Introduction Every PG has house rules. Fewer have house rules that anyone follows. The laminated list on the notice board gets ignored, the rule about guests gets bent, and the rule about noise gets noticed only when someone complains. Then the owner either lets it slide or gets strict all at once, and tenants feel […]
Introduction Most PG owners say they listen to their tenants. In practice, “listening” often means whoever complains loudest gets a reply, and everyone else stays silent until the day they give notice. By then, the feedback arrives in the form of an empty bed. A PG tenant feedback system fixes that. It gives you a […]
A tap washer here, a fan capacitor there, a mattress that needs replacing, a geyser that has died for the third time this year. None of these repairs looks big on its own. Add them up at the end of the year and PG maintenance cost is often one of the largest expenses after rent […]
Introduction A tenant tells the caretaker the bathroom tap in Room 204 is leaking. The caretaker says he’ll tell you. You’re busy, so you forget. Two weeks later the tenant brings it up again, now annoyed, and the water bill has crept up too. A PG maintenance log is how you stop that cycle. It’s […]
Introduction Before you put lakhs into a new building, beds, furniture and a kitchen, one question matters more than any other: how long will it take to get your money back? That’s your PG business payback period. Plenty of owners guess it based on what a friend told them, then find out a year later […]
Introduction Picture this. It’s the 1st of the month, and you’re trying to work out who has paid rent. The register is missing a few pages, a tenant says he paid UPI last week, and your manager is on leave with the only spreadsheet on his phone. Nobody can prove anything. This is what poor […]
