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Resident Responsibilities

At SimplyHome, We Cover Many Of Your Home’s Maintenance Needs!

Here’s a quick guide to see what you are responsible for, and what we are:

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Residents

  • Change Light Bulbs
  • Minor Toilet & Drain Clogs
  • Replace Smoke Detector Batteries
  • Sprinkler Heads
  • Mulch and Weed Flower Beds
  • Trim Trees and Hedges
  • Reset Breaker and GFCI
  • Interior Pest Control
  • Replace Damaged Blinds
  • Locked Out— Call a Locksmith

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SimplyHome

  • Exterior structure of the home
  • Major plumbing
  • Major electrical
  • Heating/Cooling
  • Windows
  • Appliances provided by SimplyHome
  • Fences
  • Roof
  • Irrigation System repairs
  • Wood-eating termite and rodent control

Keep in mind, our residents do share some responsibility with the up-keep and general maintenance as notated in the lease agreement. Please see below.

* If you suspect a termite or rodent problem, please submit a maintenance work order as soon as possible.

* Insurance covering personal belongings should be always maintained. In the event of a maintenance emergency that causes damage to your possessions, residents should contact their insurance company for assessment and reimbursement.

* Be mindful that every work order is subject to be charged back in case the repair was part of resident responsibilities.

General

  • Replace damaged blinds
  • Tighten door knobs
  • Replace lost keys
  • If locked out, call/pay for locksmith services
  • Replace light bulbs (standard size is 60-watt)
  • Replace smoke detector batteries (standard size is 9-volt)
  • If you have a standard air filter in your house (these are found in the ceiling), replace every 30 days. Media filters will be replaced by SimplyHome.

Plumbing

  • Unclog minor toilet and drain clogs
  • Replace damaged toilet seats and flush valves

Electrical

  • Reset breaker and GFCI switches

 

Irrigation

  • Residents are responsible for setting & controlling their own sprinklers
  • If sprinkler heads are damaged by the resident, repairs must be conducted by a professional service provider

Landscape

  • Mulch and weed flowerbeds
  • Trim trees and hedges
  • Remove pet waste

Pest Control

  • Periodic, preventative and extermination costs are at the resident’s expense. Wood-eating termites and rodent control are SimplyHome responsibility. If you suspect a problem, please submit a maintenance work order as soon as possible. 

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