Dead mouse on a Greater Rochester NY area home watch visit.

Missing caulk from HVAC furnace vent and fresh air intake pipes during home watch visit.

Water leaking out of a ceiling speaker in bathroom above.

Outside hose faucet found in Greater Rochester NY with an icicle from frozen water.

Observed broken window during home watch visit

After a wind storm in Rochester NY area, a downspout blew off.