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I manage my own properties, and have just been asked by a friend what do I do about reviews during the tenancy.
So - I told him what I did - organised a time to go round, looked round for any problems, asked them to point out any issues (i e dripping taps, how are the doors/windows, etc). In retrospect all pretty casual and friendly and aimed at giving them a sense of ownership and responsibility, rather than being overseen and thus divulging them of ownership and pride in their home. Also to encourage them to contact me if problems arose.
I did have a property manager handling a couple of my properties, and he would give me a very brief and not very informative tick box report on the state of the property. This is one of the MINOR reasons why they now do not handle my properties.
But this got me to thinking ...
Could I develop a user friendly report that could be of use to the tenant and encourage them to keep the place in the state I would like, but also continue to maintain the sense of ownership as well as responsibility that I try to create in my tenants?
Has anyone done this? Does any one have other things that they do during tenancy reviews? Am I getting the best out of the opportunity of the tenancy reviews?
Looking forward to reading any passing thoughts.
Just A Mum
I manage my own properties, and have just been asked by a friend what do I do about reviews during the tenancy.
So - I told him what I did - organised a time to go round, looked round for any problems, asked them to point out any issues (i e dripping taps, how are the doors/windows, etc). In retrospect all pretty casual and friendly and aimed at giving them a sense of ownership and responsibility, rather than being overseen and thus divulging them of ownership and pride in their home. Also to encourage them to contact me if problems arose.
I did have a property manager handling a couple of my properties, and he would give me a very brief and not very informative tick box report on the state of the property. This is one of the MINOR reasons why they now do not handle my properties.
But this got me to thinking ...
Could I develop a user friendly report that could be of use to the tenant and encourage them to keep the place in the state I would like, but also continue to maintain the sense of ownership as well as responsibility that I try to create in my tenants?
Has anyone done this? Does any one have other things that they do during tenancy reviews? Am I getting the best out of the opportunity of the tenancy reviews?
Looking forward to reading any passing thoughts.
Just A Mum
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