A Cornish beach at sunset, with a stream running across the sand to the sea

Livdin Concierge · Yorkshire & Cornwall

Your second home, kept exactly as you left it.

A quiet, watchful service for owners of second homes. Checked when you're away, cared for all year, and warm, lit and ready the moment you arrive. Yours alone: never let, never listed.

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An empty house shouldn't be a worry, and arriving shouldn't begin with a list of jobs.

Livdin Concierge looks after private second homes in Yorkshire and Cornwall, for owners who are elsewhere most of the year. This is not holiday-let management: we don't take bookings, host guests or put your home on any platform. We keep it secure, maintained and ready, with one named person who knows the house, the keys and how you like things done.

Made for owners who are mostly elsewhere

The weekender

A Dales cottage or coastal bolthole you escape to when the diary allows. You want to arrive to a warm, aired, ready house, not a cold one with a dead wasp problem and an empty fridge.

The family base

The house near the grandchildren, the university base, the home you'll retire to eventually. Used in bursts, empty for months, and too important to leave unchecked through a Pennine winter.

The overseas owner

You're abroad most of the year and the insurer wants documented inspections. You want one trusted contact, photographic proof everything is fine, and problems fixed without a 2am phone call.

Three ways to use us

Priced per home after a visit. No long contracts: change tier or stop with a month's notice.

Essentials

The fundamentals, handled

Key-holding with secure, logged access
Monthly property checks, inside and out
Photo report after every visit
Post collected and forwarded or scanned
Alarm response and emergency call-out
A named local contact who knows the house

Enquire about Essentials

Complete

The running of the house

Everything in Essentials
Cleaning and gardening coordinated
Maintenance arranged with vetted local trades
Utilities, bins and contractors managed
Seasonal care: gutters, drain-downs, frost checks
Storm and weather checks after bad nights

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Premium

Ready when you are

Everything in Complete
Pre-arrival preparation, up to two prepared arrivals a month: heating on, beds made
Fridge stocked to your list
Flowers, fires lit, house aired
Guest-ready turnarounds for family and friends
Departure close-down when you leave

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What you get after every visit

A report you can read in two minutes

Date, what was checked, photos, anything found, what was done about it and what happens next. It arrives after every visit, and it is a dated record if your insurer ever asks.

The report on the right is an example we made up to show the format. It is not a real visit or a real home.

Example visit report

Monthly check · coastal cottage, north Cornwall

Visit: 09:40 to 10:25 · Report sent: after the visit

Outside: Roof line, gutters, downpipes, render, windows and doors, fences and gates, oil tank
Inside: Every room walked; damp, leaks, pests, windows and locks, alarms tested
Services: Water on and running, stopcock checked, heating cycled, fuse board, smoke alarms tested
Post and deliveries: Post collected and scanned; one parcel brought inside

Three photos sit here in the real report: the rear gutter before and after, and the stopcock and meter.

Found

Rear gutter blocked with leaves and overflowing onto the render below the bathroom window. No water inside yet.

Done today

Photographed for the record and flagged to you the same morning.

A quote from a roofer we use, for your yes or no, before anything is ordered. If you would rather we clear it ourselves on the next visit, say so and it goes on the list.

Two counties, one standard

Dry-stone walls and Ingleborough in the Yorkshire Dales — Yorkshire

The Holme Valley, Huddersfield, Harrogate and north to Keighley, Ilkley and the Dales fringe, run from our Holmfirth office.
Second home management in Yorkshire

A Cornish beach at sunset — Cornwall

Coast and countryside. In Cornwall coverage depends on where the house is; tell us the town and we confirm before either of us commits.
Second home management in Cornwall

The same vetted trades, the same photo reports, the same one named contact, whichever county your home is in.

Which package, in one table

Start from what you need. If none of these is quite right, say so on the form and we will tell you plainly which one fits.

You want to	Essentials	Complete	Premium
Main need	Check the house and give me a local point of contact	Coordinate the running and maintenance of the house	Prepare the house around our visits
Base checks	Monthly, inside and outside, with a photo report	Same monthly checks	Same monthly checks
What is included	Logged key-holding, photo reports, post handled, alarm and emergency response, one named contact	Essentials, plus cleaning and gardening coordinated, maintenance with vetted trades, utilities and bins, seasonal care	Complete, plus arrival preparation (up to two prepared arrivals a month) and a close-down when you leave
After a storm	An extra visit after bad weather, as agreed	Included: a check after bad weather without being asked	Included, as Complete
Price	Quoted for your home	Quoted for your home	Quoted for your home
Pick one to prefill the form	Enquire about Essentials	Enquire about Complete	Enquire about Premium

What moves the monthly figure

Every home is quoted on its own after a call and a visit. These are the things that make one quote higher than another.

Where the house is and how far the visit is
The size of the house and grounds
How often you want it checked beyond the monthly base
How much preparation you want around visits
How much coordination the house needs: trades, deliveries, cleaners, gardeners

Charged separately, always agreed first

The monthly figure is for our time and coordination. Other people's work and the things we buy for the house are on top, passed on as invoiced, with your yes before we commit. Larger jobs carry a project fee, agreed in your quote.

Third-party labour and materials: cleaners, gardeners, trades and repairs are passed on as invoiced, agreed with you first. Larger jobs carry a project fee, agreed in your quote.
Shopping and supplies for arrival preparation, charged at cost
Extra visits beyond the package, agreed in advance
Holiday letting, guests or bookings of any kind: the house stays private

A property check is a dated record of the visit. Your policy wording decides your cover. If your policy asks for more frequent visits than the monthly base, extra visits can be added and are quoted separately.

What happens after you enquire

An enquiry is a conversation, not a booking. Nothing is agreed and nothing is charged until you have a written scope in hand.

1
You tell us about the house

Town or postcode, how you use it, what worries you. Two minutes on the form or a phone call.
2
We confirm we can cover it

Coverage depends on where the house is. We say yes or no before either of us spends more time.
3
A short conversation

Fifteen minutes on how you use the house and which package fits. Nothing is booked yet.
4
We visit and agree the plan

We walk the property with you or your keys, note how you like things done, and put a written scope and a monthly figure to it.
5
Keys, then the first report

Keys coded and logged, checks begin, and the first photo report lands after the first visit.

Why trust us with the keys

Livdin Concierge is run by the team behind Livdin Property: more than 12 years managing other people's most valuable assets across Yorkshire, around 200 tenants in managed homes, fully insured, NRLA members with client money protection. The discipline of professional property management (logged visits, photo reports, vetted trades, one named contact) applied to homes that are loved rather than let.

Frequently asked questions

Is this holiday-let management?

No. Livdin Concierge is for owners, not guests. We do not let, advertise or manage bookings for your property. We look after second homes that stay private: checked, maintained and ready for you whenever you arrive.

Where do you cover?

Yorkshire and Cornwall. In Yorkshire we work from our Holmfirth office across the Holme Valley, Huddersfield and Harrogate, and north through the Aire and Wharfe valleys to Keighley, Ilkley, Skipton and the Dales fringe. In Cornwall coverage depends on where the house is; tell us the town and we confirm before either of us commits.

What does it cost?

Each home is different, so we price after a short call and a visit. Tell us where the property is and how you use it, and we will put a simple monthly figure to each package. No long contracts; stop or change tier with a month's notice.

Why do unoccupied homes need regular checks?

Most second-home insurance policies require documented inspections of unoccupied properties at set intervals, or cover is reduced. Every visit is logged and photographed, which gives you a dated inspection record, and we can match visit frequency to your policy wording. Regular checks also catch leaks, frost damage and security issues while they are still small.

Who will be looking after my home?

The same team behind Livdin Property, with over 12 years of looking after other people's most valuable assets, fully insured, with vetted local trades in both counties. You get one named contact, not a rota.

Can you manage work on the house while we're away?

Yes. Refurbishments, redecorating, new kitchens, storm repairs: we scope the job, get quotes from trades we already trust, oversee the work and send photo updates, so you arrive to it finished.

Tell us about your second home

Where it is, how you use it, and what worries you. We check we can cover the house, then one of the team comes back within one working day to talk it through.