Investment & business
Empty for three weeks, with four trades to get through it.
Short, busy, deadline-driven — and the one vacancy where documentation at both ends decides who keeps the deposit.
Typical duration
Two to eight weeks
Notice you get
Notice period, so usually a month
Contactable?
Yes
Dominant risk
Deadline slip, and undocumented condition
A turnover vacancy is short and intense. The unit is empty, usually mid-repair, with cleaners and trades coming and going, and a re-let date pulling everything forward.
The documentation matters more here than in any other short vacancy. Deposit disputes turn on evidence, and evidence created at move-out and again before move-in resolves most of them before they start.
What this is not is property management. Advertising, showings, screening, lease negotiation, rent and deposits are regulated activities in Alberta requiring appropriate licensing, and none of them happen here.
What makes this different
Every situation on this site is empty for a reason. These are the things specific to this one.
A hard deadline pulling everything forward
The next tenancy has a start date. Every trade is scheduled against it.
Documentation at both ends has legal weight
Move-out and pre-occupancy records are the evidence in a deposit dispute.
A regulated boundary runs straight through it
Physical care of the building is not property management, and the line has to stay visible.
What typically goes wrong
- Undocumented move-out condition leading to a deposit dispute
- Trades needing access with an owner in another city
- A short winter vacancy with the heat turned down and nobody in it
- Cleaning and repairs slipping past the re-let date
Services
What this situation usually involves
In roughly the order people add them.
Between Tenants
Physical property care during a turnover — move-out documentation, monitoring, cleaning and maintenance coordination, pre-occupancy walkthrough.
Vacant Home Checks
Scheduled physical visits to an unoccupied property, with a timestamped photo record and a written report after every visit.
Cleaning Coordination
Cleaning scheduled with a local provider, attended for access, and verified with photographs afterwards.
Small Home Tasks
Non-trade household tasks — filters, bulbs, batteries, hardware, furniture moves — completed during a visit and photographed.
Contractor Access & Attendance
A representative opens the property for a scheduled trade or professional, logs arrival and departure, and secures it afterwards.
Video Property Walkthrough
A recorded continuous walkthrough showing the current condition of the property, room by room.
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