We own a property management company in SA.
Recently we came up with the idea of adding our own maintenance and repairs department. We hire trades people who work just for us!
The rationale is that we can have access to trades people when we want instead of having to chase them around.
We know that the work will be done properly because they are the ones we use all the time.
Tenants can call our own maintenance department any time.
They can assist the property managers in doing routine inspections to look for things like salt damp or other damage that they managers may not be aware of.
Landlords will be charged the normal hourly rate which will be the same as getting an independant trades person (for jobs done not for routine inspections).
Can anyone see anything wrong with this model?
As a landlord, are there any issues or concerns you would have with an internal maintenance person vs an independant trades person being called in?
I'd like to get peoples opinions before going ahead and setting it up.
Thanks in advance
Recently we came up with the idea of adding our own maintenance and repairs department. We hire trades people who work just for us!
The rationale is that we can have access to trades people when we want instead of having to chase them around.
We know that the work will be done properly because they are the ones we use all the time.
Tenants can call our own maintenance department any time.
They can assist the property managers in doing routine inspections to look for things like salt damp or other damage that they managers may not be aware of.
Landlords will be charged the normal hourly rate which will be the same as getting an independant trades person (for jobs done not for routine inspections).
Can anyone see anything wrong with this model?
As a landlord, are there any issues or concerns you would have with an internal maintenance person vs an independant trades person being called in?
I'd like to get peoples opinions before going ahead and setting it up.
Thanks in advance