Wanted: Apartment Maintenance

Apartment renters may be able leave leaky faucets,Common areas such as a laundry room and hallways
fixing garbage disposals, and toilets, caulking, cleaningshould be kept clean by the tenants of the apartment
gutters, or dozens of other handyman type jobs tobuilding. Tenants should clean up their own spills if a little
apartment maintenance, but there are a fewlaundry detergent gets on the floor. If the tenant
apartment maintenance jobs that the tenant isneglects to clean it up and leaves it for the apartment
responsible for. This may be the last thing anymaintenance manager, someone could slip and suffer
apartment renter wants to hear, but it is true. Thefrom an injury. The hallways must be kept clear of all
luxury of renting an apartment over owning a house isobstructions. Using the hallway as a personal storage
having someone else do all of the handy work. But thespace is a no no and a fire hazard. If one ignores this
apartment maintenance manager will only go so far.rule the apartment maintenance manager is allowed to
Otherwise, an apartment maintenance manager wouldhave the obstruction removed and thrown in the trash.
be like having a live-in maid. A renter could always getIn many cases, tenants are responsible for the
a live-in maid, but not everybody can afford one. Soapartment maintenance of snow removal. This is more
the rest of the apartment maintenance is up to thecommon in a rental home where an apartment
tenant for now, until he holds the winning lottery ticket.maintenance manager does not exist. Unless the rental
Here is some apartment maintenance responsibilitiesproperty is in the tropics, a tenant should have a shovel
expected from the tenant.ready for the winter because no one else is going to
The tenant should keep the apartment clean and freeclear the walking paths and driveway.
from dirt, garbage and trash. If this is your way of livingIn some house rentals the tenant is responsible for
you might as well live in a street alley. It will be a lotmost of the apartment maintenance. This includes
cheaper than paying rent for a city apartment. Whymowing the lawn and other landscape maintenance
anyone would want to live in filth when they do notduties. Renting a house rental is much like owning a
have to be is beyond anyones understanding.home. The only difference is that tenants do not pay
However, people do by neglecting this apartmentproperty taxes and homeowner association fees, at
maintenance responsibility. Some times busy lifestylesleast not directly. Property taxes and homeowner
keep us away from the simplest apartmentassociation fees could be calculated in the monthly
maintenance responsibilities, but no one has the right torent. If you are looking for an apartment rental with the
live like pigs when they are sharing a wall withminimum apartment maintenance responsibilities, a
someone else. A dirty lifestyle attracts infestation ofrental house is not for you. Instead, rent an apartment
many types of critters that affects other tenants in theat a complex that has an apartment maintenance
building.staff to take care of the outside work. Or rent a
The tenants apartment maintenance responsibilitiescondo where the condominium association hires
carry over to the outside of the apartment unit.landscapers to do the outside dirty work.