How Should I Handle Maintenance in my Tenant Occupied Olympia Property?

Many landlords have questions about how to handle maintenance on a property when a tenant is living there. If you work with a property management company, find out if there is an in-house maintenance team that is available for routine and emergency repairs. At Capital Properties, that is something we offer to our property owners. If an owner doesn’t want to use our in-house maintenance team, they have the option to use someone else. We are happy to work with any outside maintenance vendors as long as they are licensed and bonded. We will only work with contractors who have the necessary licenses and insurance coverage.

Always check into your local laws. You aren’t allowed to just show up at the property without any warning. Make sure you give your tenant at least 24 hours notice if you need to get there in an emergency situation or 48 hours notice if you are just conducting routine maintenance or performing a general inspection.

We like to do a semi-annual inspection at all the properties we manage in order to minimize maintenance issues. We believe strongly in preventative maintenance. When we arrive, we do a thorough walk through, starting at the exterior of the property. We take a look at the roof to make sure it isn’t damaged or in danger of leaking. We check out the crawl space and look for problems with pests. It’s important to evaluate the siding and take a look at the yard to make sure everything is in good condition. Inside the house, we look at the bathrooms and the kitchen. We check the condition of the vinyl and the carpet. We also make sure all the smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors are working.

We have very high standards of maintenance because it’s important to us that we keep your costs low and your problems to a minimum. Every member of our team treats an owner’s property as if it were our own. We take good care of it and we protect your investment.

If you have any questions about maintenance or you need some help maintaining your own rental home, please contact us at Capital Properties, and we’d be happy to help you.