Common Types of Property Maintenance: A Guide
When you own a property there are a lot of different types of property maintenance to keep up with, it’s important to know the range of maintenance your property or potential properties require and how it should all be handled. Property managers can help streamline your maintenance with trusted teams and contractors who can take on those responsibilities for you. Professionals can also maintain your property much more efficiently due to their skill and experience. These are examples of common types of maintenance that your property manager can have organised for you and what they entail.
Routine
Routine maintenance is the general upkeep of a property. It includes cleaning and inspecting the property to ensure everything is in working order. Routine maintenance is important because it prevents your property from falling into disrepair by routinely ensuring standards are met. Property managers can visit your property to determine what maintenance is required and hire trusted maintenance teams to regularly perform these tasks. Especially depending on the size of your property, it can become very difficult to manage routine maintenance on your own when you are keeping up with other tasks as a property owner. Even hiring the right maintenance team can be made easier with experienced property management companies providing trusted maintenance teams with histories of proven high standards. You can save yourself money by getting the right team the first time.
Groundskeeping
Groundskeeping maintenance is the landscaping and garden upkeep for your property. Any plants must be maintained through constant watering and trimming. This can include your lawn, hedges, flowers, hanging plants or anywhere weeds may grow. Your exterior can benefit from aesthetically pleasing or tidy gardening but if it is not maintained wild, overgrown or dying plants on your property can be extremely off-putting even if the interior is beautiful. As this type of maintenance is specific to gardening it requires relevant experience and knowledge. Gardeners can be hired to regularly maintain your garden through mowing, watering, trimming and pruning. How frequent this should be should reflect whichever plants you have and their needs. By letting a property manager provide a gardener or gardening team, depending on the scope of your garden, you can ensure that the tasks will be performed by trusted and experienced individuals.
Electrical
Electrical maintenance is the ongoing repair and care of electrical equipment on your property. It includes checking or fixing your electrical appliances, lights, outlets, wiring or circuits. Without electrical maintenance, any electrical equipment can eventually break and become hazardous. They can cause burns, shocks and may lead to electrical fires. Regular inspections should be conducted to ensure all electrical equipment is in working order alongside any emergency repairs. Electricians can visit your property to inspect your electrical equipment or make necessary repairs. Performing electrical maintenance can be dangerous for anyone, especially without the required training. Do not perform electrical maintenance without training as you will endanger yourself and risk further damage to electrics. Property managers can provide trained electricians who are experienced in property maintenance and know every electrical component to check.
Plumbing
Plumbing maintenance is the upkeep and repair of plumbing systems or facilities in your property. Examples include sinks, toilets, showers and pipes around your property. Pipes bursting or freezing can be an expensive repair. Plumbing maintenance is very important for keeping facilities in working order, heating working and for sanitary reasons. Plumbers can visit your property and repair specific plumbing troubles or perform inspections to ensure everything is working correctly. Plumbing should be inspected regularly on top of emergency repairs, catching plumbing troubles early on can help save you money. Taking on plumbing tasks yourself can result in more damage than before you started, hiring your own plumbers can be tricky as well, so it is wise to utilise a property manager’s network of trusted contractors to find competent qualified plumbers.
Exterior
Exterior maintenance is the upkeep and repair of the outside of your property. Such as cleaning gutters, fence repairs, walkways and brickwork. The exterior of your property is its first impression and will influence its reputation. Your exterior should be consistently kept up to a high standard, although exterior maintenance is not as frequent as routine maintenance for example, which can be inspected alongside other maintenance checks. Specific exterior contractors, or contractors with experience, can take on exterior maintenance when issues present themselves. Performing your own exterior maintenance can result in a less professional job, danger to yourself and it can also waste time you could be spending on other property owner duties. Hiring a property manager, who can ensure you have experienced and trained people to maintain your exterior, will save you time and money.
Waste
Waste maintenance is the removal of waste from your property. This can include food waste, non-recyclable waste and recyclable waste such as cardboard. Making sure your waste is well organised and kept in containers with secure lids, is important for both pest control and the appearance of your property. Overflowing bins make your property appear unclean and uncared for, as well as attracting pests which can prompt many forms of pest infestation. Waste disposal teams can professionally and safely remove waste from your property regularly. As waste is constant, maintenance must be regular and match the requirements of the amount being generated on your property. Waste maintenance is too large of a task to be taken on alone by property owners. Waste maintenance teams can be contracted by property managers to efficiently handle your waste maintenance needs so you can focus on your other duties.
Pest control
Pest control maintenance is keeping your property free of pests, the damage they do and the diseases they can bring with them. Common property pest examples can include ants, wasps, rodents and woodworm infestations. Pests can contaminate food, cause structural damage and spread diseases. Regular inspections can help identify warning signs for pets like droppings, nests and gnaw marks. You can also help prevent pests by staying on top of waste maintenance, exterior maintenance and by sealing entry points. Pest control professionals can safely, legally and thoroughly remove these pests from your property. Pest control also requires knowledge of the legislation surrounding accepted pest control methods which makes taking on pest control yourself risky without the knowledge and experience. Property managers can find experienced pest control teams to help resolve infestations in your property.
Conclusion
In conclusion, there are many categories of property maintenance to keep up with and all are very important. Furthermore, many maintenance tasks are essential for the presentation of your property, ignoring them can lead to disrepair and poor impressions of your property. Property maintenance is also best handled by professionals, especially when they have been vetted by experienced property managers. The many tasks required are best suited to specialised teams or otherwise experienced people. Finding a property manager to help arrange your maintenance will help streamline the process and give experienced insight into who should help maintain your property.
At Blocsphere, we have a network of trusted associates and contractors ready to support your property. Get a free no-obligation management fee estimate from Blocsphere today and let us help you with your maintenance needs.
