Owners And Tenants Benefit From Regular Pest Treatments On Rental Properties

There are no universal rules specifying the exact degree to which a property must be maintained

. Every household has its own standards of housekeeping. They can range from cleanliness so fanatical that guests feel uncomfortable sitting on the furniture, to filth and neglect that renders a house virtually uninhabitable. Hopefully, somewhere in between is the norm; a standard of care and cleanliness where everyone feels comfortable living in the home and guests feel welcome.

This applies equally to property that is owner-occupied and property occupied by others under a rental agreement. Rental agreements are usually specific about the standard of care required by the tenant, and the expectations around issues of breakages, repairs and maintenance. In most cases, they are also quite prescriptive about the importance of keeping rental properties pest free.

Household Pests Damage Property and Spread Disease

The presence of pests and vermin on any property are always a cause for concern. Certain types of pests such as termites and borers can cause severe damage to a property if they are not detected and exterminated. Cockroaches, ants, silverfish, carpet beetles, clothes moths and bed bugs can all find a refuge in an occupied dwelling, much to the disgust of the householders when detected. Cockroaches spread disease, ants are just plain annoying, and the other nasties eat their way through fabric or feast on human blood.

The threat to the health and well-being of the occupants is the greatest concern where an infestation of mice or rats is concerned. Apart from the damage to food stocks, furniture cushions, bedding and other household items caused by their eating and nesting habits, rodents are known disease carriers. Left unchecked, they breed rapidly and a small, cute family of field mice can soon become a job for the Pied Piper.

A tenant looking for a suitable rental property could be confident that the dwellings being inspected were pest free if they were managed by Fanning Real Estate, the best property management Wollongong rental agency. There would be no horror story on the evening news showing rats' nests in kitchen cupboards, cockroach droppings piled up in the corner of the pantry, or termite damage leaving the building structurally unsound.

Fumigation Assures New Tenants that Premises are Pest Free

Some lessors allow tenants to keep pets on their property. Fleas are often the result of these arrangements, and for this reason Fanning Real Estate requires any vacating tenant who has kept a pet, to have the premises fumigated. This ensures that the new tenants will be moving into a property that is pest free. Their website at http://www.realestatewollongongnsw.com.au has comprehensive information in an easy to read format about both sides of the rental property story owner and tenant.

Placing a rental property into the hands of a property management agency is a leap of faith for many owners/investors. Having that property kept pest free is a two-way street that benefits both owner and tenant. For the owner it is an assurance that the property manager is looking after the asset, and ensuring that on-going damage doesnt occur that will be expensive to fix. For the tenant, it is the comfort of knowing that their new home is clean and pest free, ready for them to occupy and enjoy.

by: Perry Beebe

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