Landlord property maintenance in Poole and Bournemouth

Planned care and the Friday leak

Reactive work is the call when something has already failed: a ceiling stain, a gutter into the fascia, a bath leak into the joists. We attend when we can. We are not a 24-hour call centre, and we will say quickly if we cannot get there. Planned maintenance is the same skills on purpose, so the Friday call happens less often. A small portfolio in Poole and Bournemouth can share a visit rhythm — before winter, and before a tenancy change — without a vague retainer that has no list attached.

What changes the price is access, whether someone is living there, how many trades the fault needs, and whether the cause is still active. A gutter clear is not priced like a scaffold and a valley. A void with no furniture is quicker than a lived-in flat where floors must be protected and a bathroom kept working. End-of-tenancy decorating is in scope when the walls are sound. If the walls are not sound, that is a repair first.

We do not convert houses into HMOs, and we do not market ourselves as a developer of rooms to let. If that is the project, you need a different firm. We also do not offer standalone gas-safety contracts or an annual boiler service as the reason to call. Heating work that sits inside a repair or a refurbishment can be discussed; a certificate with no other building work is not why this page exists.

Poole lets and Bournemouth houses

Poole demand is often Parkstone rentals and Broadstone family lets: a leak, a section of repointing, decoration between tenants, a roof that should be looked at before the next inventory. Bournemouth adds period houses in Westbourne and Southbourne, converted flats where access has to be agreed with whoever has the key, and Winton semis with gutters and exterior joinery that coastal weather opens up. Christchurch, Ferndown and Ringwood lets are covered by the same team when the job is real building maintenance rather than a five-minute handyman list.

Light commercial buildings — a shop, studio or small office — are described on the main maintenance and repairs pages. This page stays with landlords and agents. If the unit is ordinary building fabric, ask, and we will say if it fits. We are not a facilities contractor.

Turnarounds that have become a kitchen, a bathroom and new floors are property refurbishments. A roof that is the whole job is roof repairs and building maintenance. Keeping those links honest stops a maintenance visit being priced as if it were a renovation, or the other way round.

What a planned visit actually lists

A planned visit is a written list, not a retainer with nothing attached. For a typical Poole or Bournemouth let that list is often gutters and downpipes, the roof slope you can see from the ground and anything that needs a closer look, exterior wood and render that coastal weather opens, and the internal item the last tenant or the inventory already flagged. We price that list. We do not turn up and invent work to fill a day.

Between tenancies the list gets longer if the property is empty: decoration where the walls are sound, doors and ironmongery, flooring that has failed, and a check that the bathroom and kitchen are not hiding a leak. If the void has become a new kitchen or bathroom, we price a refurbishment and say so. Occupied repairs are booked around access the agent can actually provide. We are not on a 24-hour rota, and we will say quickly if the date does not fit.

Agents get one contact, usually Ryan, on 07875 488599 or info@swpc.uk. A photo of the defect helps us decide whether the first visit is a repair or only a look. We still do not convert houses into HMOs, and we still do not sell a gas certificate or a boiler service on its own. Homeowners who want the same trades, without a tenancy, use the main property maintenance page.

Where landlord visits usually are

The trades behind a landlord visit