Working Together to Maintain Your Home
Maintaining Your Home
When it comes to your home’s maintenance, it’s truly a team effort. Twenty35 Real Estate Group will take care your home’s major maintenance issues. However, you’ll also have resident responsibilities required to keep living in your home worry free.
Let us handle the big stuff like major air conditioning and roofing repairs If something of that level goes wrong, contact us to avoid mishandled repairs. The smaller items, like air filters and pest control, are your responsibility. Please read the list below for a short guide.
Twenty35 Group Responsibility
Resident Responsibility
Interior
Air Conditioning not cooling
Furnace not heating
All appliances
Changing air filters
Changing light bulbs
Repair of appliances owned by resident
Pest Control
Exterior
Fences
Garage door repairs
Roofing, siding, and/or brick issues
Trash disposal in clean sanitary manner
Lawn maintenance
Pool maintenance (if applicable)
Garage roller and rail lubrication
Plumbing
Garbage disposal
Major drain clogs
Plumbing leaks
Plumbing hardware
Water heater
Minor toilet clogs
Minor drain clogs
Caring For Your Home's Landscaping
Understanding Your Landscaping Responsibilities
Having a yard to entertain or for kids to play is a great benefit of renting a single-family home. In fact, access to a yard is often a deciding factor for people choosing to live in a home. While there are many benefits a yard, it also comes with some additional responsibilities.
Caring for the landscape provides many benefits to you including, improving the appearance of the home, reducing HOA and municipal fines, helping control pests. It also prevents damage to the home.
Resident Landscape Responsibilities:
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General yard care
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Mow lawn regularly and edge, as needed
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Water lawn and plants to keep them healthy
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Trim tree branches below 10 feet in height
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Trim hedges and shrubs at least 1 foot away from the home
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Remove weeds from all flower beds and hardscape areas
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Fertilize as needed
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Rake and dispose of leaves and other debris
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Remove snow and ice from driveways and sidewalks
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Clean up any pet waste quickly
We recognize that part of making our house your home is creating your own outdoor environment. Residents are allowed to make changes to the landscaping with approval from their property manager.
If you have any safety concerns or non-functioning sprinkler system equipment, promptly contact us or submit a maintenance request.
Being A Good Member of The HOA
Complying With HOA and Municipal Requirements
Your home may be part of a Homeowners Association (HOA) or a municipality requiring compliance with certain rules and regulations to keep your neighborhood beautiful and safe. Please familiarize yourself with the expectations and restrictions that were provided as part of your Lease Agreement, if applicable. Some of these requirements may include:
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Maintaining the landscaping of trees, plants, flowers, and shrubs on your lot.
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Parking vehicles in the driveway or garage and not covering sidewalk areas or impeding pedestrians. Please be aware of the residential speed limit and watch for pedestrians while driving.
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Keeping driveways free of oil stains.
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Storing trash containers in garages or behind a fence, not in driveways or common areas.
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Placing trash containers on the street no earlier than the night before trash pick-up and storing them no later than the night of trash collection.
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Removing holiday decorations within a reasonable amount of time (typically 10 days).
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Walking pets on a leash and disposing waste properly.
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Not displaying signs, foil, cardboard, or any other item visible from the exterior or displayed in the window of your home.