Rental Property Turnover

Posted December 17th, 2009 by tina

There are many landlords who like to handle all their own repairs, maintenance and turnover between tenants. Others use a handyman service as they need to work done quickly, which was the case for this condo in Hampton, NH. Here’s the time line for preparing this property for new tenant showings:

Preparing Rental Property for New Tenant

Customer called Wednesday, 11/25 … the day before Thanksgiving, for December 1 vacancy.
- Replace carpeting in basement, and on stairs to basement >> recommended using nice commercial carpet which wears better; selected multi-color pattern to hide most problems.
- Paint the entire unit but keep costs down where possible >> painted ceilings and walls but skipped trim and closets to contain costs.
- Punchlist - inspect and repair/replace … burned out lightbulbs, missing electrical outlet covers and other minor repairs.
- Top to bottom cleaning, including windows inside and out.
Called 11/30 to confirm when tenant would be out and picked up keys on 12/1.
Picked up carpet samples and finalized those plus paint colors Tuesday, 12/1.
Worked started Wednesday, 12/2 … cleaning on Monday, 12/14 and final punchlist Tuesday, 12/15!

Based on a long term relationship with this customer, where we’ve done work at his home as well as this rental property … we recommended and completed a few additional items:

Replaced light fixture in the stairwell to basement (see photos)
Replaced grungy shower head with inexpensive white one (see below and you almost can’t find it)
Replaced batteries in smoke detector