Many Villa rental agreements state that you must report any problems to the management company within 24 hours, otherwise, you become responsible for those problems. For example, suppose a window is broken and you didn't report it. The assumption will become that you broke that window and now you have to pay for it!There are many things to look at, the most common are: broken floor tiles, broken blinds, broken refrigerator shelves, broken patio furniture, and carpet stains. While those are the most common, you have to do a thorough inspection.
When I do an inspection, I create a video record of the villa. I walk through the villa with camera in hand and document anything broken, scratched, dented, and in poor shape. While I record, my wife walks behind me and makes a list of all the problems we find.When done, we email the list to the owner and/or management company. We identify
the items that we are reporting simply for awareness, and we highlight anything that we want repaired immediately. In one villa, we arrived and the villa cleaning hadn't been completed. We called the management company and they apologized and sent someone over immediately. We went to dinner and when we returned, the Villa was in top shape. In another villa, the fire extinguisher was empty. We couldn't tell where it had been used, regardless, this is important information for the owner to know.Once your vacation is done and it is time to leave? You should perform one more inspection. Again, I use a video camera and go through the villa to make a recording of how we are leaving the rental. I don't want any confusion about any damage that my family might have done.
Performing these inspections and doing proper documentation is the only way to protect yourself and your security deposit.
To see an example of our most recent villa inspection, click here: https://youtu.be/Yr-xzaRTdnw
No comments:
Post a Comment