Preparing Your Rental Property for Wild Weather

Wild weather in New Zealand seems to be more of a common occurrence lately. As a rental property owner, what steps can be taken to ensure you and your property are as prepared as possible for a future weather event?

Check your insurance policy

Having a robust insurance policy in place, specifically with landlord cover benefits can be a huge advantage if you need to make a claim. Check your policy to ensure you have the right level of insurance to protect you and your property.

Tackle pro-active maintenance

Ensure regular inspections of your property are undertaken and proactive maintenance is carried out to minimise the risk of potential issues. This can be things such as clearing debris from guttering, trimming large trees/shrubs and ensuring doors and windows can be properly secured.

Ensure your tenants know who to contact

Ensure the tenants know who to contact if things go wrong. Check in with your tenants if there has been an event that may have affected your property to check on them and any potential property damage.

Know how to contact in case you need to arrange repairs

Have a list of contractors who you can call on if you need them. Ensure that any issues are dealt with in a timely manner and if possible take photos to document any damage or issues as this may also help with insurance claims if necessary.

The team at Just Property Management have extensive experience dealing with all kinds of maintenance issues and have reliable contractors working with us to ensure issues can be resolved as quickly and effectively as possible. We operate an out of hours emergency phone line which means tenants can get hold of one of the team if they have urgent maintenance issues to resolve.