Holiday Preparations

Home Is Where The Hearth Is, And Home Fridays Makes Sure The Hearth Is Warm This Winter

For Central Oregon’s Second-Home Owners Home Fridays’ “Elves” are busy preparing vacationers’ homes for holiday arrivals
 
11 November 2005—Bend, Oregon — Holiday memories of old evoke scenes of a warm hearth, freshly cut wreaths or decorated firs and most importantly, togetherness. But for many modern families, the holidays involve travel to distant places or second homes. And once they arrive, there often isn’t time to make all the preparations necessary for instant comfort and festivity.
 
That’s where Home Fridays comes into the picture. Home Fridays, a new Bend-based property management and concierge company, is here to make the transition easier for second-home owners in Central Oregon. Home Fridays makes it a priority to get homes ready for the owner’s arrival, to any level of comfort that the owner desires.
 
“Every family has their own traditions for the holidays,” said Shannon Bassett, co-founder of Home Fridays. “We’re here to take care of the other necessary chores to free our clients up to do the things they really enjoy.”
 
Home Fridays specializes in providing an array of custom and a la carte services to the swiftly growing second-home market in Central Oregon. This time of year, special holiday services can include a myriad of tasks like cutting and installing fresh fir trees or wreaths, decorating the home with personal holiday treasures, stringing festive lights, shoveling snow, stacking firewood and setting the hearth for an instantaneous blaze, or stocking special grocery items for traditional holiday meals.
 
With many vacationers wanting to take advantage of the area’s skiing options, Home Fridays can simplify the process of getting the whole family to the mountain. Ski rental and drop-off can be arranged for in advance, as can buying lift tickets and sleigh rides. Concierge services like making dinner reservations and buying gifts for special guests can also be taken care of remotely when left in the hands of the Home Fridays team.
 
After families leave their second home to return to their lives in other parts of the country or the world, Home Fridays can wrap up the vestiges of the holiday visit. Home Fridays will recycle trees and wreaths, clean and prepare the house for the next visit, or even box and ship items that may have been too cumbersome for guests to take back with them.

About Home Fridays

Home Fridays, based in Bend, Oregon, was founded in 2005 by Shannon and David Bassett. They  originally bought their current residence in Bend as a vacation home, which provided its share of challenges to manage from afar. After several years of big-city life with Bend 2nd-home management challenges sprinkled in, they decided to move to Bend where they started Home Fridays to erase the hassle factor for other absentee homeowners.
 
The company offers specialty property management services to Central Oregon second homeowners. From personalized household shopping trips to vendor management for yard maintenance and cleaning, Home Fridays completes all the tasks that absentee homeowners need done the most.  The services are specifically meant to create stress-free trips to Central Oregon by those who own vacation homes in the area. Find out more by visiting homefridays.com.


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