There are many reasons why a landlord or property owner (residential or commercial) may want to don the gloves, take a hands on approach and carry out property repairs themselves, or pass the jobs over to a general contractor if they don’t have the relevant know-how. This, however, can actually create more problems than it solves, and not without good reason.
Knowledge
Any office building or portfolio of houses requires getting to know the buildings. Over time, certain features and characteristics allow the owner to identify what problems are lurking around the corner and, more importantly, how to remedy them.
A company that carries out property maintenance in Coventry on a daily basis will take this into account when looking after any property; experienced contractors being sent time and time again, rather than a cheap labourer, or worse still, attempting the job yourself, means that any property can do with a much more reliable manager.
Accountability
Using cheap, possibly unskilled labour or taking up the tools yourself means if something goes wrong (which it probably will), there is little to no accountability. General property maintenance Coventry companies will always offer some kind of recourse in the case of remedial or proactive repairs, something that is worth its weight in gold when needed. Any company or individual working in a professional capacity will always be happy to attach a degree of accountability to their works.
Cost
It can actually work out cheaper for a company to be placed on a contract for ongoing property maintenance. Repeated one-off callouts soon rack up, even if it may feel like the occasional call out is going to work out cheaper. Contracts generally cover a pre-set amount of callouts for maintenance, or for larger companies, unlimited callouts can be negotiated for a premium. Average this out over the amount of projected callouts and a contract very quickly becomes the cheaper option.
Overall, apart from the above reasons, a common sense approach should tell any conscientious property owner to go with a dedicated management company such as Trade Squad Ltd. It may be cheaper in the immediate future to take a DIY approach but it will cost more in money and time in the long run.
Sources
Ten Tips for Landlords, NOLO
PGN 01/14: Best Practice in the Management of Property Maintenance Contracts, Finance-NI.Gov.
