Second homes · Seasonal-use climate audit

Not an average. A floor.

Your client isn't buying the average year. They're buying the weeks they'll be in it.

Two destinations on the same coast can read alike across the year and apart across a single season of use. The In-Residence Audit compares the places on a shortlist over the exact window a home will be used — counting only the daytime hours, at a conservative floor held about 90% of the time: no rain, no oppressive heat, no biting cold.

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The audit · what it reads

A shortlist, compared

two to ten destinations a client is weighing — across regions, or within one

Any window of use

the weeks the home is lived in — a fortnight, the holidays, a run of winter. Tailor-made, not fixed months.

Daytime hours, counted

8am–10pm local — not the 24-hour, year-round average

A conservative floor

the level held in all but one of the last 25 years — about 90% one-sided confidence, not the typical year

Showcase · three coasts, one month

Same state, same month — three different Marches.

A worked comparison of three Florida coasts over a single month of use. Each line is a destination's stay floor — the pleasant daytime hours it has historically held, day by day. Where a monthly average blends day and night across the whole year, the floor counts only the daytime window (8am–10pm) and reports the level a place has held in 24 of the last 25 years — about 90% one-sided confidence.

Stay floor · pleasant daytime hours, day by day

March stay-floor of pleasant daytime hours, day by day, for Naples, Miami and Palm Beach. Naples runs highest, Miami second, Palm Beach lowest, all clearing eight hours on most dates.

All three coasts clear eight pleasant hours on most March dates — but they rank Naples, then Miami, then Palm Beach, and the margin between them is what a shortlist comparison surfaces.

One gap is rain. The other is heat.

The same floor, split into the two channels Forelore measures separately.

Rain channel · dry daytime hours at the floor

March rain-channel floor, day by day, for the three coasts. Naples runs higher; Miami and Palm Beach track together.

Naples runs drier than both — the Gulf-coast edge is rain. Miami and Palm Beach share the same March rain floor.

Thermal channel · hours with no oppressive heat, no biting cold

March thermal-channel floor, day by day. Naples and Miami hold the full daytime band; Palm Beach dips below in the afternoon.

Palm Beach alone trades afternoon hours to heat; Naples and Miami both hold the full daytime band. It is not an east-vs-west rule — Miami, on the same coast as Palm Beach, holds what Palm Beach does not.

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How it works

The weeks that matter, not the year.

Most climate information describes the average year — annual sunshine, monthly means, day and night blended together. The In-Residence Audit does three things differently: it reads only the weeks the home is used, it counts only the daytime hours (8am–10pm), and it reports a conservative floor — the level a place has held in all but one of the last 25 years (about 90% one-sided confidence), not its typical year.

The shortlist

The places in the running

Two to ten destinations a client is weighing — across regions, or within one. A ranking, with the margins.

Which one best supports the life they plan to live there?

The window of use

When the home is lived in

Any stretch the home is used — a fortnight at Easter, the Christmas weeks, a run of winter, a few weeks of summer. Tailor-made to the real calendar, not fixed to whole months.

What does the climate do during their weeks, not the average year?

The stay floor

A defensible number

Per destination, the conservative floor of pleasant daytime hours — no rain, no oppressive heat, no biting cold — the level held in 24 of the last 25 years, at about 90% one-sided confidence.

Daytime hours, counted — not a 24-hour, year-round average.

The product

In-Residence Audit

A tailor-made comparison of the places on a client's shortlist — scoped to the weeks the home will actually be used. Delivered privately, white-label on request. Buyer-side: built for the person carrying the decision, not the listing.

The shortlist's destinations ranked over the weeks of use
Each destination's stay floor, split into rain and thermal channels
The day-by-day profile across the window, with the margins between options
A short, written decision read — no deck, no sales call

Engagement

from $950

One tailored comparison, scoped to the shortlist and the weeks. Advisor and family-office engagements can be arranged white-label and in volume.

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Who it's for

Buyer's agents

Move the conversation from "the weather is generally good" to "this location supports your client's intended use better than the alternatives."

Private-client advisors

A discreet module of lifestyle due diligence for clients comparing second homes across regions — incorporated into a wider advisory.

Family offices

The family isn't buying the average climate; they're buying the weeks they can actually travel. A period-specific, client-ready comparison.

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Send two places and the weeks they'll be there.

Share two or more destinations a client is weighing, and the weeks the home would be used. We'll prepare a private In-Residence comparison and send it back within a few days. No deck, no sales call — just the read. Advisor and white-label enquiries welcome.