During a walk-through of my property today, my contractor says that my 1966-built single family with basement will need hard-wired detectors: Plain old smoke detectors in bedroom, and combo smoke/monoxide detectors near bottom landing of basement stairway and another one near the furnace. 

We are now doing wainscoting in all stairways and around most kitchen islands.  

Is there a stairway in the property? 

For example you may find small dumb waiters (or shafts for them) in places that don't make sense.Also some stairways might seem oddly placed until you realize that these are the "back stairways" for the servants to use and move around while staying mostly out of the main house.Check the foundation and footings in the basement.

The other things it will need is fixing a section of the fence in the backyard, putting a railing up for the stairway to the basement and shampooing the berber carpets in the two bedrooms and hall.

We added two dormers, one for a bathroom and one for a second stairway (which is actually now the main stairway to get up there). 

Both of my properties have in-law suites with semi-private entrances/stairways so I rented those areas out to some friends. 

A few being, 1)open stairways to main living spaces and the out side  2) window wells that allow natural light 3) amenities such as a bathroom Please share your thoughts on the effects on resale value and your valuation method for calculating these effects.Thank youPatrick

Originally posted by @Caleb Heimsoth:@Sami Gren I’d just up his rent and then pay him for jobs Well he also does the daily duties of garbage, cleaning stairways etc.Is a small building do not much other work to do,  except when a tenant moves out...WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK A SUPER'S DUTIES SHOULD BE, AND HOW MUCH SHOULD HE GET PAID?

The biggest questions are about all the little stuff like common area electricity, cleaning and constantly fixing the pool, mowing, irrigation, manager's pay, maintenance crew, exterminator, turn-over,  make-ready etc etc  I am building these apartments in Texas, just north of Houston (its underway and some are done and moved in to)  20- 750 sf one bedrooms, 8- 1120 sf 2 bedroom (2 baths)28- 1930 sf 4 bedrooms (4 baths) I have to fix the full size washers and dryers after the first yearWifi (8 modems with 24 access points) one account per modem that's $80 times 8little bitty managers officeshop for storage and partsdecent saltwater pool but no hot tub, pool has sand filterlots of good outdoor lighting over the 4.5 acresno outdoor stairways and no balconies,Keep in mind there are brand spanken new, one bedrooms are done and occupied, starting the others in a few more weeks after I submit for a loan.