HOA & Community Maintenance

Provide maintenance services for homeowners associations and planned communities handling common areas, amenities, and community upkeep

Startup Cost
$10,000-$35,000
Difficulty
Intermediate
Time to Profit
4-8 months
Profit Potential
$8,000-$29,000/month

Overview

HOA and community maintenance services maintain homeowner association common areas and amenities - pool areas, clubhouses, landscaping, playgrounds, and shared facilities for planned communities and condo associations.

You serve as outsourced maintenance for HOA boards.

Monthly contracts range from $1,500-$15,000 depending on community size and amenities.

Servicing 5-15 HOA communities generates $100,000-$350,000 annually with 40-60% margins.

Target clients include homeowner associations, condo and townhome associations, planned communities, property management companies managing HOAs, senior living communities, and manufactured home parks.

Services include common area maintenance, pool and amenity upkeep, playground and recreation area maintenance, clubhouse and facility maintenance, landscaping coordination, and community repairs.

Success requires understanding HOA operations and boards, working with community managers and boards, maintaining amenities for resident satisfaction, coordinating specialty contractors (pool service, landscaping), managing HOA budgets and expectations, and potentially providing emergency response.

Many HOA maintenance services specialize in community sizes or types, hire staff for daily presence in large communities, coordinate all vendors for comprehensive service, attend HOA board meetings, use HOA management software for work orders, and build reputation through well-maintained communities creating referrals.

Required Skills

  • HOA Management
  • Community Maintenance
  • Vendor Coordination
  • Customer Service
  • Board Relations

Pros and Cons

Pros

  • Large monthly contracts for communities
  • Long-term relationships with HOAs
  • Recurring predictable revenue
  • Can service multiple communities
  • Variety of maintenance work

Cons

  • Working with HOA boards can be political
  • Resident complaints and demands
  • Budget constraints in some HOAs
  • Need to coordinate multiple services
  • Emergency calls for community issues

How to Get Started

  1. Learn HOA operations and governance
  2. Develop community maintenance skills
  3. Build network of specialty contractors
  4. Market to HOA boards and community managers
  5. Attend HOA board meetings
  6. Provide comprehensive maintenance proposals
  7. Build reputation in HOA management community

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