The right home watch software makes visits faster for inspectors, reports clearer for homeowners and month-end shorter for the owner. Take these questions into any demo, including ours.
| Question | Spare Key IT |
|---|---|
| Checklist on a phone | Yes. Inspectors work through each visit on their phone. |
| Custom checklist | 13 standard questions to start. Edit, remove, reorder or add your own, as multiple choice or written answers. |
| Notes and photos | On any item that needs attention. |
| Inspector schedules | Each inspector sees their own visits. You can give someone the full route. |
| Branded reports | Your logo and colors in the app and on every PDF. |
| Review before sending | Every report comes to you first. |
| Emailed reports | Emailed to the homeowner as a PDF after your review. |
| Pricing hidden from inspectors | Yes. Client rates, revenue and client records are owner only. |
| Payroll and invoicing | Checks, mileage and hours go to payroll each pay period. Monthly invoices, one per client, go to your invoicing software. |
| Importing | Client list from a spreadsheet and upcoming visits from your calendar. |
| Your records | Owners can download their records, including report PDFs and photos. |
| Who built it | An NHWA certified home watch professional, inside an NHWA accredited home watch company. |
For price, and to check that your payroll and invoicing software is covered, request a demo.
General inspection apps are built for one-time reports, like a pre-purchase home inspection, or for broad safety checklists. Home watch is different: the same homes, on a schedule, for owners who are away. That calls for a repeatable home watch checklist, a report the homeowner can read in a minute, scheduling across a route, and billing and pay that follow each visit.
The best fit depends on how many homes you watch, how many inspectors you have, and what you use for payroll and invoicing. Compare options with the questions on this page. Spare Key IT is built for home watch companies that want inspection reports, payroll, invoicing and homeowner email in one place, and it was built by an NHWA certified home watch professional.
Yes. Home inspection software is built for one-time reports, usually before a home is bought. Home watch software is built for repeat visits to the same homes while the owners are away, so it needs scheduling, a repeatable checklist, reports for every visit, and billing per visit.
At minimum, your payroll software, your invoicing software and email. Those three connections are what remove the month-end counting and the manual sending of reports.
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