Managing Your Estate

Fourth of July ushers in the best of the Hamptons season, and there’s no need to spend the weekend dealing with house repair or maintenance issues. Call one of the East End’s premier estate management services to take care of all your home needs.

Ketcham Estate Management is ready to make “owning a home in the Hamptons easy” for you. Dennis Ketcham, estate manager, assures me that he “will take care of everything” you need so you can relax, go play golf, tennis, swim and not have to worry about who is taking care of what in your summer part-time or full-time residence out here. Ketcham calls it “one point of contact.” He arranges for anything you need done. Ketcham does all the maintenance on the houses he has built with his father for 30 years. Through his house building business, he “developed a client base. What I can’t do, I outsource for the homeowner.” Ketcham does renovations as well, and he serves the entire North and South Forks.

Do you need furniture assembled? Someone to be there for your deliveries while you are busy in the city? Ketcham is your man. Do you need debris removed? Your garage cleaned out? Storm windows out and screens put in? Perhaps you have wood rot? A roofing job to be done? Siding, framing or a complete overhaul this year? Call Ketcham. He will get the job done or find someone who can. Ketcham is your choice if you want privacy, reliability and safety.

Business has been great, Ketcham tell me. “Revenue is already higher than the entire year last year.” Impressive.

What are you waiting for? Call Ketcham. 631-779-2859 or in New York 646-924-5469, www.kenserviceLI.com.

Sagaponack Property Management is ready “to fill your needs.” Bruce McErlean is the owner of this 10-year old company, and he takes care of homes from Montauk to Southampton. “Whatever the customer wants, that is what we do. If we can’t do it, we have all the contacts to find the people to do the work.”  SPM offers daily and weekly house checks. “(We give) peace of mind for our clients in the city.” Say your house is under construction, and you need it to be watched – things have a way of disappearing, even in paradise. Why chance it? Call SPM. This particular service is more popular during the winter on quiet roads than in the summertime. Keep it in mind. Do you need someone to let the plumber in? Close up the house? Do security checks? Get your driveway plowed? Oversee the construction on your house? Call Sagaponack Property Management. They will take care of it all. 631-276-3317.

Gold Shield Executive Security is a personal family and property protector. Serving New York and the Hamptons 24/7, as well as Greenwich Conn., Gold Shield, as the name implies, is made up of 90% law enforcement officers including NYPD, Suffolk Police Department and the Sheriff’s Dept. Owner and President of GSES, Larry Uvino, is a retired NYPD Lt. himself.

All staff is registered, licensed and bonded with New York State. “Security at its finest,” is their motto, says Joe Cammarata.

Do you need security for a social event? A corporate function? Do you need your commercial property monitored? Your private home secured? Call Gold Shield, they will do it for you.

“No job is too large,” Cammarata says. Perhaps you need a dignitary escort. Go with Gold Shield. 631-830-3099, www.gsexecutice.com.

Reel Point Property Management is another option for your home needs. “Reel Point Property Management was created to offer clients a reliable landscape company to care for your estate grounds,” says Ted Newman. With experience managing properties from Greenwich to Montauk, Reel Point Property Management has earned its stellar reputation for top-notch customer service, communication, honesty and hard work. They provide full service property care, including lawn maintenance, renovation and fertilization. They’ll install shrubs and garden ornaments as well as take care of the annual spring and fall clean ups. Reel Point Property Management will even help to get rid of those pesky critters with their deer, flea and tick sprayings. “There are many choices, but only one solution.” Call Ted Newman at 631-603-5279.

CP Inc. Residential Estate Management is yet one more to call. 716-812-1521 Charles Persico is at the helm.