Private care for second homes across Cornwall: key holding, logged property checks, maintenance and pre-arrival preparation, from the team behind Livdin Property. Your house stays exactly that, yours. Never let, never listed.
Second home care, not holiday letting
Livdin Concierge looks after private second homes in Cornwall for owners who live somewhere else most
of the year. We hold the keys, check the house on a schedule, arrange maintenance with trades we know,
and have it warm and ready when you arrive. We never advertise your home, never list it and never put
guests in it. If you want bookings and rental income, you want a holiday-let manager, and our guide to
second home care versus holiday letting lays out
that choice honestly. This service is for owners who want the opposite: a house that stays private and
is looked after like it matters.
What an empty Cornish house is up against
Cornwall has more registered second homes than any county in England, over 13,000 on Cornwall
Council's register, and the 2021 Census counted more holiday homes here than anywhere else in England
and Wales. Most sit empty through the roughest months of the year. Salt air works on ironmongery,
render and paintwork all year round. Atlantic storms lift slates and test gutters through autumn and
winter. Damp settles into a shut-up house within weeks. A drip found in week one is a plumber's visit;
the same drip found at Easter is a new ceiling.
Owning an empty house here has also become more expensive. Since 1 April 2025, Cornwall Council has
charged a 100% council tax premium on second homes, which doubles the bill. That is money spent on a
house nobody is watching. Regular, documented care is how you make sure the asset the bill is attached
to is actually being protected.
What we handle
Logged property checks, inside and out, with a photo report after every visit. Key holding with keys
coded rather than labelled, signed in and out. Maintenance coordinated from first call to finished
job, through vetted Cornwall trades. Storm and weather checks after bad nights. Urgent issues dealt
with while they are still small, and flagged to you first. And before you travel down, pre-arrival
preparation: heating on, house aired, beds made, fridge stocked to your list.
How we handle keys is a page in itself: our key
holding guide covers the coding, logging and access rules. For what a routine visit covers, the
Cornwall second home management guide answers
the questions owners ask most.
Insurance and the empty house
Many home insurance policies restrict cover once a house is empty for more than 30 or 60 consecutive
days, and second home policies often require documented inspections at set intervals. An inspection
that is not documented might as well not have happened. Every Livdin visit is logged and photographed,
which gives you a dated record, and we match visit frequency to your policy wording. Our guide to
unoccupied home insurance checks explains what
insurers typically ask for. Check your own policy; conditions differ between insurers.
Coast and countryside, looked after by our established Cornwall team and trades.
Three packages
Priced per home after a short call and a visit. No long contracts: change package or stop with a month's notice.
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Essentials
The fundamentals, handled
Key holding with logged access, a monthly check of the whole house inside and out, a photo report after every visit, post dealt with, alarm and emergency response, and one named contact who knows the property.
Everything in Essentials, plus cleaning and gardening coordinated, maintenance arranged with vetted local trades, utilities and bins managed, seasonal care such as gutter clearing and drain-downs, and a check after every bad storm.
Everything in Complete, plus pre-arrival preparation: heating on, beds made, house aired, fridge stocked to your list, and a close-down when you leave.
Livdin Concierge is run by Livdin Property Ltd: 12+ years managing other people's property, 200+
tenants in managed homes, Client Money Protect member, redress through The Property Ombudsman. In
Cornwall we work through our established local team and trades, and you get one named contact, not a
rota. The discipline is the one professional property management taught us: logged visits, photo
reports, problems flagged before they are fixed.
Frequently asked questions
Do you ever let or list homes in Cornwall?
No. Livdin Concierge is private home care only. We never advertise your house, never put it on a booking platform and never take bookings. The only people who use it are the people you choose.
Which parts of Cornwall do you cover?
We look after homes on the coast and inland through our established Cornwall team and trades. Coverage depends on where the house is, so tell us the town or village and we will confirm we can care for it properly before either of us commits.
How often is the house checked?
A monthly check of the whole house, inside and out, is part of every package. Every visit is logged and photographed, and we can match the schedule to your insurance policy wording where it asks for more frequent inspections.
Will your visits satisfy our unoccupancy insurance conditions?
Many policies restrict cover once a home is empty for more than 30 or 60 consecutive days, and some require documented inspections. Our logged, photographed visits give you a dated record. Check your own wording, as conditions differ between insurers, and we will match the visit schedule to it.
What happens after a storm?
On Complete and Premium we check the house after bad weather without being asked: roof, gutters, fences, and anything wind or water has moved. On Essentials you can ask us for an extra visit whenever a front has been through.
What does second home management cost in Cornwall?
Each home is priced individually after a short call and a visit, because a small cottage checked monthly is a different job from a large coastal house prepared before every arrival. There are three packages and no long contracts; change package or stop with a month’s notice.
Tell us about your Cornwall home
Where it is, how often you're there, and what keeps you up at night. We'll come back within one
working day with next steps and a guide price.
