Jun 01 2020 38 mins 1
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IN THIS EPISODE
Your podcast host Matt Harris of MiRentCo London talks with Steve Mitchell from The HMO Company about the top 5 reasons why regular inspections are so important for your HMO property in order to keep your housemates, customers and tenants safe.
This episode of The HMO Experience Property Podcast is a deep dive into one of the key areas of operation for your HMO property so make sure you tune in!
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- Introduction [00:00 – 01:40]
- Importance of Regular House Checks [01:40 – 10:25]
- Apps for Checklists [10:25 – 12:45]
- Compliance & Audit Requirement [12:45 – 22:40]
- Resolving issues Quickly [22:40 – 29:30]
- Getting on Top of Waste Management [22:40 – 32:30]
- Getting Your HMO License [32:30 – 38:29]
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Regular house checks will identify small maintenance jobs that can be dealt with quickly and easily by your handyman. Rectifying these small jobs quickly will provide a better service to your customers and less costly than if allowed to escalate into bigger repair jobs.
- Creating a check list of things to check will keep your inspections consistent and will allow you to task the job to other people in your team when you have them.
- Consider using an App to store your checklists so that you can link in your team and create an audit trail of your house checks.
- Ensure that you are aware of the regulatory and compliance requirements especially in relation to fire alarm checks & maintenance, electrical safety and gas safety checks.
- Monitor what maintenance issues happen in your properties. If you start to see a trend than look for a solution to rectify. One such example is putting hair catchers into shower trays to prevent blockages.
- Build up a small stock of consumable items like lightbulbs, drain un-blocker, hair catchers that can be installed during the house checks rather than having to go back to resolve these issues quickly.
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