Repair log
Every repair request with the date noticed, the date sent, how it was sent and when it was fixed, and the starter tool kit. Everything you type stays in this browser.
Essential on a first pass: one written request for anything on the move-in record that was promised or is not working, and the tool kit checklist. The rest of the log fills as problems come up. Repairs and requests explains what you can fix and what goes to the landlord.
Requests
One row per problem (Repairs and requests). Send every request in writing and keep a copy, even after a phone call. Status uses this manual's words: confirmed when it is fixed and you have checked it.
Starter tool kit
Check what you have (Repairs and requests). Borrow before you buy; mark the rest on the essentials list.
How to use this sheet
- One row per problem. What, where and since when, in words a maintenance worker could act on.
- Urgency. Emergency: water where it should not be, no heat, a gas odor, sparks or a burning smell (call first, then write). Soon: something that stops daily life. Routine: everything else.
- How sent and date sent. Every request in writing, with a copy kept, even after a phone call.
- Status. Confirmed when it is fixed and you have checked it; provisional when a visit is booked; unresolved when there is no answer.
The example row is Dani's (fictional): the kitchen faucet that dripped from the key day, sent through the portal on day 5, a visit booked and the faucet fixed on day 9, confirmed by Dani.
The log records requests; it does not say whether a landlord must make a repair, by when, or what a tenant may do if they do not. Those rules come from the lease and the state (withholding rent, repair-and-deduct and rent escrow exist only in some states). Ask your state's tenant guide or legal aid.