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Maintenance and repairs

How a repair gets from your tenant's request to a finished job, who does the work, and when we ask you first.

One repair, start to finish

Every routine request follows the same five steps.

  1. Your tenantThe request comes inYour tenant submits it with photos in Property Meld, our online maintenance portal, or calls during office hours.
  2. Within 2 business daysWe review itWe read the request and decide how urgent it is.
  3. NextA vendor is sentWe dispatch an outside vendor and schedule access with your tenant.
  4. On the vendor's scheduleThe work gets doneIt can take a few days. Ordered parts or your approval on a bigger repair can add time.
  5. Before we payWe check the invoiceThe repair shows on your monthly statement, and the vendor's invoice is in your Owner Portal.

Emergencies do not wait

Tenants can call 719.581.RENT any time. Colorado law sets short repair deadlines, and a written report, including a portal request, starts the clock.

  • 24 hours to contact the tenant with an estimate of when work will start and finish.
  • 24 hours to start work on a life, health or safety problem, such as no heat in cold weather, a gas leak or no running water.
  • 72 hours to start work on other livability problems.

These repairs do not wait for the routine review or for your approval.

The numbers owners ask about

We ask you first above$2,000

For any single repair or maintenance item expected to cost more than this, unless your agreement sets a different amount.

Repair markup7%, max $70

On each outside vendor invoice, capped per work order. It pays for running maintenance. There is no separate coordination fee.

Who does the workOutside vendors

Eclipse has no in-house maintenance crew. Vendors are chosen for price and quality, not to keep work in-house.

Emergency line24/7

Your tenant calls 719.581.RENT.

Included inspectionsEvery quarter

An exterior drive-by each quarter, an interior walk-through each year, and a move-out inspection, all in the management fee.

Extra inspections$97

Per added interior inspection you request, up to once a quarter, with a photo report.

Amounts shown are for our Landlord plan. See the other plans on our pricing page.

Your approval

When we call you first

We get your approval before any single repair expected to cost more than your maintenance limit. We ask by email, text or the Owner Portal and say when we need an answer. If we have not heard back in two business days, we make the call for you.

Your agreement lists repairs we handle without waiting, such as heating, water heaters, leaks and emergencies. The law makes urgent livability repairs the owner's expense.

Between tenants

Turnovers and upkeep

When a tenant moves out, we have the home professionally cleaned, finish routine turnover work, and flag updates worth making, such as flooring or paint.

We mail furnace filters to your tenant three times a year to help your heating system last. Damage a tenant causes is charged to the tenant at the vendor's invoice.

More answers: When will you call me before a repair? · What is the 7% repair markup? · How the money moves · All owner questions

Other parts of the job: Rent collection · Tenant screening · Accounting and owner reports · Marketing and leasing

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