We are all aware of the importance of property maintenance, and as winter approaches this becomes even more important. Harcourts Accommodation Centre say that enduring your Property Manager is conducting regular routine inspections of your investment property is paramount. The idea is to ask your current Property Manager about getting winter maintenance jobs completed on your investment property to keep your tenants safe, warm and dry, as well as protect one of your biggest assets.
As far as the exterior of your property is concerned, you need to have rotten timber replaced and repainted to help prevent further deterioration, and you also need to check your roof for missing tiles. Getting this done before the weather really sets in means you won’t be asking someone to climb up on your roof in stormy weather. Chimneys are also another potentially problematic area so they should be cleaned to ensure there is no build up in the flue.
Spouting, guttering and downpipes are all obvious areas to maintain before the rainy winter months, and installing a gutter filtering system will help prevent future build-up of leaves and other garden debris. You also need to check that brackets are still firmly clipped, as they can come undone when the guttering is heavy with clogged up debris.
As part of the legislation for Healthy Homes, a good Property Manager should have already notified you if work is needed to ensure that the above maintenance is taken care of, and Harcourts invite you to get in touch with their team if you need to discuss getting a Healthy homes assessment completed on your investment property.
With this in mind, please take a moment to find out more about their property management services by going to www.assetmanagers.harcours.co.nz .
