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Installing Ceiling Fans in Your Delta Rental Properties

Handyman Installing a Delta Fan in Delta If you own Delta rental properties, chances are great that at one point, you’ve asked yourself whether or not you should install ceiling fans in some or all of the rooms. This issue can be a dilemma to resolve on the account that, given how tough some tenants can be on a rental home, many landlords see the potential for ceiling fans to be damaged or broken. But still, even bestowed that possibility, there are however good rationales to look into installing ceiling fans in your rental properties. By finding out regarding all the whys and wherefores, with all its advantages and disadvantages of doing so, you can more decidedly solve the ceiling fan question.

There are many advantages to installing ceiling fans in your rental properties. Seemingly the most significant payoff is that, doubtlessly, renters want them. Particular renters will not consider a rental home that doesn’t have ceiling fans in the bedrooms, if not the main living areas. Numerous people wish to circulate the air in their homes at night or anytime it starts to feel stuffy. And if your rental has multiple bedrooms and residents, having ceiling fans in each room warrants that each resident is able to enjoy them to intensify their comfort.

Not only do ceiling fans help make residents comfortable, but at the same time, they are additionally much more economical than central air. In locales with mild summers, a ceiling fan may be all your residents need to stay comfortable over the year. But in fact, even in hot climates, a ceiling fan can help make air conditioning units operate more effectively and reduce the need to run the air conditioning the whole year. In the winter, ceiling fans push warm air down into the rooms, and in the summer, they pull hot air up and out. This can further lower utility costs and strain on your HVAC unit, extending the life of this rather essential system.

Certainly, in keeping with all these advantages, there are sadly some downsides to putting ceiling fans in your rental properties. Most commonly, one visible drawback is that ceiling fans can often be inclined to be a noisy problem eventually. A correctly installed ceiling fan should cause very little noise. Though over the course of time, the blades can move and could be unbalanced, which can result in undesirable noises that your renters might not like.

Another conceivable disadvantage in connection with ceiling fans is the lighting quality and entire aesthetic. Cheap ceiling fans can look flimsy and can totally make a rental home’s interiors look off-balance or old swiftly. It’s critical to pick quality ceiling fans that are the right size for the given space since going too large or too small will turn potential renters away. Additionally, ceiling fans are not oftentimes the appropriate source of ideal light. Most ceiling fans have frosted lighting covers or exposed bulbs that can keep a room either really dark or too bright. Particular higher-quality fans offer multi-function lighting, where you can select which bulbs are lit at any one time, although these will cost more upfront.

It’s vital to note that there is often the probability of damage or breakage. People or objects may hit the ceiling fan and damage glass shades or the blades themselves, rendering the fan unserviceable. But, some landlords ascertain that such occurrences are rather seldom. Integrating a good-quality ceiling fan generally more than pays for itself by making their rental property really easy to keep occupied and resided.

 

Finally, the decision to install ceiling fans in your rental properties is one that only you can make. Although now that you have the information you need, that choice would be surely an easy one. Not all decisions related to your rental properties are easy, which is why you might want some expert advice on other questions from time to time. If that is the case, consider giving Real Property Management Now a call. Our Delta property managers can help you not only manage your properties more efficiently but also ensure that you are maximizing the potential of each one of your investments. Call us today at 970-314-7123 to find out how!

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