Rent Ready Standards
Getting Your Property Rent Ready
We are committed to providing safe, clean, and properly maintained homes to our tenants.
In order to comply with Alberta Minimum Housing Standards, the Residential Tenancies Act, and Davies Management standards, the below items must be completed before we will advertise and rent a property.
Pre-Listing Requirements
- Property professionally cleaned and free of trash and debris, inside and outside
- HVAC system in good operating condition, with a new filter installed
- All mechanical elements, including appliances, operating as designed
- Caulking in kitchen and bathrooms clean and free of mildew
- Doors and locks functioning properly
- Windows open, close, and lock properly, with window screens in good condition
Full Rent Ready Requirements
In order to comply with internal, Provincial, and Municipal rental housing requirements, including Alberta's Residential Tenancies Act, every property must meet the below list in order to be fully advertised and considered “Rent-Ready.”
Requirements
- Professionally cleaned to “Hotel Room Clean” standard
- Carpet professionally cleaned and looking fresh
- All painted surfaces fresh with no mismatched touch-up areas; repainting must be done corner to corner
- All bedroom windows must have vertical or mini-blinds
- No personal property or items in the unit (includes furniture, knickknacks, toiletries, shower curtains, tissue boxes, kitchen or bathroom items, soap dispensers, pictures, etc.)
- No lawn equipment including mowers or tools
- Garage floor swept
- No exterior debris
- Lawn cut and trimmed
- Landscaping fresh and clean
- Carbon monoxide detectors installed within 15 feet of each bedroom (wall/ceiling mounted only; no plug-in units)
- Smoke detector on each floor
- Smoke detector in each bedroom
- Back sliding or balcony door must have vertical blinds
- All light bulbs working
- Doors open and close smoothly, with doorstops installed on all doors
- Bathroom caulking fresh and free of mildew
- All mechanical components working as designed (HVAC, plumbing, electrical systems, kitchen appliances, laundry appliances, sump pumps, water softeners, sprinkler systems, gas fireplaces, water filtration systems, etc.)
- Safety railings secure
- Wood-burning fireplace(s), if operational, clean of debris and equipped with a fireplace screen or heat-proof glass doors. If non-operational, the fireplace opening must be permanently sealed with an aesthetically pleasing material.
Recommendations
- All windows (except basement windows) should have vertical or mini-blinds or curtain rods
- No draperies on windows
- All windows must have bug screens
This list is not meant to cover every make-ready requirement, but it highlights some of the most important and often overlooked items.