Taking the worry out of caring for your vacation home in Cabo San Lucas
Following is a profile of La Luz del Sol a relative new business for a
relatively new market by some long time visitors to the Cape region of Baja
California Sur. Personal Home Management taking the hassle out of absentee
ownership. Not as much a Property management company dealing with rentals
but a company dedicated to keeping your house the way you want it for when
you want it.
 Having come to Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, regularly
for over 20 years, while living in Denver Colorado, Mike and Sandy Pearce
have seen the many changes in the Los Cabos area over the years. From the
“sleepy little fishing village” everyone speaks of in the past, to thousands
of expensive homes from the Pedregal in Cabo, through the corridor to San
Jose del Cabo and now out past Playita. With the new higher end
“fraccionamientos” (housing developments), golf courses, timeshares and
condos Mike feels the Los Cabos has really just begun to grow.
The Pearce’s finally decided to make the full time commitment over a
year ago, moved to Cabo and created a new service business, La Luz del
Sol, Personal Home Managers, for those people who are not so
fortunate as to live here year around but have a personal home that they
would like maintained and looked after. The idea being, you come down here
to enjoy yourself and not deal with the problems of owning your home. Mike
wants your home to be just the way you want it, when you return, on any day
you choose.
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"We like to fix things
while you are not there so it all works when you are." says Mike.
Mike demonstrated; one of his clients had chosen to discontinue regularly scheduled house care.
Upon the owners return, the onetime cleanup costs were much
greater than all of the monthly maintenance fees that would have been paid.
"Baja is a tough environment, "says Mike. "The sun, salt air and dust can
wreck havoc on a home left untended several weeks or months at a time." Also by having scheduled maintenance, security is better, with the regular
presence of someone regularly checking for outside lighting, any
disturbances, broken pipes, downed trees or running water for example.
Mike was a photo lab business owner in Denver for over 25
years which he sold about 4 years ago to prepare for semi-retirement. While
he is not busy caring for your home, he will be found enjoying the good life
of golfing, sport fishing, siestas and photography.
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Mike explains that La Luz del Sol is primarily concerned with the physical well
being of your personal home, that is why they call themselves “Personal
Home Managers”. For absentee owners it is an excellent way to maintain and
secure your home year round.
Mike has found a good core of maintenance specialist; whether it is for one
of your home appliances or your pool system they can handle it all. they
offer regular services like Housekeeping, Pool Care, Fumigation and
Gardening as well as provide more specialized services like provisioning of
food and alcohol, payment of bills, fideocamiso fees, taxes and storm preparation.
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 When asked, one of the
biggest challenges to Mike in doing business in Mexico is the seemingly lack
of responsibility, shown by the incredible tardiness of everyone. Well that
is always a big adjustment for us northerners and you might want to take a
look at my publishers statement “Poco a poco y ni modo” before jumping right
into a business south of the border. Is it not for everybody, but those that
make the “blend” as I like to say will find a rich life of relaxing work and
exciting leisure in Baja California
Sandy was a CFO for a
family owned oil business and brings her skills to the accounting and
administration of the company.
So, if you have a substantial investment down here in the Los Cabos area and
would like your home looked after as if it were you; by a fully qualified
staff for much less that you may think, please contact La Luz del Sol
Private Home Mangers.
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