Winter... Is Your Condo Property Ready?
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Winter... Is Your Condo Property Ready? David Williams
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hether your Condo property is a high-rise or a town house development, “Old Man Winter” is on his way and the right preparations need to be made. A good plan that starts with a fall “walkabout” by a Board member, the property manager, and the landscape contractor is vital. We talked with landscape contractors serving the Wentworth area and asked them for their advice, and a number of common themes emerged. It starts with a good plan, and includes good communication among contractor, property manager, and residents. In this year of COVID, greater caution will be important from an insurance point of view because more residents (snowbirds) will be staying home and there will be greater potential for slip and fall accidents. We spoke with Atrens-Counsel Insurance Brokers about this. Best practices would include ongoing careful observation of the site and the logging of weather conditions, surface conditions, and time of day that observations were made.
Residents’ Considerations Whether you have a balcony (high-rise) or a deck (low-rise), outdoor furniture needs to be stored or covered and secured. Winter and early spring winds can cause loose furniture to fly away. Covering metal furniture will slow down the potential for rust formation. Similarly, annual flower boxes should be emptied, cleaned, and secured for next year’s use. continued…
Condo News – FALL 2020
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