Layton, UT, is a great place to do business. With over 42,000 people in active employment, businesses as diverse as retail and scientific services need commercial property. However, to keep your tenants happy, you need to have a plan for successful commercial property maintenance.
This handy guide will discuss four practices to take your commercial building maintenance to the next level.
1. Schedule Regular Inspections and Preventative Maintenance
One of the best property management tips we can give is to create a robust inspection and preventative maintenance schedule. This includes planned checks for:
- Plumbing
- Electrical
- HVAC
- Structural components
This will allow you to identify and fix minor issues before they become major problems. Small jobs, such as regularly replacing HVAC filters, can reduce the stress on your system and extend its working life.
2. Plan Exterior Maintenance
Exterior maintenance should not be an afterthought. It can be as crucial as internal maintenance to keep tenants safe and happy.
Maintenance strategies include:
- Regular tree inspections and trimming
- Lawn mowing
- Repairing cracks in the pavement and walkways
- Keeping paintwork in good repair
These property management tips can help reduce the likelihood of property liability lawsuits. They'll also maintain the appearance of your commercial rental and keep it appealing to new tenants.
3. Stay Compliant
Complying with all relevant Utah laws and regulations is essential to protecting the lives and health of tenants and visitors to your commercial property.
For example, the automatic fire sprinkler system in your building is governed by the R710-5 Automatic Fire Sprinkler Inspecting and Testing regulations. This requires that each sprinkler system be inspected annually. If you fail to follow this regulation, you will risk the lives of everyone in the building and leave yourself exposed to negligence lawsuits.
This is just one requirement - there are many more to consider. That's why it pays to work with commercial facility maintenance solutions. Property managers work with these regulations daily and can create an inspection and maintenance schedule that ensures you remain compliant.
4. Listen to Your Tenants
Your tenants use your building each day, so they are often the first people to notice maintenance issues. From damp to broken toilets, it's important to listen to your tenants and investigate.
You will need access to a maintenance crew with the agility to respond to emergency maintenance issues. If you don't have those resources, a property maintenance company can help. Their maintenance crews can nip maintenance issues in the bud before they become serious.
Why Choose PMI Home Team for Layton Commercial Property Management?
If you decide to entrust commercial property maintenance to a property management company, make sure you choose wisely. Only the PMI Home Team, serving Davis County and Northern Utah, provides the PMI Happiness Guarantee. If you are not completely happy with our service, you can cancel your agreement without penalty with just 30 days' notice.
However, we're confident you'll never need to do that. To keep our commercial clients happy, we guarantee tenants in 21 days, on-time rent, and much more.
Click here to learn more about our commercial building maintenance and management services and get a bespoke quotation today.
