We take pride in all of our Tallahassee rental homes and constantly work to ensure maintenance issues are resolved as quickly as possible. Because we are not in the homes on a regular basis, we’ve outlined a few helpful maintenance tips so that you can keep an eye on things and make sure small issues don’t become major problems for you down the road. Of course, if you do find yourself in need of maintenance for your rental unit, simply complete our Maintenance Form Request.

If the air conditioning unit is not cooling, check your filters. If dust or debris has clogged them, you should replace them. In the case that you do not have any extras, take the ones you have outside, sweep the dust off with a broom and replace them. If the unit cannot get enough air, it tends to freeze up. If you see ice build up on the inside/outside units, set the cooling system to OFF and the fan setting (auto/on) to ON. This will allow the unit to melt the ice build-up (it takes at least two hours for the ice to melt on the coil). Finally, replace air filters every 3 weeks, or sooner, during high use periods.

Let us know if it is a disposer that is clogged, tub drain/lavatory drain, a toilet that runs, a broken flush arm, or if the toilet is stopped up. If we know in advance, the service man will have the parts needed and the problem will be solved in one trip.

Remember that a ground fault interrupter (see left) protects the outlets in the bathrooms and it trips the outlets when an overload occurs. This type of outlet, if not in the bathroom itself, is located in the garage and must be reset by pushing the little button in the center of the outlet that is sticking out in order for the bath outlets to work again (often colored red).

A similar outlet is located on the wall closest to the kitchen sink. Familiarize yourself with this outlet so that you know what it looks like.