The Importance of Property Management
We cannot stress enough the importance of using a good property management company if you are not living in Northern Cyprus yourself. By using the services of such a company, you are investing in a Home Management problem prevention scheme - a policy which allows a management company to use their time to 'prevent rather than cure' by regularly visiting your home and making sure any problems will be attended to and reported immediately.
Our Property management team are able to care for your home in your absence; we organize gas bottles, changeovers, welcome packs, car hire (if required), and provide a point of contact for your clients if they have any problems such as lost keys, or equipment failure or emergencies such as doctors, dentists or hospitals. We will also deal with any maintance work that needs to be carried out. We are a one stop shop taking the work and worry from you whilst you sit back and enjoy the benefits of your holiday home in North Cyprus.
A Property management service is there for the purposes of giving owners peace of mind by keeping a regular check on the property. Many owners ask why they have to pay an annual fee and often request rentals and/or cleaning services only. Yes, we can offer a good rentals and cleaning contract, however owners still expect us to be ‘on call’ when any problems arise. We offer a broad range of services and price discounts under an annual management contract, but unfortunately we cannot offer these services for free! - You get what you pay for.
If you do decide to make your property in North Cyprus available to rent and do not live in the area, then a property managment contract is a MUST. Many people try to 'cut corners' and save themselves money by not taking out yearly contracts - opting for rental advertising & obtaining bookings only and finding their own cleaners/maintenance people, but this can often prove to be false economy.
Many owners will find that 'the lady down the road' offers cheap changeover cleans, but this can also lead to problems if the standards are not high. Holiday makers expect high standards from their rental properties and our cleaners all have an exceptionally good reputation for their cleaning and laundry services. Our cleaners send us reports after every clean, so we know immediately whether we can return damage deposits, if there are any problems at the villa, or any breakages have occurred during the rental period.
There is a vast difference between a legal and professional property management company and your ‘friend’ down the road. How are you going to deal with that friend when things go wrong – after all he’s doing you a favour isn’t he?
Unfortunately, in order to ‘cut costs’, many owners choose the friend first, and switch to a professional company when things start to go wrong. Many owners who have tried to cut corners tell stories of properties being rented without owners knowledge, ‘managers’ taking money for rentals and then disappearing, properties not being satisfactorily cleaned when guests arrive, and worse still a couple of occasions when clients have booked and paid for a holiday and arrive to find there are no keys available and they are unable to contact the ‘manager’ who rented it to them.
All of these services and more can be provided by a good property management company in Northern Cyprus, so if your property is important to you, please contact us for details and prices.
We are also available to take on new private properties to meet the ever increasing demand for holiday rentals & long term lets. See our Lettings Management Services
Letting Advice from Top earning holiday property owners:
1. Invest sufficient time, money and effort in marketing your property to the right target audience. Decide who your potential customers are and make sure you reach them; either through a reputable letting agent, newspaper/magazine advertising or the Internet.
2. If you are an absentee owner make sure you employ a totally reliable and trustworth on the spot property manager or property management company to deal with everything from key handovers and routine maintenance work to out-of-hours emergencies. Leaking taps, toilets that don't flush and swimming pools topped with green slime all need to be sorted before your letting business takes a nose dive!
3. Splash out on a few inexpensive extras which make a great impression on visitors and often lead to repeat business; a bottle of wine chilling in the fridge, some nice smellies in the bathroom and a few free loo rolls don't cost much but can make all the difference in the world in terms of getting your guests off to a good start.
4. Never try to cut corners when it comes to cleaning. There's no greater turn-off for visitors than someone else's hair in the plug holes and sticky sweet papers lurking under the beds.
5. Provide a genuinely useful welcome pack with details of how everything works in the villa, emergency phone numbers (doctor, ambulance, police, fire brigade), maps and leaflets for recommended restaurants and local attractions etc.