No Start up Fees, No Termination Fees, No bull, No small print,
No False promises, No lengthy contracts just good old fashioned service
at Villa4Less!
MOST IMPORTANTLY WE DON'T CHARGE ANY JUNK FEES!!!
New owners or owners looking to switch companies for a better service should take a moment to read through this introduction!!
SPECIAL OFFER!!!
SIGN UP WITH US TODAY AND PAY NO MANAGEMENT FEES FOR 6 MONTHS!
VILLA4LESS NEEDS YOUR HOME!!!
We have had a very
successful year with rentals in our managed homes and we are currently seeking
to add more homes to our inventory of quality vacation homes. For a limited
time we are offering a very specialdeal for new home owners that
come on board with us for management.
We will waiveour monthly management fee for the first six monthsof service!
We will payfor any costs involved
regarding the administration time involved in changing over services from your
existing management company! We can work with your current management company
to ensure a smooth transition as possible.
We will supply free of
charge a set of professional photographs of your home!
We will create a listing on
our websites for your home at no cost to you!
As well as listing your home
on our own awesome websites it will also be listed on other sites such as
Flipkey and Trip Advisor, again at no cost!
We will carry out an
evaluation inspection of your home free of charge!
We can supply (if requested
by the owner) a home owners personal website for their individual home. Owners
can customize the website to their own tastes and requirements, free of
charge!
We will install signage and
a house book for guest guidance in your home at no cost to you!
No cost to you! We will pay! Free of charge!... words
we all like to hear!
You may be asking yourself
how we can do this and what's the catch?
No catch, we simply need
more quality homes to enable us to satisfy the rental enquiries that we get. We
would endeavor to cover the cost of the free services offered from the
commissions that we earn from the rentals that we place in the homes.
We are aware that we are not
the only company offering a similar deal (although most of the others are only
offering 3 months free management) but check out the competitions ongoing costs
after the "free" period is over! It may not be such an attractive
deal after all! Wehave not raised our rates to offset the cost
of this promotional offer!
How many times have you told
yourself that you were going to switch management companies and never did? Well
now is the time! Don't miss this incredible deal!
Please continue to read
below about who we are, our management services and what we offer, and our
ongoing charges are also listed for you to compare.
We will be happy to discuss
in person, over the phone or by e mail any particular questions or issues that
you would like, at what cost?
Well that is FREE also of course!
Thank you for taking the
time to read about our special offer!
Whether you are a first time buyer embarking on your Florida
home adventure or a seasoned and perhaps disillusioned homeowner looking to
change your existing management company you will find that we at Villa4Less
will come as a breath of fresh air!
We apologize for this rather lengthy introduction to our
services !!Unlike our competitors we
wanted to give you as much information about ourselves and services right from
the start. This is how we do business ! Nothing hidden, no small print, no
bull, just honest good old fashioned service with all of our cards on the table
from the start, including our prices!
Villa4Less have nothing to hide! So please read through the
following information. It will probably answer most of your questions and if it
doesn’t then just ask away! We are more than happy to help!
Our company has American and British partners
so we have a good understanding of our home owners needs from both sides of the
pond! We also have staff that speak fluent Spanish which is invaluable when
dealing with our South American guests.
We are currently seeking further homes to satisfy the
increase in rental enquiries that we have been receiving. Despite the grim
economy we have been experiencing rapid growth with enquiries and bookings in
the homes that we manage.
We fully understand that this is a very competitive industry
in the Central Florida area and appreciate that we have to devote ourselves to
our business, guests and clients in order to thrive.
We therefore base our fundamental policies on honesty,
openness and integrity.
Villa4Less have a simple contract with our home owners
stating each party’s responsibilities written in a way that everyone can
understand. No sneaky clauses, no long term commitment, if you are not happy
with our services then simply give us 30 days notice with no penalties or cancellation fees etc.
Forward thinking company
We have the latest state of the art software and reservation
system. Guests can book a home on line directly from our website with just a
few clicks. Home owners can also enter their own bookings on the software, view
statements etc.
Homes are listed on multiple websites to increase
probability of someone viewing your home. We answer rental enquiries
immediately and work extremely hard at obtaining quality bookings for your
home.
Villa4Less staff attend all local seminars run by the tax
authorities and hotel licensing officials to ensure we are fully compliant with
current regulations and remain in good standing with them. We find that by
doing so they are very helpful when we do have any issues that need to be
resolved.
We even employ the services of a retired tax inspector to
assist with the licensing and sales and tourist taxes. She can be a very useful
ally to have in case of any unforeseen problems or for owners coming on board
who have had past problems that need to be resolved!
We care about the
detail!
Villa4Less only manage homes within the Disney
area and we know all of the individual owners personally and many have been
friends as well as "business partners" for many years. You are never
just a number with Villa4Less!!!
We take great care with all of the owners guests and don't
just book them in and forget about them. We always make contact throughout
their stay to make sure everything is in order. Having this personal
relationship means that we know each home intimately and can provide a
much more personal service for our owners and guests. This in turn leads to
many repeat guests; some have been using our homes for their vacations and
business trips for many years.
Honesty from the start
..
We tell it like it is!!!
Many other companies will promise what ever you want to hear
just to get you on their books for management. We will answer any questions you
have with honesty, openness and integrity. Often the answer you hear will not
be the one you hoped for or expected but we want to start off as we mean to go
on with no hidden or misleading statements or claims, promises that cannot be
fulfilled, unrealistic claims of rental returns etc. We will supply you
with details of the services we offer and what is and what isn’t included in
the price. We believe this is the best policy because this way everyone
involved is aware of their obligations and responsibilities right from the
start.
Chances are that you have probably received similar
proposals from other management companies but how many others have been up
front with you from the start? What have they got to hide? Many will
"dress up" their services with fancy names such as "Butler
service" etc. but at the end of the day it is property management pure and
simple no need to give it a fancy name to justify excessive charges!!
There may be some companies who will offer slightly lower
rates (but not many) but please be aware you will probably be charged quite
heavily for ongoing small repairs and services which will more than make up the
small difference !! For example charging for turning pool heating on and off is
a favorite “sneaky” charge often applied!
We will match our competitors’ rates if they happen to be
cheaper!
Two way partnership
Villa4Less like to think of our relationship with our
home owners as a two way partnership both the owners and ourselves aiming to
achieve the same goals. We understand that owners differ in many respects. For
example some owners like to spend their time in the home carrying out repairs
and decorating while others just want to leave it all to us. Some want to
attain maximum rentals by working hard at it themselves in partnership with us,
and others are happy with a minimal amount of rental traffic, some want no
guests at all in their homes and simply want us to look after it in their
absence. We are happy to work with all of our owners to meet their particular
requirements.
Types and choices of
management companies
There are many management companies in the area but very few
actually invest any time or money in advertising or promoting the homes that
they manage. Many will tell you that they do not “get into that side of things”
or that they will “put your home on our website”.
Most of you with your own website will
already know the chances of a potential guest actually hitting your website are
very, very slim, just do a Google search for Florida villa or similar and see
how many pages come up !!
At the other end of the scale you will come across the
“guaranteed rental” companies that will “guarantee” a certain number of weeks
or a rental income amount per year. The latter is obviously the most appealing
to home owners but the income derived from the bookings is generally very low
as they are sourced via the major tour operators who negotiate the rates down
very low. They will often restrict your own use of the home as well. They will
also only want to book all of the peak periods out which you could probably do
yourself anyway. And typically any “guaranteed income” is quickly swallowed up
with additional costs. Please also be aware that a number of these companies
have gone under in the last couple of years leaving home owners and guests
seriously out of pocket.
We like to place ourselves somewhere in the middle. We pay
to advertise our owners’ homes on the best advertising websites and constantly
looking and trying other websites on which to promote our owner’s homes.
This ensures a steady stream of quality enquiries and more importantly at a
fair market price. We do also deal with some travel agents and booking agents
as well as other management companies. This means that our owners’ homes obtain
a good mix of bookings from different sources. We have many repeat guests
requesting the same homes year after year which is something you won’t get with
the tour operator booking as they are not generally allocated a particular home
and have no personal contact with the home owner or the management company,
just the tour operator.
For owners who wish to maximize
the rentals on their homes we do not unlike many make any rash or exaggerated
promises. We do however work very hard at obtaining rentals for home owners
that require them.
We have worked hard over the
last 12 months in advertising, website updating, acquiring good web addresses
and search engine optimization etc.
There are many management companies in the area to choose
from and making the right decision is crucial.
The final choice of course will be made by you. There is not
much to choose from regarding costs of services between management companies in
the area, they are all more or less about the same. In fact the industry is so
competitive that prices of having your Florida home managed have remained
pretty much the same for a number of
years!!.
Unlike many other management companies we do not restrict
the amount of use that you have of the home yourself or when you wish to use it
or rent it out yourself, in fact we actively encourage it!! And of course if
you do secure your own rentals there is no commission due to us!
Villa4Less will still look after your guests in the same way
as we do our own guests.
WE NEVER FORGET THAT THIS IS YOUR HOME, NOT OURS!!!
We can advise home owners of the different methods of
advertising their own home that need not cost a lot of money, in fact there is
a lot of free advertising to be found that can be quite productive.
We are available to speak to when you want to and reply to
phone calls, e mails etc. promptly.
Other Services
Villa4Less offers a full range of maintenance, upgrades and
repair services.
If you need it done, we can help! We endeavor to use our own
workforce wherever possible to carry out repairs, maintenance etc. This helps
keep the costs down to our homeowners. On occasions when we do have to use
contractors we will only use those that are licensed and that we have
previously used or been recommended to.
Unlike our competitors wanted to give you as much
information as possible right from the start and we would like to thank you for
taking the time to read our rather lengthy introduction!!
We will be more than happy to answer any questions that you
may have.
The following pages give more information regarding costs of
our services and more detail of what you would and would not be paying for in
these services:
What is the cost of Villa4less
management services?
Monthly management fee for pool homes
$125
Monthly management fee for
condos/townhomes
$85
Pool service monthly charge
$90
Lawn service monthly charge
$90
Pest control service monthly charge
$25
Commission or fees for any owner bookings
$0
Some of the above services may be included in your Home
owner’s association fees. In these cases simply deduct the cost of these
services.
We will happily match any of our competitors rates should
they happen to be cheaper (unlikely but you never know!)
We are happy to mix and match the above services if for
example you have your own lawn guy we do not insist that you use our services.
However in
such cases we accept no
responsibility for the actions or quality of third party workers employed by
yourselves.
Note regarding rental commissions: Most other
companies will charge you commission on any money that they take in connection
with the booking including taxes, pool heat,rental equipment etc.
This is normally in additionto further charges such as credit card
fees, Paypal fees and admin charges etc. So although their commission may seem
lower at first glance be aware of the full range of items that you will be
charged commission on.
Commission on any bookings that we achieve is 20% of base
rental.
(The nightly/weekly rate before taxes) No commission charged on taxes, pool heat etc
. We absorb the
guests’ credit card charges within our fee which is normally 3-5% and we also
use a portion of this fee to market your vacation home. So in reality we are
charging around 10-12% net commission.
Departure Cleaning Fees
3 bedroom homes
$80
4 bedroom homes
$90
5 bedroom homes
$100
6 bedroom homes
$120
7 bedroom homes
$140 (under 3000 sq ft)
7 bedroom homes
$150 (over 3000 sq ft)
If you
don’t like what we do then you can simply leave!
No
penalties or fees just 30 days notice and you are free to go!
We are
confident that we are among the very best in management companies, no one cares more about their
business and clients than we do!
Go on
give us a call or drop us an e mail, we would love to hear from you!!
Toll Free:
1.800.619.5970
Local: 407.436.2906
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