Month: November 2020
Coronavirus, Lockdown and Essential Property Maintenance
Welcome to Home Relief Bulletin Board
Monday 23 November 2020
by the Property Team
Post No. 168
Coronavirus, Lockdown and Essential Property Maintenance
How to keep essential cleaning for private residential properties within the context of anti-coronavirus measures relating to property management
At the moment, we are in the context of e-following the UK Government advice and the NHS guidance in order to protect each other against the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. In this context, it is required to everybody to make sure that they clean any potential traces of Covid-19 germs or viruses in their property from the entrance to the inside as well as around the building. This should be done knowingly or unknowingly that the Covid-19 can survive on hard surfaces for up to a week.
As part of essential or perhaps life-saving cleaning duties making the essential property maintenance, we are going to follow this non-clinical decontamination requirement for collective health protection from the coronavirus. This essential cleaning includes: household items, shopping, clothes, personal items (such as keys, wallets, bank cards, etc.) and shoes.
• Coronavirus-related essential cleaning
Within the private rental property maintenance, there are many aspects of cleaning. However, in the context of this week’s e-exercise with landlords/ladies and renters, we are going to focus on the cleaning elements relating to anti-coronavirus pandemic. We are going to e-discuss with landlords/ladies and renters this cleaning matter.
At the moment, landlords/ladies may be spending money to decontaminate their properties from any potential traces of coronavirus germs or strains. They may be spending on cleaning products and materials necessary either to keep their rented properties or the one they reside free from any traces of Covid-19 germs.
Many of them have cleaning experience from the first shock wave of the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown. Some of them may be sharing information and good practices on this matter with their tenants in the interest of public health protection. There are still those who may not be aware of this information.
• Areas of coronavirus-related essential maintenance for e-discussion
In the process of spending for health protection, landlords/ladies and renters may encounter difficulties to differentiate between essential and non-essential spendings in order to protect themselves and people around them. To ease this process for them and tenants, we will be e-discussing with them the following:
√ Essential and non-essential spending items in their cleaning budgets regarding the anti-coronavirus measures
√ Recommended key cleaning products and techniques to get rid of the traces of coronavirus hazards
√ Areas of properties to clean and wipe to disinfect them from Covid-19 germs
√ Protective equipment and clothes for this kind of anti-coronavirus cleaning work
√ The weekly or monthly cleaning budget for protection against coronavirus
√ Cleaning before and after property viewings, or between two tenancies
√ Social distancing rules and other health precautions (such as the wearing of face coverings and gloves) within the context of property maintenance
√ Stores and shops where to purchase at affordable prices essential cleaning products as well as where to get information and advice
Etc.
In addition to the above, we are going to share some effective cleaning practices, stories, experiences, online sources, resources (such as videos) and leads regarding non-clinical decontamination of properties from Covid-19 germs.
For example, there are many hand sanitizers sold on the market. However, not all of them have the medically recommended level of percentage of alcohol to be effective against the germs of the coronavirus pandemic.
This week, we are going to e-work with them via ONLY phone, text, email and contact form to try to exchange ideas and good practices about essential cleaning in the critical context of non-clinical decontamination of private rental properties from the traces or strains of coronavirus pandemic during the lockdown.
Like many of us, renters and landlords/ladies are searching for the best possible way of cleaning household items and of carrying out preventive personal hygiene against the Covid-19 germs.
Need to e-discuss your property cleaning matter to get rid of the Covid-19 risk factor, please do not hesitate to e-work with Home Relief.
If you are looking for an affordable location and home, Home Relief is the people dealing with affordable homes you could consider in your property searches and enquiries.
For more information about our property service to home buyers and tenants, please go to https://homerelief.co/tenants/
For more information about our property service to home sellers and landlords/ladies, please go to https://homerelief.co/landlord
For properties to rent and let, go to https://homerelief.co/property-search/
For weekly property news and updates, please read our weekly posts.
Thank you for reading this post.
We look forward to receiving your regular visits to Home Relief website and to doing business with you throughout the year.
Many thanks!
Home Relief – freelance e-property people dealing with affordable homes
Residential Private Property Management and the Second Lockdown
Welcome to Home Relief Bulletin Board
Monday 16 November 2020
by the Property Team
Post No. 167
Residential Private Property Management and the Second Lockdown
How to put in place alternative arrangements for property management in the context of the second lockdown
This week, we will be virtually working on essential and non-essential aspects of residential property management within the context of decontamination in non-clinical settings and social distancing requirements for managed properties in order to slow down and contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic during the second lockdown and beyond.
The purpose of this week’s work
The purpose of this week’s work is to adapt aspects of residential private property management to suit the situation of this difficult time of the coronavirus pandemic while protecting the interests of the parties in the contractual agreement.
This adaptation can be done without going against the legal framework and the housing sector rules, however by working together with landlords/ladies to support them in putting in place property management plan or alternative arrangement that reflects the current context of second lockdown.
It is hoped that the adaptation will secure peace of mind and protect landlords’/ladies’ property investment against any threats brought by the coronavirus and related lockdown.
This kind of adaptation could mean rethink some aspects of property management.
Rethinking essential and non-essential maintenance, emergency and non-emergency works
As the coronavirus pandemic crisis continues, there are renters and landlords/ladies who may be having to rethink any issues or works related to the property management, particularly they have to rethink between essential and non-essential issues or works, between emergency and non-emergency ones. Alternatively, they may have to remember what happened to property management during the first shock wave of the coronavirus pandemic and first lockdown.
At this time of the second lockdown, everybody including renters and landlords/ladies should follow the government’s guidance and the NHS advice. We will apply as much as we can this guidance within the context of residential property management.
Context of self-isolation and social distancing rules
Within the contexts of self-isolation and social distancing requirements, both landlords/ladies and tenants are required to only communicate via phone, text and email. If landlords/ladies follow the government’s guidance and the NHS advice, they should not arrange any inspections or non-essential works during this period unless it cannot be avoided. The same, tenants are advised against having visitors in the property.
However, where for example a tenant has a mental health issue or is classified as a vulnerable person, there are different provisions from the government; provisions which both landlords/ladies and tenants need to explore and to be aware since these provisions could be different in the second lockdown from the first lockdown.
How to deal with maintenance issues during the second lockdown
Like in the first lockdown, in the second lockdown tenants may have maintenance issues, but may find it difficult to ask their landlords/ladies or managing agents to deal with these issues. To help both contractual parties to manage management issues during this exceptional time of the coronavirus and lockdown, we will be discussing with them how to go about them.
For example, we will be relooking at together what is essential and non-essential repair or visit or cleaning at managed properties at this time of the coronavirus pandemic.
How we will be working with them
This week, we are working with them via ONLY phone, text, email and contact form to try to find alternative arrangements for property management in the critical context of life-threatening impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
Like many of us, renters and landlords/ladies are searching ways of adapting to this new difficult situation.
Need to discuss your property management issue while taking into account the Covid-19 constraint, please do not hesitate to e-work with Home Relief.
If you are looking for an affordable location and home, Home Relief is the people dealing with affordable homes you could consider in your property searches and enquiries.
For more information about our property service to home buyers and tenants, please go to https://homerelief.co/tenants/
For more information about our property service to home sellers and landlords/ladies, please go to https://homerelief.co/landlord
For properties to rent and let, go to https://homerelief.co/property-search/
For weekly property news and updates, please read our weekly posts.
Thank you for reading this post.
We look forward to receiving your regular visits to Home Relief website and to doing business with you throughout the year.
Many thanks!
Home Relief – freelance e-property people dealing with affordable homes
Coronavirus, Lockdown, Creativity and Adaptable Homes
Welcome to Home Relief Bulletin Board
Monday 09 November 2020
by the Property Team
Post No. 166