Spring Walk Abouts – and Often Overlooked Items FEATURE
Spring Walk Abouts – and Often Overlooked Items Gail Cote, OLCM, RCM Condominium Manager at Property Management Guild
Bill Clark Condo Board of Director, WCC439
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pring has sprung and its time to stretch our legs and walk around the property to notice maintenance items. Sounds easy, right? Not all site walks are productive and often there are items that are overlooked. We have put together some suggestions on items to look at to help keep your major components in good order, and to hopefully reduce the long term effects when not properly maintained. Owners Input A good rule of thumb to have a successful spring walk is to send out a communication to owners about two to three weeks ahead of time advising owners that the site walk will be conducted, and for the owners to advise the Board and Management of any areas of concern they have noted. The key is to get this feedback in a timely fashion so that the list can be compiled accordingly, and so the site walk is efficient and methodical. If the same items are reported consistently the Board may wish to have a contractor specializing in that area attend the site walk to review with them. Having a contractor attend enables the Board to better understand the issues found, the causes of the issue and to obtain pricing on a course of action to remedy the situation much faster.
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