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Are Your Residents Damaging Your Flushing Bathroom and Don’t Even Know It?

Flushing Landlord Fixing a Sink in the BathroomIt is likely that your renters are damaging the bathrooms in your single-family rental homes without even understanding it. Even worthy tenants can unintentionally damage bathroom elements or fixtures. The main causes of accidental bathroom damage are often a lack of regular maintenance or using the wrong cleaning products. By aiding tenants to figure out how to appropriately care for the bathrooms on the property, Flushing rental property landlords can prevent a lot of costly upkeeps later on.

Regular maintenance and cleaning are the answers to retaining a bathroom’s excellent condition. But there is no assurance that a tenant will understand the correct manner of maintaining and cleaning a bathroom. They might unintentionally damage a bathroom’s fixtures and elements.

For instance, hard water (water with a high mineral content) is popular in a lot of regions around the nation.
This kind of water can induce mineral deposits to grow in and near plumbing and fixtures, affecting
rubber seals (making them deteriorate), rust fittings, and leaving behind an unattractive ring in tubs, toilets, and sinks.
Hard water can lead to leaky pipes, toilets, and faucets. It can also cause showers to lose water pressure. If
left untreated, it can permanently stain bathroom surfaces, getting them to look nasty.

Regular maintenance is an essential part of preventing a little rust or hard water deposit from becoming a
huge problem. In the shower, simply sanitizing the shower head and the faucet on a regular basis with
vinegar can guarantee that they function correctly and that the water pressure stays steady. But
most household cleaning products will not extract hard water buildup, and neither will abrasive sponges
or scrub brushes. To clean fixtures without damaging them, tenants must understand the right method
to perform or they may accidentally do more harm than good.

Other elements of a bathroom that often sustain accidental damage are cabinets and floors. Since they are so close to a lot of water sources, water damage in a bathroom is always a concern. A small leak under
a bathroom cabinet or a dripping faucet may not be given priority by a tenant, but even small leaks
are critical warning signs that something has failed with the plumbing and should be tackled immediately.
Otherwise, the moisture from the leak could lead to damaged cabinets and, if ignored long enough, damage to the flooring or even the subfloor beneath the bathroom’s tile or laminate.

Utilizing the wrong cleaning products on cabinets and floors is another common cause of accidental
harm. Many tenants want to keep their rental home spotless and in excellent condition, but they may
employ harsh chemicals or other cleaning products that end up stripping the varnish off a wooden
cabinet or compromising the seal on a tile floor. Exposed wood and grout are far more susceptible to
mold and other moisture-related problems, and can swiftly become, not only a mess, but also a health
hazard.

It’s crucial for property owners to see to it that their tenants have an excellent comprehension of right
bathroom maintenance and cleaning. But educating them and making sure that the processes are being accomplished can be arduous and may run the risk of souring the landlord-tenant relationship. Having an expert educate the tenants about property upkeep is one of the finest methods that would get the job done and keep good tenant relations at the same time. At Real Property Management New York Gold, we can bring the information tenants need and the supervision that property owners want. This will guarantee that each rental home is kept in the finest order. Contact us online or call our office at 347-905-5770 and see how we can help make your rental property ventures go smoothly and profitably.

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