Preventative maintenance may seem like something that takes up precious time for little reward, but it’s important that community managers realize just how crucial preventative maintenance can be to the happiness of their residents and resident retention. With preventative maintenance, the problems that so often turn residents off from a particular community can be taken care of before they even begin, and it will leave your residents impressed with just how your management can provide them with an ideal living situation.

 

When something breaks, it’s frustrating, and this rings true for residents of a community, homeowners, or just about anyone. A broken air conditioning unit, refrigerator, plumbing, or other fixture in the home can pose an inconvenience that can last for days and spread through other areas of a person’s life, but these are things that can be avoided almost entirely with proper preventative maintenance. When something breaks down or has a major malfunction, it will often take days and complicated measures to get it fixed properly; measures that could have been avoided if preventative measures were taken instead.

 

For one example, checking the air conditioning or central air units on your residences before summer comes along, and before any real problems are detected, can help you to catch issues within the units early. Things that are beginning to break down can be replaced before they fail and harm other parts of the machine, causing the entire unit to need replacing or a serious repair. By taking the time out to check up on the air conditioning units before the problem arises, you can take advantage of a fix that takes an hour or two, rather than hundreds of dollars and days of waiting. This logic isn’t only applied to air conditioning, however, and preventative maintenance can provide many benefits for all areas of a particular residence.

 

At Occupancy Solutions, we know that keeping your residents happy is the key to proper community management, and if you wish to retain residents, you’ll need to find a way to provide a community worth sticking with. With preventative maintenance, you can ensure your time and money is saved while keeping all of your residents in a space they can be proud to call home, and it doesn’t take as much time, effort, or resources as you may think.