| Apartment renters may be able leave leaky faucets, | | | | Common areas such as a laundry room and hallways |
| fixing garbage disposals, and toilets, caulking, cleaning | | | | should be kept clean by the tenants of the apartment |
| gutters, or dozens of other handyman type jobs to | | | | building. Tenants should clean up their own spills if a little |
| apartment maintenance, but there are a few | | | | laundry detergent gets on the floor. If the tenant |
| apartment maintenance jobs that the tenant is | | | | neglects to clean it up and leaves it for the apartment |
| responsible for. This may be the last thing any | | | | maintenance manager, someone could slip and suffer |
| apartment renter wants to hear, but it is true. The | | | | from an injury. The hallways must be kept clear of all |
| luxury of renting an apartment over owning a house is | | | | obstructions. Using the hallway as a personal storage |
| having someone else do all of the handy work. But the | | | | space 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 would | | | | have the obstruction removed and thrown in the trash. |
| be like having a live-in maid. A renter could always get | | | | In many cases, tenants are responsible for the |
| a live-in maid, but not everybody can afford one. So | | | | apartment maintenance of snow removal. This is more |
| the rest of the apartment maintenance is up to the | | | | common 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 responsibilities | | | | property 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 free | | | | clear the walking paths and driveway. |
| from dirt, garbage and trash. If this is your way of living | | | | In some house rentals the tenant is responsible for |
| you might as well live in a street alley. It will be a lot | | | | most of the apartment maintenance. This includes |
| cheaper than paying rent for a city apartment. Why | | | | mowing the lawn and other landscape maintenance |
| anyone would want to live in filth when they do not | | | | duties. 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 apartment | | | | property taxes and homeowner association fees, at |
| maintenance responsibility. Some times busy lifestyles | | | | least not directly. Property taxes and homeowner |
| keep us away from the simplest apartment | | | | association fees could be calculated in the monthly |
| maintenance responsibilities, but no one has the right to | | | | rent. If you are looking for an apartment rental with the |
| live like pigs when they are sharing a wall with | | | | minimum apartment maintenance responsibilities, a |
| someone else. A dirty lifestyle attracts infestation of | | | | rental house is not for you. Instead, rent an apartment |
| many types of critters that affects other tenants in the | | | | at a complex that has an apartment maintenance |
| building. | | | | staff to take care of the outside work. Or rent a |
| The tenants apartment maintenance responsibilities | | | | condo where the condominium association hires |
| carry over to the outside of the apartment unit. | | | | landscapers to do the outside dirty work. |