If you are a property manager or the property owner yourself you will know the things that you are facing whenever the maintenance period comes in together with the rental collection time. It’s a lot of work as well as a lot of headache waiting to awash you.
It isn’t easy to maintain a property. Equate it to owning your own house and have it used by 5 to 10 different people who come and go with different attitudes and beliefs in a month or in a couple of months. There is no way back once you started in the business.
Leasing and renting equipments, houses, cars or other properties requires patience as well as knowledge of the business. It’s a rat race wherein bigger people are awaiting to bit you the moment you turn your back. Pardon for the comparison, but then who says that business is easy?
Maintaining Your Rented Property
Maintenance has different level and different types. But all in all, a good maintenance can help you save money in the future. That would be because you are already preempting the result of a disastrous event later. Here are the most common maintenance tips that you sometimes forgot to give your attention to:
1. Inspect leaks. Before there are full blown leaks, try to preempt it by checking beforehand for some water damage. Remember that there will be molds later if you forgot the preventive process. The places you will be looking for are in toilets, your plumbing, and others.
2. Reseal your old grouting. Water damage is possible with the grout. Moisture and water can be absorbed in it. Reseal if necessary or if the water is already absorbed by the grout.
3. Inspect chimneys. Chimneys are the major habitat of birds with their nests as well as a haven of other debris. Getting it cleaned out will help avoid fire from occurring due to obstructed chimney.
4. Eliminate pests. Look of the pests that may be lurking in your precious property. They will be destructive and will cause a much bigger problem later. Monitor them once you already had pest control maintenance a couple of weeks ago. Check for comebacks, check for evidence in the form of holes, nesting and sawdust piles. There will be lots of money saved once you did all of this.
5. Replace defective materials fast. Some defective flooring, tiles are major causes of some minor accidents as well as hassle. IF you replace it, replace it with a much better quality, this will save you from replacing it again in just amateur of short time.
Your rented property may be your business niche that might bring you your best asset later. A good maintenance later will bring you your long lost profit later. Plus saving a little for now, once the savings accumulate, they can be big too. For some more information check the leasing centre website for leasing and rental tips.
