Coda takes a 4 step approach that is too often forgotten in the world of home care. Every plan starts with learning your home and what it needs, in tandem with getting to know you and your vision for your home. Addressing both the core needs of the home and the long term vision of the homeowner is the only way to develop a home care plan that will truly achieve your goals.
Routine Maintenance
Routine Maintenance
One of the most effective ways to keep your house in top condition and prevent maintenance emergencies and expensive repairs is to establish a comprehensive routine maintenance plan. This includes obvious items, such as gutter cleaning and irrigation winterizations, to lesser known tasks such as regularly sealing stone surfaces to prevent irreversible discoloration. Coda Home will create a comprehensive routine maintenance plan customized for your home and manage it throughout the year so that you never have to think about it.
Preventative Care
Preventative Care
Most expensive problems within the home show warning signs far in advance of “failing” and can be mitigated by less expensive preventative measures. Coda has unfortunately seen a myriad of disruptive and expensive emergency repairs that could have been prevented with proper planning and care. Coda completes a thorough home inspection upon joining our service that includes comprehensive tracking and analysis of your home in order to bring potential problems to our client’s attention and come up with a plan for how to monitor and prevent them.
24/7 Emergency Support
24/7 Emergency Support
It is inevitable that home emergencies are bound to come up, most likely outside of working hours and often at the most inconvenient times. Coda is always available for these emergencies, no matter the hour or day of the week. We can talk you through immediate actions that may need to be taken (I.e. if there is a leak turning off the water to your home), come to your home and take quick action to minimize damage (i.e. removing wet carpet created by a leak to prevent mold and expensive remediation) and pull from our list of loyal subcontractors to get a specialist to your house ASAP.
Home Improvements
Home Improvements
Coda does home improvements of all sizes; from small facelifts on a fireplace or built-in, medium sized projects like updating a laundry room or pantry, to larger home renovations and ground up construction. Projects of all sizes still involve pulling permits and coordinating multiple subcontractors, and as a certified General Contractor, Coda has you covered. Our team has years of experience in local, luxury custom building, and we are able to bring that expertise to projects of all sizes. With Coda on your team, you always have access to a professional for guidance at any stage, and because our relationship with the home lasts far longer than the project, you can trust us to always have quality and our client’s best interest at the forefront of every project.
Custom Building & Home Consulting
Custom Building & Home Consulting
The Coda team has a combined 50+ years of experience in homecare and custom building, enriching us with a wide range of knowledge and expertise. We have been through countless ground up construction projects, renovations of all sizes, home emergencies and baffling dilemmas, and guided our clients through every step of these projects. Over the years, we have consulted homeowners on the approach and budget of renovations, offered guidance through difficult situations such as groundwater issues or leak investigations, and even build out teams of architects, designers and specialists for new ground up construction projects.
Handyman & Repair Projects
Handyman & Repair Projects
Coda provides services that are typical of a “classic handyman”. This can include small tasks around the house such as installing baby gates or clothing rods or minor repairs such as broken cabinetry hardware. Because of our hyper-local model, we are always in the neighborhood, making it quick and easy to stop by without having to charge typical minimum or travel fees.
Step
1:
Learn Your Home
Coda starts by learning your home inside and out through a thorough and comprehensive Home Inspection. During this inspection we identify the systems and features that require home maintenance as well as potential areas where trouble can be avoided with preventative care and repairs. This information is then discussed and analyzed by our team and recorded and tracked within our custom software. Key components of this stage include:
- An inspection of your home from top to bottom by trained professionals
- Logging and updating everything we find in our web-based tracking software
- Identifying and monitoring future trouble areas with a preventative vs reactionary approach
Step
2:
Create a Plan That Serves You
Once we understand your home, we create a Home Inspection Report that identifies problem areas that we’ve found and suggested maintenance and repairs. We start with the core tasks that we feel are necessary to maintain the house, then work with you on the rest to create a plan that accurately reflects your long-term goals, short term priorities, and home improvement budget. Key components of this stage include:
- A checklist of automatic routine maintenance tasks
- Regular check-ins with you to understand your long-term goals and short-term priorities
- One master invoice to keep things simple and help you effectively monitor and plan your home improvement budget
Step
3:
Execute on your Vision
One of our favorite things to do at Coda is assist clients with home improvement projects that make their home uniquely theirs and more enjoyable, functional and aesthetically pleasing. Over the past 25 years we have built an expansive network of local contractors and expert artisans, constantly tested to ensure the highest standards of quality, availability, and price. No matter how big or small your next project is, we’ve got you covered. Key components of this stage include:
- Keeping a list of future projects for more effective planning
- Thinking holistically to sync projects with overlapping subs
- Scheduling, bidding, & overseeing projects so you can relax
- Providing a single itemized bill for easy tracking & payment
Step
4:
Always Have Your Back
Coda is on call 24/7 for emergencies, because no matter how well you plan there will always be something that breaks when you need it most. Our hyper-local service area means we are always nearby to check on issues that arise during the day, and we will always answer and show up if there is an after-hours emergency. Key components of this include:
- A 24/7 phone number available only to Coda members
- Hyper-Local service means we are always nearby
- Long-standing contractor relationships and consistent work means they’re there when we need them most
- We already know your house, making troubleshooting easier
What if I already work with a subcontractor I like or am on a specific maintenance plan?
If you have a subcontractor that you trust and knows your home, we always suggest continuing to work with them. Some of our clients have certain contractors that they work with directly, or who they pass along to us to manage the communication while continuing to work with them. You can also always continue on any existing maintenance plans, and we’re happy to provide estimates for alternative contractors so you can analyze the work and price being done and make an informed decision when it comes to renewing those contracts.
I spend my summers away, can you keep an eye on my home when no one is there?
Many of our clients spend the summers away and we have come up with different approaches to keep a watchful eye on their home. These include regular check-ins and walkthroughs of the home and setting up smart infrastructure such as alarm, camera and water detecting systems. Because we only work within a small geographic location, we are also always in the area, so can stop by if there are ever any concerns or even just last-minute issues such as unexpected delivery that need to be brought inside.