Why You Need On-Demand Property Maintenance
Property maintenance is a critical part of rental property management. Having well-maintained rental properties helps increase the value of a property, improve renter happiness, and avoid hazards that could injure renters.
However, there is more to property maintenance services than simple upkeep. Many property managers need a property repair and maintenance solution that can deliver on-demand service in a fast and cost-effective manner.
Why is on-demand property maintenance a must for property managers? What are the benefits of having an on-demand rental property maintenance solution versus simply using in-house maintenance staff or manually searching for local emergency repair technicians?
Whether you manage residential or commercial properties, there are many reasons why you would need an on-demand property maintenance service solution instead of using more traditional maintenance services.
Before the rise of the internet, on-demand services were rare. If someone wanted to special order a product not carried in their local stores, they would have to wait days or even weeks for someone to mail off a form or place a call to a distribution center half a continent (or more) away before the product would even start the shipping process—which could take several more weeks. Today, people can place an order for almost anything they can think of online and expect the package to be on their doorstep in a day or two.
In other words, modern consumers are used to near-instant gratification. Because of this, slow and inefficient property maintenance services simply won’t cut it. Traditional property maintenance services tend to be too slow—often requiring a day’s notice or more just to schedule an appraisal, let alone get work done.
On-demand property maintenance services, on the other hand, can provide near-instant gratification for property repairs in an emergency. For example, the Homee On Demand property maintenance solution typically has a wait time of just half an hour for a maintenance technician to arrive once a job request has been approved by the property manager. This means renters spend less time dealing with inconvenient issues—which helps to improve overall renter happiness.
For commercial property managers, the speed of property maintenance services can be even more critical than it is for residential property managers. This is, in part, because commercial renters may find their businesses impacted if repairs aren’t completed as soon as possible. Some examples of ways different businesses might be impacted by slow property maintenance services include:
For any of the above situations, time is of the essence to a commercial property renter when it comes to property maintenance services. This is why on-demand services for property repair are a must for commercial property managers.
With an on-demand property maintenance solution, commercial property managers can have repairs made within a day of being notified about an issue. In fact, because the requests include a description of the problem and photos, the Homee On Demand property maintenance solution helps to further minimize the time it takes for a maintenance technician to complete repairs. With these photos and the description of the problem the maintenance tech (also known as a “Homee”) can prepare for the specific needs of the job before arriving. This helps save time that would otherwise be spent:
When dealing with commercial rental properties, the sooner rental property maintenance services can be completed, the better.
An on-demand property maintenance service such as Homee On Demand can be less costly than searching for local service technicians on your own.
How is this possible?
The Homee On Demand property maintenance solution achieves cost savings in several ways:
Need help finding on-demand services for property maintenance now? Talk to the HOMEE team to learn about our end-to-end property maintenance solution.