In order to comply with the California Warranty of Habitability, and Riverside Property Management standards, the below items must be completed before we will advertise and rent a property.

• Property professionally cleaned and free of trash and debris, inside and outside.
• HVAC system to be in good operating condition, with a new filter installed.
• All mechanical elements including appliances operating as designed.
• Caulking in kitchen and bathrooms shall be clean and free of mildew
• Doors and locks all functioning properly.
• Windows must open, close, and lock properly and window screens be in good condition.

In order to comply with both internal and state rental housing requirements, including the California Warranty of Habitability Requirements, every property must meet the below list in order to be fully advertised and be ‘Rent-Ready’.

Requirements:

1. Professionally cleaned to ‘Hotel Room Clean’
2. Carpet professionally cleaned and looking fresh
3. All painted surfaces fresh with no mis-match touch-up areas and repainting must be done corner to corner.
4. All bedroom windows must have vertical or mini-blinds or curtain rods.
5. No personal property or items in the unit. This includes furniture, knickknacks, toiletries, shower curtains, Kleenex boxes, kitchen or bathroom items, soap dispenser, pictures, etc.
6. No lawn equipment including mowers, tools, etc.
7. Garage floor swept
8. No exterior debris
9. Lawn cut and trimmed
10. Landscaping fresh and clean
11. Carbon monoxide detectors installed on each level of the home.
12. Smoke detectors in every bedroom and in every hallway off of a bedroom.
13. Back sliding door must have vertical blinds or curtain rods.
14. All light bulbs working
15. Doors open & close smoothly and doorstops installed on all doors
16. Bathroom caulking must be fresh and free of any mildew
17. All mechanical components working as designed. Includes HVAC, plumbing and electrical systems, kitchen appliances, laundry appliances, sump pumps, water softeners, sprinkler systems, swamp coolers, gas fireplaces, water filtration systems, etc.
18. Safety railings secure
19. Wood-burning fireplace(s), if operational, shall be clean of any debris and have a fireplace screen or heat-proof glass doors installed. 

Recommendations:

1. All windows should have vertical or mini blinds, or curtain rods
2. No draperies on windows
3. All windows should have screens

This list is not meant to cover each and make-ready required item, but it does list some of the most important and often overlooked.