Property maintenance for real estate agencies

One accountable partner for every property in your portfolio.

AFS coordinates maintenance from first report to verified handover—giving property managers one reliable point of contact, clear job visibility and builder-led quality control.

See our coverage How each job runs
One contactLess contractor chasing and handballing.
Clear progressScope, approvals and status kept visible.
Verified finishQuality checks, evidence and close-out.

Built for property managers

Maintenance without the coordination drag.

AFS replaces a fragmented chain of separate trades with one accountable delivery structure—right-sized for a minor repair and capable enough for a complex, multi-trade scope.

01 / TIME

Less administration

One lead coordinates access, trades, sequencing and follow-up, reducing the load on your property management team.

02 / CONTROL

Clearer decisions

Defined scopes, pricing basis, approvals and managed variations keep each work order commercially legible.

03 / QUALITY

Reliable close-out

Builder-led oversight, completion checks and reporting create a cleaner handover for owners, tenants and managers.

Maintenance coverage

From the very small to the multi-trade and complex.

AFS supports the common maintenance needs across residential and commercial property portfolios, then scales the team and supervision to suit the work.

01

Responsive maintenance and minor repairs

Everyday property issues, defects, rectification and make-good work that needs prompt, practical coordination.

02

Finishing and specialist trades

Painting, plasterboard and internal linings, tiling, external works and other established trade packages.

03

Property improvement and refurbishment

Pre-sale preparation, tenancy make-goods, presentation upgrades and coordinated improvement works.

04

Complex and multi-trade scopes

Work requiring inspection, sequencing, multiple specialists and accountable builder-grade oversight from start to finish.

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AFS provides one point of coordination across the work. Regulated and specialist services are completed by appropriately qualified providers.

01 / General building

  • General building maintenance
  • Household repairs
  • Handyman works
  • Minor building works
  • Defect rectification
  • Preventive maintenance
  • Reactive maintenance
  • Insurance repairs
  • Structural inspection coordination
  • Walls, ceilings and cornices
  • Plasterboard and internal linings
  • Render, masonry and brickwork
  • Concrete and paving
  • Trip-hazard rectification
  • Carpentry and joinery
  • Cabinetry, cupboards and drawers
  • Shelving
  • Doors and hardware
  • Windows and flyscreens
  • Glazing coordination
  • Stairs, handrails and balustrades
  • Decks, verandas and pergolas
  • Sheds and outbuildings

02 / Painting and finishes

  • Interior painting
  • Exterior painting
  • Touch-ups
  • Patch-and-paint works
  • Rental make-good painting
  • Graffiti removal and repainting
  • Timber coatings and staining
  • Caulking and sealants
  • Wall and floor tiling
  • Cracked tiles
  • Regrouting
  • Silicone replacement
  • Waterproofing
  • Carpet repairs and replacement
  • Vinyl flooring
  • Laminate flooring
  • Timber floors
  • Skirting boards
  • Ceiling tiles
  • Blinds and curtains

03 / Plumbing and drainage

  • Leaking taps and mixers
  • Tapware replacement
  • Toilets and cisterns
  • Basins, sinks and laundry troughs
  • Showers and baths
  • Pipe-leak detection
  • Burst pipes
  • Water-pressure issues
  • Hot-water services
  • Blocked sinks and toilets
  • Blocked drains
  • Sewer blockages
  • Sewer-overflow coordination
  • Stormwater drainage
  • Gutters and downpipes
  • Rainwater tanks and pumps
  • Irrigation systems
  • Water-meter leak investigation
  • Septic-system coordination
  • Plumbing fixtures
  • Water-efficiency upgrades

04 / Electrical and lighting

  • Electrical faults
  • Power-outage investigation
  • Power points
  • Light switches
  • Interior lighting
  • Exterior lighting
  • Security lighting
  • Sensor lights
  • Ceiling fans
  • Exhaust fans
  • Switchboards
  • Safety switches and RCDs
  • Electrical safety checks
  • Doorbells
  • Intercoms
  • TV and data outlets
  • Solar-system fault coordination
  • Battery-system fault coordination

05 / Heating, cooling and appliances

  • Air-conditioner servicing
  • Split systems
  • Ducted systems
  • Evaporative cooling
  • Air-conditioner filters
  • Heating systems
  • Gas-heater servicing
  • Ventilation
  • Rangehoods
  • Ovens and cooktops
  • Dishwashers
  • Landlord-supplied appliances
  • Appliance replacements
  • Energy-efficient upgrades
  • Water-efficient upgrades

06 / Roofing, weatherproofing and moisture

  • Roof leaks
  • Roof tiles
  • Metal roofing
  • Flashings
  • Ridge capping
  • Roof plumbing
  • Fascias and eaves
  • Gutter cleaning and replacement
  • Downpipe clearing
  • Stormwater redirection
  • Weatherproofing
  • Draught sealing
  • Door and window seals
  • Water-ingress investigation
  • Rising damp
  • Salt damp and fretting masonry
  • Condensation management
  • Mould treatment
  • Mould-remediation coordination
  • Ventilation improvement
  • Wet-area leaks
  • Storm damage

07 / Gardens, yards and external areas

  • Lawn mowing and edging
  • Weeding
  • Hedge trimming
  • Shrub and fruit-tree pruning
  • Tree-limb removal
  • Arborist coordination
  • Garden beds and mulching
  • Green-waste removal
  • Leaf and debris removal
  • Yard clean-ups
  • Vacant-property garden resets
  • Irrigation maintenance
  • Landscaping
  • Retaining walls
  • Fences and gates
  • Clotheslines
  • Letterboxes
  • Driveways and pathways
  • Outdoor steps
  • Pressure cleaning
  • External rubbish removal
  • Bushfire fuel-load reduction
  • Long-grass slashing
  • Vegetation clearance
  • Defendable-space maintenance
  • Storm-season preparation
  • Gutter and roof-valley clearing

08 / Cleaning and presentation

  • General cleaning
  • Vacate cleaning
  • End-of-lease cleaning
  • Deep cleaning
  • Pre-tenancy cleaning
  • Common-area cleaning
  • Carpet cleaning
  • Upholstery cleaning
  • Window cleaning
  • Oven cleaning
  • Kitchen and bathroom detailing
  • Tile and grout cleaning
  • Pressure washing
  • Bin-area cleaning
  • Rubbish and hard-waste removal
  • Hoarding clean-up coordination
  • Graffiti removal
  • Odour treatment
  • Minor mould cleaning
  • Specialist contamination remediation

09 / Security, access and damage

  • Locks and keys
  • Rekeying coordination
  • Sticking doors
  • Security doors
  • Screen doors
  • Window latches
  • Garage doors
  • Automatic gates
  • Break-in repairs
  • Temporary boarding and make-safe
  • Broken-glass make-safe
  • Fence and gate security
  • Tenant-access coordination
  • Accessibility modifications
  • Grab rails
  • Handrails
  • Minor ramps
  • Mobility and access works

10 / Safety and compliance

  • Smoke-alarm testing and cleaning
  • Smoke-alarm replacement
  • Fire-hazard rectification
  • Emergency-egress works
  • Stair and balustrade safety
  • Pool fences and gates
  • Pool-barrier compliance coordination
  • Electrical safety coordination
  • Gas safety coordination
  • Asbestos assessment coordination
  • Asbestos make-safe coordination
  • Minimum-housing-standard rectification
  • Unsafe fixtures
  • Trip and fall hazards
  • Unsafe ceilings
  • Unsafe fences
  • Structural-defect make-safe

11 / Tenancy turnover and improvements

  • Rental make-good works
  • End-of-tenancy repairs
  • Tenant-damage repairs
  • Fair-wear-and-tear repairs
  • Pre-tenancy preparation
  • Pre-sale preparation
  • Vacant-property maintenance
  • Patch, paint and clean packages
  • Lock and key resets
  • Flooring refreshes
  • Kitchen refreshes
  • Bathroom refreshes
  • Laundry refreshes
  • Fixture and fitting replacement
  • Property presentation upgrades
  • Minor refurbishments
  • Multi-trade refurbishments
  • Defect-list completion
  • Inspection-item rectification

12 / Urgent and incident response

  • Urgent property make-safe
  • Burst-pipe response
  • Major water leaks
  • Sewer overflows
  • Roof leaks
  • Storm damage
  • Fallen trees and branches
  • Electrical hazards
  • Gas-leak trade coordination
  • Broken windows
  • Failed locks
  • Break-in damage
  • Fire-damage make-safe
  • Vehicle-impact damage
  • Flood and water-ingress clean-up
  • Emergency access restoration

Hello to handover

A clear path for every work order.

The same repeatable workflow keeps routine jobs moving and gives larger scopes the extra planning and supervision they require.

Report and triage

Capture the issue, urgency, property details and required outcome.

Inspect and scope

Assess the work, access needs, risks and required trades.

Price and approve

Provide a clear scope, commercial basis and delivery window.

Coordinate and deliver

Schedule access, deploy the right team and manage sequencing.

Check quality

Supervise the work and verify that the agreed outcome is complete.

Report and close

Provide completion evidence, documentation, invoicing and follow-up.

Portfolio visibility

Know what is happening, what is next and what is complete.

Transparency is built into the work—not added after it. AFS keeps ownership clear through scope, delivery, quality assurance and close-out.

Single point of accountability

One lead owns coordination from instruction through handover.

Scope and approval clarity

Work, pricing basis and expected outcomes are defined before delivery.

Status communication

Relevant progress, access needs and next steps stay visible.

Managed variations

Changed conditions are raised clearly before the scope moves.

Quality verification

Completion is checked against the agreed scope and required finish.

Close-out record

Evidence, documentation, invoicing and follow-up complete the job trail.

A dependable extension of your team

One contact for the next maintenance request—and the portfolio behind it.

AFS brings responsive coordination, capable trade delivery and accountable close-out to the ongoing maintenance needs of your property management team.

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