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All routine maintenance
Everyday upkeep is ours: the repairs, the tradespeople, the parts, the lawn, the gutters, the filters. A repair is reported to us and dealt with by us, and the bill stays with us too.
What we handle
The work that keeps the payment coming.
A nonprofit ministry uses the home for its program, and the lease is a community service rather than a commercial one. Everything the house needs, from the phone calls to the tradespeople to the leaking pipe on a Sunday, is on this list and it is ours.
02
The bills that come with the house
Water, power, and the ordinary running costs of the occupied home are ours for the length of the lease. The bills stay in our name and you do not receive them.
03
Clean, and kept up daily
The home is kept clean and orderly, tidier than most households, and the people living there keep it that way. Every property is kept up daily, at all times.
04
Condition, kept to a standard
Regular checks are made and written down. Gutters are cleared, the lawn is kept, paint is touched in, filters are changed. The house is looked after while it is in our hands.
05
A house manager, on the ground
One person is responsible for the home day to day: who is there, how the property is kept, and what needs attention. That is the person the household answers to, and the person who reports to us.
06
Damage, put right at our cost
If a program participant causes damage, it is repaired at our cost and the house is put right, if any. Ordinary wear over a lease is normal and expected. Anything beyond that is ours to fix.
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Good order inside and out
The home is kept in good order inside and out, which is how a property stays on good terms with the street it sits on. A neighbor with anything to raise has a number that reaches us.
A home that is lived in is a home that is looked after — every day, in good order, by the people living in it.
And what stays with you
Three things the lease never touches.
The title of the property
The house never changes hands. The lease gives us use of the property for the term; it does not give us any interest in it beyond that.
Insurance and your lender
Those stay yours, and you should speak to your insurer and your lender about how the home is used. We will give them whatever they ask for, promptly and in writing.
Alterations and structure
We do not alter the house. Anything beyond ordinary upkeep is put to you as a conversation first, in writing, and the decision stays yours.
Tell us about the house you have.
Where it is and what condition it is in is enough to start. We will tell you plainly what we see, and what the lease would pay.
