How to Maintain Your Rental Property?
Real estate property ownership comes with a plethora of maintenance-related responsibilities, and you may have to recruit a number of professionals to keep it in good condition. With customized preventive maintenance in NYC, you’ll not just enjoy timely maintenance and diligent monitoring, but also save money that you could’ve spent on expensive repair works. You’ll also be eliminating the risk of unhappy tenants moving out frequently.
Here, we discuss how you can maintain your rental property:
Establish a property maintenance routine
From repairs to servicing and inspection, having a well-maintained property takes a lot of work. Staying on top of all these can be intimidating and tasking at the same time. However, by breaking down the whole maintenance exercise into small chunks, you can effectively keep everything in pristine condition.
The good news is different sections of the house have different maintenance and servicing requirements, meaning you can schedule the maintenance into annual, semi-annual, monthly, and weekly tasks.
For instance, you can bring in the outdoor furniture to be done annually, schedule your window washing to be done semi-annually, and schedule your cleaning to be weekly. This will facilitate the process of keeping your rental property well-maintained.
Add a maintenance clause in the lease agreement
Inserting a property maintenance clause in your lease agreement is highly recommended, even if your tenant has impressive landlord referrals. With this clause, you can emphasize to the leaseholder the significance of maintaining the property, while clarifying the roles and responsibilities of property maintenance of both parties. Once a resident understands that they’re liable for any resulting damages, they’ll do everything to take good care of it.
Qualify your tenants
By ensuring that you have quality renters who will take good care of your property, you can keep your property in good condition. In fact, you won’t have to worry about carrying out expensive upgrades.
In contrast, landlords with problematic residents will always end up with old-looking, worn-out properties irrespective of how frequently they carry out maintenance. Due to this reason, you should run background checks on all potential tenants, admitting only those who have great referrals from their current or past landlords.
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Facilities USA can help you and your team implement an efficient, effective, and customized preventative maintenance program.
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