Preventing water damage in a holiday home

Why water damage gets so big in empty houses

A hairline crack in a pipe, a leaking boiler flange or a burst washing machine hose: the cause is usually small. The damage comes from time. Just one litre per minute adds up to around 1,440 litres a day. After a week away, screed, walls and furniture are soaked.

Then come the follow-up costs: drying, mould remediation, lost rental income. And many insurers check carefully whether the house was adequately checked while the owners were away.

Three building blocks that prevent water damage

• Leak sensors at the critical points: plant room, boiler, washing machine, kitchen, under bathrooms. They report water on the floor within seconds.
• Automatic shut-off valve on the main supply. If a sensor detects water, the valve closes immediately. The damage stays small even if nobody can be reached.
• Consumption monitoring at the water meter. If water flows while nobody is in the house, this points to a hidden leak in a wall or floor that no floor sensor can see.

What happens in an emergency

A sensor alone does little if the alert lands on a phone that is in flight mode. That is why we monitor the system for you: we see the alert, check the data to confirm a real leak, narrow down the cause and organise a plumber on site. You receive a clear message about what happened and what is already being done.

Which houses benefit

Any house that regularly stands empty: the lake house, the villa on the Côte d’Azur, the finca on Mallorca, the second home in the mountains. It matters most with underfloor heating, a plant room in the basement and high-quality wooden floors.

How we work

We visit the house, identify the critical points and install sensors, valve and control unit. The technology runs locally in the house and reports via a secure connection. Then we take over the monitoring.