Lake Chelan HomeWatch earns Accredited Member status for 11th year

CHELAN - Lake Chelan HomeWatch has earned Accredited Member status from the National Home Watch Association for the 11th year. The NHWA was formed in 2009 in order to establish and maintain the highest industry standards for Home Watch and absentee homeowner services throughout the United States and Canada (www.nationalhomewatchassociation.org). Home Watch is a visual inspection of a home or property, looking for obvious issues, which means that it is a service that “keeps an eye on things” at your vacation or primary home while you are not in residence. All principals of NHWA Accredited Member companies are background-checked, insured, and bonded.
Ron Trickett, owner of Lake Chelan HomeWatch, holds the honor of traveling the farthest distance to attend the NHWA’s first two North American Conferences held in 2013 and 2014 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Ron has been a valuable and contributing member of our group since 2013 and is credited with creating the phrase “neighbors doing favors.” We first heard those words during Ron’s conference presentation recapping the devastating fires in Washington State in the summer of 2014. We learned a lot from Ron that weekend, with his stories about what he had to do to protect his Home Watch clients’ homes with fires closing in. The lesson he taught us is that safety always comes first, and while we do our best to protect our clients, a home can be replaced...your life can’t be. And even though it seems like common sense, things can happen during real situations.
Trickett left a successful building career near Seattle and moved into the second home he owned in Lake Chelan, in 2013. With his own experience as a second homeowner and the number of other unoccupied residences on the lake and in the surrounding area, Ron realized that his skill set was much needed there. This was reinforced by his friends and neighbors asking him to stop by and check on their places. He decided that to do the job right, he needed to leave the “neighbors doing favors” set and start a professional Home Watch business. Encouraged by family, friends, and neighbors, Lake Chelan HomeWatch was born.
 Ron is very community oriented. He supports the Manson Chamber of Commerce, having served on its Board of Directors. He is involved with Habitat for Humanity, and during our last conversation he told me that he was working with ex-convicts to assimilate them back into society. He is passionate about boating on the lake and enjoys some of the wonderful local wines produced in his region.
 Lake Chelan HomeWatch serves the Lake Chelan area, as well as the Chelan, Manson, Entiat, Orondo, and Chelan Falls communities. Ron can be reached at 509-393-3652 or by email at: ron@LakeChelanHomeWatch.com. Learn more at www.LakeChelanHomeWatch.com or follow him on Facebook at www.facebook.com/lakechelanhomewatch.