Home Watch in Old Lyme, CT
Tide & Timber looks after second and seasonal homes in Old Lyme, CT while owners are away— for a season, a month, or a few weeks. Our team is based in Stonington, and we cover the town from Lyme Street to the shore.
From Lyme Street to the Beach Communities
Old Lyme is a quiet shoreline town, where Lyme Street, the Florence Griswold Museum, and the town green sit a short way from the beach communities on Long Island Sound. About 7,600 people live in Old Lyme year-round, joined by several thousand seasonal vacationers in summer.
Along the Sound, beach associations such as Old Colony, Old Lyme Shores, and Miami Beach still hold mostly seasonal cottages that go quiet from fall to spring. We close those cottages in the fall, visit through the winter, and open them again in spring, and we look after the year-round and second homes inland too, checking after wind and rain and sending photo reports.
How We Help
Seasonal Opening & Closing: We open and close the house for the season and report back with photos.
Home Watch Services: Scheduled visits, systems checks, and storm checks before and after a storm.
How It Works: From the first consultation to scheduled visits with photo reports.
FAQ: Answers on visits, reports, keys, and what happens in a storm.
Seasonal Checklists: Spring opening, winter closing, and before-a-storm checklists.
Questions About Home Watch in Old Lyme
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Yes. We serve all of Old Lyme, including Sound View, the beach associations, and the neighborhoods along Lyme Street. Not sure about your road? Just ask.
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Many Old Lyme cottages are used from late spring to early fall, then go quiet. We close the house in the fall, visit on a regular schedule through the winter, and open it again in spring.
Have another question? Browse the full FAQ.
Tide & Timber serves Southeastern CT and Southern RI, including Old Saybrook, Lyme, East Lyme, and Waterford, CT.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: “Town green, Old Lyme, Connecticut” by Carol M. Highsmith, public domain (Library of Congress); “Florence Griswold House, Old Lyme, CT” by Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0. Cropped and color-adjusted.
