Landlord Repairs & Making Good in Upminster
When something breaks in a rental property, the cost isn’t just the repair — it’s the tenant who won’t renew, the letting agent chasing for an update and the landlord managing all of it from a distance. Total Property Services handles repairs and making good for landlords and letting agents across Upminster, Hornchurch, Romford and the wider Havering area, with fast attendance, tidy work and photos sent to you the moment the job is done.
What We Repair
Most rental repair jobs are small — but they still need doing properly, and they still need someone reliable to do them. We cover the everyday list, including:
- Leaks, dripping taps and plumbing repairs
- Doors, locks, handles and ironmongery
- Plasterwork, patching and making good after other trades
- Cracked tiles, sealant and grout refreshes
- Flooring repairs and replacements
- Painting and decorating touch-ups
- Gutters, fascias and external repairs
- Fencing, gates and shed repairs
- The full snag list from a checkout report
Making Good That Actually Ends the Job
“Making good” is where most landlord repair jobs fall down — and it’s the part that costs you twice. A hole gets filled, but the paint doesn’t match. A pipe gets fixed, but the skirting is left scarred. Two weeks later there’s still a decorator to book, a second set of access arrangements to make with your tenant, and a tenant who’s stopped believing the work will ever be finished.
For landlords and letting agents across Upminster, Hornchurch, Romford and the wider Havering area, that two-trades-for-one-job problem is exactly what we remove. Total Property Services completes making good properly as part of the same visit: fill, sand and paint to match the existing finish, plaster blended so you can’t find the seam, and skirting, tiles and sealant finished to the same standard as the repair underneath it. When we leave, the job is finished — which means no half-done snag list, no second visit to arrange, and no follow-up invoice for “the decorating bit”.
It’s a small difference that shows up everywhere: in your property’s photos when it’s next listed, in how quickly your tenant renews, and in the absence of “works still outstanding” comments on your next inspection report. It’s the difference between a repairs service and property maintenance done properly.
Built for Checkout Reports and Deposit Disputes
If you’ve ever worked through a checkout report, you’ll know how it goes: a list of fifteen items, ranging from a scuffed door to a whole room of marked walls, each one needing a different trade to quote and fix. Most landlords either pay for work they don’t strictly need or leave items untouched and lose the argument at deposit time.
Send us the checkout report and we’ll work through it line by line — quoting and completing each item, and flagging anything we honestly think is over-reach before you spend money on it. Before, during and after photos on every job, plus an itemised invoice that matches the report line for line, so your paper trail is built as the work happens rather than assembled afterwards.
That matters most when a deposit dispute arises. Whether you’re evidencing works for a tenant deposit scheme adjudication or simply justifying the spend against dilapidations to a former tenant, your evidence — the report, the itemised invoice and the photographic record — is already in your inbox, matched up and ready to send. It’s the same standard we apply to letting agents’ work orders across Romford, Upminster and the surrounding area, and it’s one of the main reasons agents keep sending us their landlords’ repairs.
When It Can't Wait - Get Fast Attendance
A leak is urgent; a sticky door isn’t. We triage every job honestly: anything that risks water damage, security or tenant safety gets attended as a priority, and everything else gets a realistic slot that we actually keep. We arrange access directly with your tenant or agent, so you never have to become a diary middleman. With us being based in Upminster we can be quick to respond and have support and contract with Trusted Upminster trades people.
One Invoice, One Point of Contact
Plenty of “small jobs” turn out to need three trades — a plumber, a plasterer and a decorator. Instead of you booking and chasing each one, we handle the whole thing as a single job with a single itemised invoice. That’s the whole point of landlord property maintenance done properly.
1. Get in touch
Call 07887 505998 or send us the details — a checkout report, an agent’s work order or simply a list of jobs. We’ll arrange access directly with your tenant or agent if needed.
2. A clear quote
We assess the work and give you a straightforward, itemised quote. No hidden extras, no vague day rates.
3. Job done, with proof
We complete the work, tidy up, and send you photos and an itemised invoice. Your property is ready to let — and you never had to leave your desk.