Vacancy: Why It Happens and How We Prevent It

A week of vacancy might not seem like much. But stack that over a year or two and it eats into your return fast.

Vacancy isn’t always bad luck. Most of the time, it’s avoidable, with better planning, sharper pricing, and fewer excuses.

1. Poor Timing = Poor Results

End a lease mid-week, in the middle of winter, with no marketing ready, and expect problems. Timing matters. We manage lease ends so they line up with peak enquiry periods (weekends, late summer, pre-Easter). No guesswork. Just good process.

2. No Marketing Plan = Fewer Eyes

Your property should launch with professional photography, tight copy, and be live on all major portals, ideally within 24 hours of going to market. Anything less and you’re behind. The first 72 hours are critical. That’s when 80% of your interest lands.

3. Overpricing = Silence

Asking for top dollar is fine. But if you overshoot, you lose momentum fast. Then it sits. Then you drop the price anyway, but now you’re weeks behind. Price it right from the start, with data to back it. The market decides. We just guide you through it.

4. Inspections Need to Be Flexible

Tenants don’t just enquire on Saturdays. They enquire at 7pm. On Tuesdays. During lunch breaks. If your manager’s inspection schedule is rigid, you’re losing potential renters. We offer access across the week. Not when it suits us, when it suits them.

5. Slow Communication Kills Deals

A qualified tenant applies. They’re ready. And then, crickets. If it takes days to return a call or assess an application, they’ve already moved on. We act within 24 hours. Every time. No delays. No lost opportunities.

The Bottom Line

Vacancy is expensive. Avoidable vacancy is inexcusable.

We manage the process with a clear goal: zero gaps between tenants. It’s not luck, it’s just doing the work properly.