property Maintenance
Fri, 09/24/2010 - 18:08
by road runnerDose anyone have a landlord like my friend has. ? ? ?
You may be amazed to read this but my friend has a good landlord and I know from my past that there are not many good ones about.
Well they have a couple of windows in there property that are getting very close to the end of there life and they have asked for work to be done to them or could they have new ones.
Well as it goes they got a quote for the landlord person and the quote was far to much so this landlord character got a firm to come and give a quote and came up with a good price and I am told they are a good outfit to use. There windows go in shortly. I am amazed how quickly it has gone for them in getting the work to be carried out as normally from what I know about past expereince you used to be lucky if you could get a door handle replaced or something.
It looks like they have got themselfs a good one from who they rent from. So would be of general interest to here if anyone else has a good landlord who pulls there finger out and gets things done or have you got one of those landlords that is so tight that when they walk they squeak! ! !.
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What can we name our new property maintenance business?
My partner and I are starting a new property maintenance business. We would appreciate any suggestions both funny and serious.
All welcome ! We are in Scotland if this helps
We specialize in full bathroom and kitchen installations. All round general property maintenance including heating systems, facias, guttering. Full fit or up-grade only. Adding an en-suite to a bedroom or converting a garage to a room or simply fixing a dripping tap.
Hope this further information helps
I think it should be named: Flat Rate Property MaintenanceWhat are the needs for setting up a building and property maintenance business?
Me and my friend are looking into setting up our own building and property maintenance business and really need to know what are the main aspects of this, we are both time served in the building trade so its not how to do the job but how to run this sort of business, for example is there any rules or regulations of such we need to be aware of , what sort of insurances and registering the business.
If you're in the UK, contact your local Business Link for free help and advice on starting up. They have a wealth of information and their seminars on starting up are really useful.
Plan what you want to do, who you'll do it for, how you'll reach them, how much you'll charge for what you do and how much you need to do to make a profit. Business Link is very good on the format for your business plan. If you don't need funding, the plan doesn't have to be a terribly formal document but do make a plan so that you know where you're going.
Potentially, there are many regulations that you'll need to comply with - things like P certificates for electrical work, anything to do with PAT testing. You'll definitely need business insurance that will include employers' liability insurance, public liability and possibly professional indemnity. Again, Business Link can help you sort out what applies to you.
Inland Revenue need to know within 3 months of starting that you're in business. They also run free seminars on all the tax and national insurance aspects of running a business.
If you're setting up a limited company, which may be a good idea if you're working business to business, you'll need to register it with Companies House. Their website takes you through everything that you need to do.
Depending on the types of work you're doing, there may be trade bodies that you want to register with - a bit like Corgi registration for gas fitters.
The other thing that I'd strongly advise is to set out an agreement between you and your friend. This protects both of you if there's a dispute at some point. Often it's about money and by the time you're arguing it's too late to draw up an agreement. My husband and I have always had written agreements between ourselves for our businesses. The value of them was apparent when we wanted to remove a co-director from one of our companies.
Good luck!what do i need to start a property maintenance business?
i have recently been contracted by a letting agents to do gardening work, but now i'm thinking of offering complete property maintenance work. i have public liability and employers liability insurance (£12 million total) but that was specific insurance for gardening work, so i wont be covered for anything else.
Draw up a plan for what you would like to offer, how it would work and what you can charge for it. If you have an in to lettings agents already, it makes it easier to say to them that you're expanding what you do.
Your insurance company will probably be able to sort out your cover with just a telephone call. You won't pay any more for it, in all probability, just have the policy changed to reflect the expanded business.
A plan is important so that you know what you're taking on and how you're going to handle it. It doesn't have to be too formal if you're not applying for funding but it helps keep you going in the right direction.
Good luck!what is a great name for a property maintenance company?
we deal with expats and our work involves pool cleaning, property cleaning, and home improvements. got to be catchy and get the message across. all ideas considered
The Property Pool
Complete Home & Pool Maintenance
Ideal Home & Pool Maintenance
Paddy & Pool Property Maintenanceneed help with a new slogan/catchphrase for business in property maintenance?
D . McGinn Property Maintenance is the firm but want to get some really nice cards done what is gonna cost a kings ransom, hence looking for a really good slogan ,please help
Your worry free property maintenance experts
Property maintenance for your every need
Keeping your property maintained properlyCarbon friendly, how can a property maintenance firm be so?
i do believe in not easily wasting materials, or using to excessive waste just simply for time and money, i like to see good old or used materials used rather than skipped, but at times this is very hard to earn a living and get the job done
so any ideas and thoughts on how to be trully eco and carbon friendly in property maintenance?
looking forward to your comments thanks
these folk been doing it a few years now;
http://www.ethicalproperty.co.uk/
they retrofit with low embodied energy insulation and recycled materials, rainwater collection systems, low energy fittings, and buy the most green energy available. also they encourage the social side; in house cleaning ladies, inclusive policies to get tenants thinking of the building as 'theirs' so they take better care, recycle etc.WAnted to persuade neighbors to change our current property maintenance.dont know where to start.?
Clarifying your question with more details would be a good start.Does anyone know of a software program for a property maintenance company that will allow data input once?
into the job sheet for the operative, to be automatically transferred to an invoice and the company accounts, so the same information does not have to input more than once.
I'm sure that you can do this in Excel but you have to be fairly expert if you want professional resultsWho is responsible for maintenance fees on a rented property?
I am renting a flat and recently had someone from the development's maintenance team knocking on door looking for owner of property as apparently he has defaulted on payments relating to up keeping of gardens, etc. I spoke with estate agents (as they deal with issues on behalf of landlord) who said we would have to be the ones paying those maintenance fees as we were making use of property. Would that be correct? When we rented property nothing was ever mentioned in that sense and our rental contract only mentions utility bills & council tax are our responsibility. Would this be considered a utility bill?
You need to take a step back. The issue is between the landlord and the developer.
To say that because you are benefiting from the maintenance you are liable is bullsh*t!
You are only liable for what you signed up to. If your agreement, as you say, does not mention maintenance you are not liable. It is not utilities.
Just refer any future enquiries of this nature to the agents. Do not get drawn into any discussion about the matter as it is not your business.where is best to advertise my commercial property maintenance company?
A good way to let users know about your business is to ensure that you get top rankings in the search engine results. One of the best ways to do this is to have quality back links (one way links). To that note, we have found a great business products and service directory to help business owners quickly and easily find what they need to either start, manage or grow their businesses.
Here you can drive quality traffic to your site as well as improve your search ranking with quality one-way back links.
That is amazing how quick your friends are getting the work done. Well at least if they are that bad and need replacing at least they will be able to keep them clean without thinking the glass will fall out.
Ha, ha, ha. I had one of those landlords once. The Yale lock broke completely and lucky for us I had my tool box inside with me as I had done a little d.i.y job. We went to go out and could not get out at all. No good if there had been a fire would have been well stuffed.
I got my box and took the damn thing off and had to put a couple of bolts on for over night as we could not put the Yale lock on.
Next day came I went and bought a new quality Yale lock and fitted it. I contacted the tight landlord and said what had happend. I told him the price and he refused to pay it and said there must be somewhere to get a cheaper one. I said you won't be saying that if there is a fire and that door is the one way out. Still he would not replace it so I said right fine.
What I actually did was I kept the old one and when we moved out of there I fitted the old one back on the door and closed the door behind me. If he wanted to get in there he would have to drill it and buy a new one so I kept my new lock and well he will have ended up having to buy a new one regardless.
I did no damage and left the place exactly how it was let to us but if was spotless when we left. So landlords don't be so tight. I could have invoiced him for my time for which is what I will start doing is when people want stuff doing as I get fed up of doing stuff and my exspense. There that is my little bit stuck on the end.
If you can find a good landlord or lady then keep with them if it is one that has a wallet like a mallard duck ( so water tight his cash never gets wet or used ) then get rid of them before the ink on the contract dries.
Marcus