Two repairs, one move-in date: getting a Windermere rental ready for its tenant

A rental home MaxLife Realty manages in the Bellaria community in Windermere had a new tenant on the way. About two weeks before move-in, the AC condensate drain clogged and the evaporator coil froze solid. When the ice thawed, the water had nowhere to go but out: it came through a bedroom ceiling, split the drywall seam beside a supply vent, and soaked the carpet.

For an owner, that is the worst kind of timing. A rental only earns money once someone is living in it, and a tenant with a move-in date does not wait for repairs. The job was not just fixing the damage. It was fixing it fast enough that move-in day did not move.

The AC problem came first. With the drain cleared and the system working again, the focus moved to the rooms it had flooded: carpet and pad out, the wet ceiling section marked for drywall repair, and drying equipment set up.

Then, as soon as the AC repair was finished, the roof started leaking. Water was getting in at the joint where the tile roof meets a second-story stucco wall. The same property now needed a second, unrelated repair, this time at the roofline, and roofers went up to fix it while the interior work continued.