Stay in your home longer — safely, confidently, and without the burden of managing it alone. The Long Steward is your trusted advisor for everything your home needs, before it needs it.
Schedule Your Free Home AssessmentFlorida's climate doesn't wait. Homes built in the same wave, age on the same schedule — and most homeowners have no plan for what's coming.
When a family moves into a home in Nocatee, the HVAC system, roof, water heater, and kitchen appliances are all brand new. A decade or more later, every one of those systems is approaching — or past — its expected life in Florida's climate.
Most homeowners don't know this is coming. They have no plan, no budget set aside, and no contractor they trust to call when something fails.
The Long Steward is the first person who ever sat down with them and showed them what's coming — and helped them plan for it, calmly, years in advance.
Entire streets reach end-of-life on roofs, HVAC, and water heaters within the same 3–5 year window — predictable years in advance.
9–10 months of AC use, intense UV, and humidity mean a 12-year-old home has aged like a 15–18 year old home up north.
Nocatee homeowners don't shop for the cheapest contractor — they want someone who tells the truth and plans ahead.
Four steps, repeated for as long as you'd like — each one building on the last, so nothing about your home ever takes you by surprise.
A thorough walk-through of your roof, HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and safety features — scored and explained in plain language.
A written, easy-to-read plan showing what's coming, when, and roughly what it will cost — updated every year.
When work is needed, we identify, vet, schedule, and follow up with licensed, insured local contractors — vetted for Nocatee.
Regular check-ins, seasonal reminders, and a real person to call — so your home is never out of sight for long.
Every plan starts with the same promise — a steward who knows your home. Tap any plan to see exactly what's included.
Two home assessments a year, quarterly contractor coordination, and a 10-Year Care Plan — so small issues never become big ones.
Devices, smart home, and digital security set up correctly and kept that way — without calling a nephew.
The Long Steward becomes your home's operating system — monthly visits, full vendor management, and an included emergency response.
The complete Long Steward experience — every service, unlimited advisor access, and an annual strategic plan for your home.
Tell us what your home needs, and we'll show you vetted local providers — plus a way to save by batching your job with neighbors.
$250 – $2,500 per tree
Licensed arborist trimming and storm-prep. A natural batching service — crews often do 4–6 trees per street in one visit.
$300 – $1,200
Concrete or paver sealant, every 3–5 years. Easy add-on during any exterior visit, and a top candidate for street-wide batching.
$89 – $200 / year
Annual filter, coil, and refrigerant check. Florida's climate makes this the single best preventive dollar you can spend.
$300 – $700
House, driveway, and lanai. FL mold and mildew make this an annual near-necessity — and a great batched-route service.
The Long Steward was designed around the specific way Nocatee was built, who lives here, and how its homes age.
A compact, master-planned community where one advisor can know dozens of homes — and the neighbors who live in them.
Del Webb Nocatee and Del Webb Ponte Vedra are gated 55+ communities — neighbors with the same homes, the same age, and the same questions.
From 2006 to 2024, Nocatee was built in distinct phases — each with its own replacement timeline, which we track street by street.
"I stopped worrying about whether my house was quietly falling apart. Dave knows every corner of my home and I know he will tell me before it becomes expensive."
"I haven't made a single call to a contractor in eight months. Dave handles everything — and he knows when to push back on a quote and when to approve. I don't have to think about the house anymore."
Clients who enroll in Concierge Premier during our Nocatee launch period lock in the $495/month rate for 24 months — regardless of future pricing.
This isn't a discount. It's recognition of the trust early clients place in us, returned as certainty and stability.
$495/mo, guaranteed through 2028
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Here's who we recommend for this job near you.
If you can be flexible on timing, we'll try to group your project with 3–4 nearby homes for the same service — sharing setup costs and bulk pricing. We'll reach out once we have enough neighbors signed on.
Soon, every service page will include a personal QR code. Scan it with your phone to book this exact service, choose your preferred date, and pay securely — no calls, no waiting on hold. We'll let you know as soon as this is live for your account.
I'm 58, and I genuinely love living here — this stretch of Florida is about as close to paradise as I've found. The Long Steward is my way of staying useful in it: trading the hours I used to spend driving for time spent getting to know the neighbors I share it with.
I've walked through thousands of homes over my career — many belonging to people in their 80s, and at least a hundred in their 90s. One thing almost all of them had in common: they were still moving. Maybe not running marathons, but every day they were out there bending, stooping, reaching, lifting — tending a garden, fixing a screen, walking the dog. That movement matters. It's part of what kept them independent.
The single-story, low-maintenance homes here in Nocatee are genuinely well-suited for aging well. I don't want anyone to give up the small physical tasks that keep them active and engaged — I just want to make sure they have the right level of support around those tasks, so a small project doesn't turn into a fall, and a fall doesn't turn into the thing that ends independent living altogether.
"I don't want to take away the things that keep you moving. I want to make sure you're never out there alone when it matters."
I've also seen the other side of this — families going through hospice, and the toll that takes on a caregiver who's often a stranger to the person they're caring for, brought in at the hardest possible moment. I want to build something different: a long relationship, built over years of small visits and small favors, so that if a harder season ever comes, it's not a stranger walking through the door. There's real research showing that familiarity with a caregiver — someone who already knows you, your home, and your routines — carries a measurable mortality benefit. I think that's one of the most important things a service like this can offer, and it's not something you can shortcut or buy on short notice.
Before any of this, I spent years doing the actual work — not just coordinating it. I've replaced and sold roofs, installed hardwood and tile flooring, built tile showers, renovated kitchens and bathrooms, refaced cabinets, hung crown molding, installed windows and cedar shake siding, painted interiors and exteriors, wired electrical systems and generator transfer switches, plumbed reverse-osmosis systems, set countertops, laid pavers, repaired screens, pressure washed, and done framing and general construction. I've drafted and built custom cabinetry and under-stair enclosures, and designed small-space backyard "oasis" retreats for tight Florida lots.
That background matters here in a practical way: when a contractor tells you something, I can usually tell you whether that's reasonable, what it should roughly cost, and whether the scope makes sense — because I've done the job myself, more than once.
A huge part of feeling at home is not feeling watched or judged by it — no HOA letters about the lawn, no surprise notice about the mailbox, no quiet dread every time something in the yard looks a little overgrown. I want people to feel completely comfortable in their own home, without that low hum of anxiety about what might come in the mail next.
For most of my career, I spent four or five hours a day in my car. That's time I'd much rather spend here — getting to know the people on my street, the ones a few doors down, the ones I wave to but have never really talked to. If I can use that time to make someone's day a little easier, or just be a familiar, friendly face they can count on, that's the whole point.
The goal isn't to do everything for you — it's to make sure the bending, lifting, and tinkering you enjoy can continue safely, for as long as you want them to.
Built over years, not arranged in a crisis — so that if you ever need more support, it comes from someone who already knows you and your home.
From HOA compliance to everyday upkeep, the goal is a home that feels cared for — without the letters, notices, or quiet stress that come with it.
A free Home Health Score assessment is a simple, no-pressure way for us to get to know each other — and for you to see what kind of support might fit your home and your life.
Schedule Your Free Home AssessmentTell us a little about you and your property, and an advisor will reach out within one business day to schedule your free Home Health Score assessment.
An advisor will reach out within one business day to schedule your free Home Health Score assessment. In the meantime, keep an eye on your inbox for a welcome note from The Long Steward.
Capture the homeowner, the property, and the major systems on site. The Predictive Entropy model will build a replacement timeline and aging ledger from this data.
Saved properties and their Predictive Entropy timelines.
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