What Is a Caretaker?
Caretakers are professionals that visit a tenancy on a regular basis to ensure that the property is being operated in line with the guidance given by the owners or managers. These goals can be to maintain the property so that issues are fixed before they become major problems, or it can be to ensure that the property or site is an attractive space at all times.
Focused Solutions differs from any other property maintenance companies, by offering our bespoke caretaker service. Caretakers are hired to handle the regular upkeep of properties on behalf of the owner. The work they undertake includes cleaning, gardening, testing safety fixtures and general repair and upkeep of your property in addition to making sure that you comply with current legislation. Our caretaker service is designed to be specific to your requirements, as the responsibilities of the caretaker are based on the type, size and use of the property. We have a team of multi skilled caretakers delivering a wide and comprehensive range of services that cover multiple disciplines, which means less disruption for you and reduced costs.
Focused Solutions’ property caretakers can be hired to work in a wide range of settings. This includes private homes, care homes, assisted living facilities, offices, schools, university accommodation, private rentals, housing associations, social housing, nurseries and any other multiple occupancy building. We can also be booked by letting and estate agents to look after rental properties, including vacant buildings.
A Focused Solutions caretaker can carry out a wide array of tasks in and around the property. In addition to the general upkeep of the building and grounds, our caretaker service includes the following:
- Light Carpentry -Repairing fences and doors.
- Gardening and Landscaping – Our caretakers are able to cut grass, trim hedges, prune trees and clean up and dispose of garden waste.
- Window Installation – We can maintain or clean windows in the property, and make sure that they open and close correctly, and have security locks if necessary.
- Drain Care – Our caretaker service can include clearing out and maintaining drains on your property.
- Basic Masonry Work – We can inspect and care for stone masonry in the garden and around the entrance to the building.
- Checking Alarms – We can carry out regular checks on any safety fixtures, including smoke and burglar alarms and carbon monoxide detectors. In addition we can check sprinkler systems in the building.
- Replace Broken Tiles – Caretakers can check the tiling on the property, and arrange for professionals to come and fix broken tiling.
- Basic Plumbing – Our caretaker service includes small repairs such as fixing broken taps, and caring for central heating systems.
- Minor Repairs – We can carry out small repairs around the property, such as replacing light bulbs, replacing door handles and rehanging doors. We can also fix loose carpeting and make sure the property is safe.
- Book and Liaise with Tradespeople – If there are major problems on the property that require the skills of a professional tradesman, your caretaker will liaise with our management team to arrange with you what works need to be carried out. This can be at the time of the caretaker visit or rebooked at a time convenient to you and your property, as well we will give you regular feedback on how the work is progressing.
If you book our caretaker service, we will regularly monitor your property, this is normally on a monthly basis, but can be more frequently if required. Our caretaker will inspect your property and carry out minor repairs, such as fixing faulty taps, cutting grass, fixing doors, painting, cleaning drains, washing windows and checking smoke alarms. If there are any bigger issues, we will let you know what the problem is, and what solutions we can offer to fix it. This service means that you do not have to deal with multiple service providers, as we have a roster of highly skilled tradespeople that we work with on a regular basis. So if your property has a plumbing problem, we have a local professional who can fix it quickly, so that your tenants are not inconvenienced. If your properties are not visited regularly by you or your management team, our caretakers become your eyes and ears on the ground, highlighting potential issues before they arise.
Property caretakers are responsible for the upkeep of the inside and the outside of properties, and improving the condition of the building and grounds. They can work alone, or as part of a team, if you have multiple occupancy buildings. A property caretaker can also help with clearing out rubbish, caring for plants and will have a background in caring for and maintaining properties.
Hiring a caretaker for your property can be stressful, as you want to make sure that the person looking after your building, and ensuring the safety of your residents is reliable, skilled and trustworthy.
Focused Solutions makes the process easier, as we carry out background checks on our caretaking staff, to make sure that they are qualified and dependable. For our schools, social housing, nurseries and assisted living properties our staff and network tradespeople are enhanced DBS cleared giving added peace of mind. Our caretakers can be booked for residential properties across the UK.
At Focused Solutions, we believe that booking our caretaker service will not just benefit your residents, it will add value to your property, as there will always be someone there to spot issues, and fix them, before they become problematic and expensive to fix.
We choose caretakers that have great interpersonal skills, can solve problems, pay attention to detail and are great at multitasking. They can work alone or as part of a team, can be flexible in their working hours, and are happy working indoors and outside.
Contact Focused Solutions to Discuss Our Caretaking Service
If you think that your property can benefit from our specialised caretaker service, contact Focused Solutions now so we can discuss your needs.
