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How to keep tenants happy during building renovation

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Rami Tawasha

Renting out your property to different tenants is a profitable business but every once in a while, you need to carry out different types of renovations to properly maintain the construction. This phase is usually very tricky since you have to carry out all the renovation work while keeping your tenants happy at the same time. The best way in this regard is to work everything out and devise an effective strategy or renovation plan by dividing the entire project into smaller modules. Moreover, while working on building renovation, rather than hiring different parties for different jobs, the best option is to hire the services of a general contractor to take care of the whole project.

As far as keeping your tenants happy during the building renovations is concerned, it is a really tricky business. But when you make the right schedule and distribute the work accordingly, things become much easier. A few ways that might help keep your tenants happy while you are working on a renovation project are discussed below for your convenience.

You need to inform all your tenants properly before you even think about starting a renovation project. You need to come up with a context that convinces the tenants that the renovation work is being carried out for their own good. It is very important since you have to convince all the tenants that you are doing this solely for their own benefit. Once you have told all the folks about the upcoming project, you need to give them a proper schedule so that they might able to adjust to it by making the appropriate changes in their timetables. Keep in mind that hiring a general contractor in San Fransisco to carry out any work without informing the tenants can prove to be a very bad decision since it might be frustrating and irritating for them.

It is a pretty unfortunate fact that regardless of how hard you try, some of your tenants are never going to be patient about your building renovation project. So as a reaction, they are going to yell at you and make different kinds of other complaints as well. That is where you have to step up and be the bigger man. You need to be very patient with them and listen to whatever they have to say to sustain your business. Remember that mishandling anything is very easy yet it delivers some very destructive outcomes. On the other hand, the best solution to every problem is to resolve it most amicably to avoid any inconveniences later on. So the best strategy to deal with any angry tenants is to stay calm and listen to whatever they have to say with an open heart. You also need to ensure them that all of their reservations are noted and would be taken care of on a prompt basis.

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This post was last modified on January 6, 2025 9:22 am

Rami Tawasha

A highly motivated and experienced civil engineer with more than 20 years in the construction industry, Rami Tawasha serves as a senior project manager at Constructive Solutions, Inc., a commercial general contractor based in San Mateo, San Jose and San Francisco. Proficient in a broad range of services from design-build and seismic retrofit to tenant improvement and renovation for corporate offices, medical facilities, industrial, hospitality centers, and retail spaces across the San Francisco Bay Area.

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