All Forum Posts by: Anurag Kumar

@Anurag Kumar

Focus on automation. Twice a year is nothing nearly often enough if your fan is running at all during that month just change the filter on the 1st. 12 filters get left, each with the month written on them. Make a quick 2 minute YouTube video showing how to change the filter (correct orientation). Automate 12 emails reminding of rent due & to change filter requesting a quick reply with picture of new filter in place.

If the above doesn’t result in the tenant changing the furnace filter then focus on tenant selection/ screening. Make sure they know during the application process items such as this that are their responsibility.

Work hard at being lazy. Engineer yourself out of the process.

@Anurag Kumar

I don’t want to upset your day but tenants tend to think of rental home maintenance like they do rental cars. And, changing or not changing furnace filters is a great example. Still if we bought service contracts on each homes hvac system it would have been a bad financial decision versus actual repair and maintenance expenses.

Good luck!

@Anurag Kumar My HVAC repair tech guy of 15 years who works during a day for a large local HVAC co, told me that the maintenance plans or yearly visits are used basically as opportunities for the HVAC co to convince the owner that something costly is broke and needs repairs. Instead of wasting your money you might want to print out the harmful effect of not replacing the filter for residents and make sure the tenants always get a copy and warning,

     Also you can take it a step further and you can-write it in the lease that "if the filters are not replaced regularly tenant understand that this will cause a $300 repair bill at the end of tenancy, where tech or HVAC cleaning co. needs to come out and clean the system." These two ways usually takes care of the problem for you at no charge!

Good Luck to you, and let us how did you solved this issue for your rental.

Val

If you insist on having a maintenance plan, BGEHOME, in my opinion is a decent company to deal with (Not sure company recommendations are allowed here).