How do you solve Deferred or Deterred Maintenances?

If you are a home or office owner you may be wondering how long is too long to defer maintenance to your house or building?  At times we are deterred by the “costs” of doing maintenance so we defer it until it becomes a critical issue or a “big ticket” item. The age of your property is a determining factor in how long you should defer home maintenances, however cleaning gutters and changing out your air filters several times a year is vital to property upkeep.

1. Cleaning gutters once or twice a year prevents water and ice from rotting out your fascia and boxing. In addition to keeping your gutters functioning properly, annual cleaning allows for more durability and a longer lifespan. The truth is that routine cleaning saves you money in the long run.
2.  Changing out air filters at least 4 times a year has been proven to substantially increase the time (in years) between HVAC replacements.

Cleaning gutters and changing out air filters more than once a year are two main ways to mitigate associated risks with “big ticket” items. Positive cash flow albeit may not be the meaning of happiness. However, it can be freeing.

Why home maintenance is important:

We can all relate to what it’s like being a brand new homeowner who hopes and dreams of an antebellum home and ends up pushing home maintenance under the rug only to find out in a few years that their gutters and air filters are no longer working properly. Whether you are building a fixer upper or intend to sell your home it is critical that you hire a company to carry out routine maintenance and repairs. We understand your home is an investment for the whole family.

Who provides home or property maintenance?

Houses and Then Some in Greenville recognizes that people who own houses or rent them out don’t have time to do all the leg work in repairs while also finding qualified tenants and collecting rent.

Call us or email to learn more about how we can help you have success with your real estate investments. Call 864-395-6538 or email property.htsi@gmail.com.

Some things that break your heart in our business are:

Someone paying an excessive amount for their child’s birthday party and then not being able to pay rent..
Or your buyer decides to go out and buy a new car on credit a week before they are supposed to close on their first house…

Attempting to educate our customers on what is the “right” thing to do isn’t always as easy as one may think. I heard someone say one of the hardest decisions that we will make in life may be trying to decide between the right thing to do and the other right thing to be that needs to be done. My parents always said two wrongs don’t make a right but how about two rights…Deciding between two rights makes for a very difficult decision!

Here are some facts that may help in your decision to hire us;

• Tenant/customers stay in our properties over 2.5+ years on average
• 24/7 Maintenance emergency line available for customers
• 3% rental vacancy rate (or less) overall the last 4 years
• Proven collections process, less than 1% eviction rate
• Hundreds of buy/sell real estate transactions
• A proven preferred vendor list for seamless maintenance and up-fit service

Call us or email to learn more about how we can help you have success with your real estate investments. Call 864-395-6538 or email property.htsi@gmail.com.

Thank you for your business!