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10 Ways to Properly Maintain a Commercial Building

   Proper Property Maintenance is an important if you own or manage a commercial building. The correct property maintenance helps preserve market value and the essence of the building. Have you ever seen a poorly maintained commercial building? Does it look like a property you would want to work, invest, or live in? If you fail to maintain a property, it may not only affect its physical capacity, but it may also affect the occupant’s desire to be there, and your return on investment.

There are many maintenance tasks that commercial buildings need to sustain and thrive. You can’t cut corners and you need to be focused on the long-term benefit of a building when putting together an effective maintenance plan. Below, you can see 10 ways to properly maintain a commercial building:

  1. Immediately Repair and Renovate Property Damage-

A small, damaged area in your building can cause various problems. Tenants nor clients will not feel at ease inside of a building that has issues. Customers will likely not want patron your business. Tenants may look at ways of breaking their lease. Proper, prompt responses are crucial when experiencing damage to your property.

 

  1. Regularly Check for Property Leaks-

The best time to fix a leak or damaged property is as soon as it starts. If you and everyone who works with you is trained to look for such problems, you can effectively nip a lot of major issues in the butt before they become big.

 

  1. Properly Maintain the Interior of the Building-

Standardized paint colors, standardized trim, and look of the building are important to maintain a good look and feel. If you have drywall repairs and patch work to be done, make sure to do them quick as to not let the building feel old and beat up.

 

  1. Take Care of the Exterior of the Building-

The exterior of the building is important to attract people outside to want to come into your building. It set’s the tone and the feeling for everyone as they walk in and helps to show that you do care about the building itself. Fresh coats of paint and making sure that there are no weeds or trash around are crucial.

 

  1. Frequently Check the Energy Efficiency of your Building-

Small things such as checking on insulation ratings, making sure you don’t have energy bills that are excessive to similar buildings in your market and making sure you seal up windows and doors that have air leaks are very helpful. Smart thermostat and automated lighting systems are also very helpful to maintain energy efficiency.

 

  1. Accurately Maintain and Fix Wall and Floor Problems-

It’s easy to think that a small crack or issue is just that. However, those small cracks can cause big issues, especially if water and other substances get in there. Also, small cracks can become big ones. If you can properly diagnose these cracks, seal them up, and fix them proactively, it can save you a lot of headache down the road.

 

  1. Upgrade Your Property-

The old adage, a dollar saved is a dollar earned doesn’t necessarily hold true in the property maintenance world. You need to make sure that you invest money into keeping your property looking good and staying up with the times. If you don’t you will run the risk of being a “bottom of the barrel” type of property that unfortunately will have negative financial consequences in almost any industry you operate in.

 

  1. Update and Replace Electrical Wiring

Safety is the key here. Having old, faulty wiring is very dangerous. Make sure if you ever find an electrical issue that you have professionals find, address, and fix it. One of the main causes of fires is old, faulty wiring in a building.

 

  1. Systematically Work Out and Maintain Plumbing Issues

Proper maintenance helps prevent expensive repairs when it comes to plumbing. Regularly checking systems and making sure to fix reported issues are crucial. If your building has older plumbing, you may want to consider replacing it bit by bit as you remodel your building.

 

  1. Keep Up with The Styles and Looks that Are Current

If your goal is to attract clients, renters, tenants, or employees, you will want to make sure your building keeps up with looks and styles that are current. If your building has older styles, it is immediately repelling potential clients, renters, partners, and many more. Make sure you put your people and business first by making sure your building is hip and current.

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