Smoke Alarm Batteries
Smoke Alarm Batteries A smoke alarm with a dead cell is a plastic disc. Student houses cook at odd hours, overload cheap…
Tenant Guides
Sage if They Already Use It
Sage if They Already Use It Some owners already have Sage — Business Cloud Accounting, or Pastel on a desktop — because…
Xero for a Landlord
Xero for a Landlord PropertyCare is the operations desk: tickets, quotes, invoices we raise, materials, readings. It is not Xero. Xero is…
Drain Tools
Drain Tools A slow shower in a student house is usually hair and soap in the trap. A downstairs floor drain that…
Bathroom Silicone
Bathroom Silicone A black line at the shower tray in a student bathroom is often failed sealant, sometimes a leak, and occasionally…
Padlocks for Meter Boxes
Padlocks for Meter Boxes A meter box on a Durban student house is where the municipal or prepaid meter, and sometimes a…
Light Bulbs for Common Areas
Light Bulbs for Common Areas A dark stair in a Berea or Glenwood house is a fall and a security problem, not…
Tap Washers and Olives
Tap Washers and Olives A dripping basin in a Durban student room is usually a washer, an olive, or a tap that…
Load-Shedding and Water Interruptions in Shared Housing
What to prepare before the power goes, what is genuinely dangerous, how to look after the geyser and the fridge, and how…
Reporting a Fault So It Actually Gets Fixed
A good fault report gets the right person to your door with the right part. What to include, how to judge urgency…