Lease residence repair support system

Abstract

To provide a lease residence repair support system that enables appropriate maintenance and management of lease residences while reducing tax burdens on owners of the lease residences.SOLUTION: A lease residence repair support system 1 implements a method in which: when an owner 3 of a lease residence 2 requests repair work on a lease residence 2 based on a periodic inspection of the lease residence 2, the system determines whether or not at least a part of the repair work cost can be paid from regularly accumulated premiums of the owner 3; and if it is determined that at least the part of the cost can be paid, a repair contractor 6 carries out the repair work; after the repair work is completed, the system pays at least a part of the cost to the repair contractor 6 from the premiums at a request of the owner 3. The system determines whether or not at least the part of the cost can be paid based on a checklist described with inspection items in the periodic inspection, a repair work estimate, and photographs of the lease residence 2 before repair.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a rental housing repair assistance system. [Background technology]

[0002] Traditionally, in condominiums and other condominium-type condominiums, the condominium itself has its own management association, which is able to manage repair reserve funds and make decisions about carrying out construction work (see, for example, non-patent document 1). [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Non-Patent Document 1] "How to Proceed with Large-Scale Repair Works: Points to Note," Condominium Management Center, Public Interest Foundation, February 13, 2016, pp. 33-51, http: / / www.machidukuri.or.jp / mseminar / msjisseki / data / H280213(1).pdf Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] On the other hand, rental housing does not have an organization such as a management association. If rental housing repairs are not carried out properly, it will lose its competitiveness compared to newer housing in the area, and the difficulty in securing repair funds will lead to further deterioration, creating a negative spiral that may ultimately make the rental property uninhabitable. Therefore, while planned repairs are desirable for rental housing as well, owners often manage repair reserve funds arbitrarily, resulting in disadvantages such as the denial of repair reserves as deductible expenses and the inability to record them as expenses. As a result, only a small number of owners are able to prepare repair reserves in a planned manner, leading to delays in necessary repairs.

[0005] The present invention has been made in consideration of these points, and aims to provide a rental residence repair support system that enables proper maintenance and management of rental residences while reducing the tax burden on rental residence owners. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] A rental residence repair support system according to one aspect of the present invention is a rental residence repair support system that implements a method including an inspection step of regularly inspecting a rental residence; a judgment step of, when the owner of the rental residence requests repair work on the rental residence based on the regular inspection, determining whether at least a portion of the cost of the repair work can be paid from premiums that the owner has regularly saved; a repair step of a repair contractor carrying out the repair work if it is determined that at least a portion of the cost can be paid; and a payment step of paying at least a portion of the cost to the repair contractor from the premiums at the request of the owner after the repair work is completed.The system is equipped with a checklist used in the inspection step, which lists the inspection items for the regular inspection, and an estimate for the repair work and a photograph of the rental residence before repair, which are provided by the repair contractor and, together with the checklist, are used to determine in the judgment step whether at least a portion of the cost can be paid. [Effects of the Invention]

[0007] According to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the tax burden on owners of rental residences while also enabling appropriate maintenance and management of rental residences. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0008] [Figure 1] 1 is a configuration diagram showing a rental housing repair support system according to one embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 2] 10 is a timing chart showing the flow of a payment method implemented by the rental housing repair support system. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0009] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[0010] In FIG. 1, 1 indicates a rental residence repair support system. The rental residence repair support system 1 is a mutual aid system comprised of an owner 3 of a rental residence 2, a residence manager 4 who manages the rental residence 2, a system administrator 5, and a repair contractor 6. The system pays the costs of large-scale repairs, primarily due to deterioration of the rental residence 2 over time, which occur approximately once every few years to several decades, from premiums saved by the owner 3. The residence manager 4 is a real estate company or the like that has entered into a specified contract with the owner 3 of the rental residence 2 regarding the management of the rental residence 2. In this embodiment, the owner 3 may be either an individual or a corporation. The residence manager 4 is an agency that acts as a liaison between the owner 3 of the rental residence repair support system 1 and the system administrator 5. The system administrator 5 manages at least the owner 3's information, the owner 3's saved premiums, and the saved premiums. The repair contractor 6 is generally a repair contractor selected by the residence manager 4.

[0011] An owner 3 who wishes to join the rental residence repair support system 1 applies to join to the residence manager 4 along with application information and a set of documents. The residence manager 4 then checks the current condition of the rental residence 2 based on the inspection items on the joining checklist, and if there are no problems, sends the joining checklist and the application information and set of documents submitted by the owner 3 to the system administrator 5, who then verifies the contents and determines whether the owner 3 can join the rental residence repair support system 1. Other documents that are submitted include, for example, a certified copy of the rental residence 2's land registry and current status photographs. When making a long-term repair plan for the rental residence 2, the owner 3 also submits a long-term repair plan in a prescribed format specified by the system administrator 5.

[0012] If the system administrator 5 determines that the owner 3 is eligible to join, the system administrator 5 issues a membership certificate to the owner 3 and requests an agent to collect the premium from the owner 3. In this way, the owner 3 who joins the rental residence repair support system 1 will save the repair costs of the rental residence 2 as premiums. For example, the system administrator 5 may deduct a specified percentage per year from the premium saved by the owner 3, and may also collect a specified amount when the owner 3 saves the premium by bank transfer, thereby covering the operating costs of the rental residence repair support system 1.

[0013] The premiums can be paid monthly or annually, for example. The amount of the premium is set depending on whether the rental residence 2 is an apartment building or a detached house, the number of residents, or based on a long-term repair plan.

[0014] In the rental residence repair support system 1, the residence manager 4 carries out regular inspections, and if repair work is necessary, a repair contractor 6 carries out the repair work on the rental residence 2, and in response to a payment request from the owner 3, the system manager 5 pays the repair contractor 6 from the accumulated premiums.

[0015] Next, the details of the method of paying for repair work from the accumulated premiums implemented by the rental residence repair support system 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

[0016] The residence manager 4 carries out regular inspections of the rental residences 2 of the owners 3 who have joined the rental residence repair support system 1 (inspection step). Regular inspections are usually carried out once a year.

[0017] In periodic inspections, the residence manager 4 uses a checklist 10. Preferably, the checklist 10 includes the same inspection items as the initial checklist used when the owner 3 inspected the rental residence 2 when he or she joined the rental residence repair support system 1, so that it is possible to appropriately determine how the rental residence 2 has aged and deteriorated since joining.

[0018] The inspection items listed on checklist 10 include, for example, common areas such as exterior walls, eaves, roofs, common corridors, common stairs, balconies, floors, pillars, beams, interior walls and ceilings, various facilities such as foundations, bases, floor framing, water supply and drainage, electricity, gas, ventilation and exhaust, information and communications, and fire protection, as well as elevator facilities, multi-story parking facilities, exterior gutters, and auxiliary facilities for rental residence 2, and the residence manager 4 performs a simple inspection of all of the relevant items on checklist 10, using visual inspection or measuring equipment, etc.

[0019] If, as a result of the regular inspection, there are any problems with the rental residence 2 that need to be repaired regarding the inspection items listed in the checklist 10 (if at least one of the inspection items on the checklist 10 is checked), the residence manager 4 will propose repairs to the rental residence 2 to the owner 3.

[0020] After considering whether or not repairs are necessary, the owner 3, who recognizes the need for repairs, requests an estimate from the dwelling manager 4. The dwelling manager 4 then has the repair contractor 6 inspect the rental dwelling 2 in detail, and the repair contractor 6, who has carried out the inspection, submits to the owner 3 via the dwelling manager 4 an estimate 11 prepared based on the inspection results and a pre-repair photo 12, which is a photograph of the current state of the rental dwelling 2 before repairs, taken of the location of the area that needs repair (estimation step).

[0021] After checking the estimate 11 and the pre-repair photos 12, the owner 3, if he determines that the repair work is appropriate, submits a repair reason report 13 to the residence manager 4 and requests that the rental residence 2 be repaired. The residence manager 4 then submits the checklist 10, estimate 11, and pre-repair photos 12 to the system administrator 5 in addition to the repair reason report 13. Based on these submitted documents, the system administrator 5 determines whether or not to pay the repair work fee from the premium (decision step). The amount to be paid may be the full amount or a portion of the amount, depending on a comparison of the amount in the estimate 11 with the remaining premium balance, etc.

[0022] In the judgment step, the system administrator 5 checks whether a predetermined number of years (e.g., five years) have passed since the owner joined the rental property repair support system 1, whether there is a remaining premium balance as of the end of the previous fiscal year before the repair reason occurred, and whether regular inspections have been performed based on the checklist 10. The system administrator also checks, with reference to the estimate 11 and the pre-repair photos 12, whether the repair reason corresponds to an area that requires repair, whether the repair is appropriate given the history of regular inspections, and whether the estimated amount is reasonable, and then determines whether payment is possible. If the predetermined number of years have not passed since the owner 3 joined the rental property repair support system 1, the system administrator 5 may determine that payment is not possible, or that payment is possible with a certain fee added. These decisions may be made manually, or by inputting each data into an input device such as a PC, taking into account past repair cases, using artificial intelligence or other judgment means incorporated into the input device.

[0023] If it is determined in the judgment step that at least part of the fee is payable, the system administrator 5 notifies the residence manager 4 of the results of the review, and the residence manager 4, having confirmed the results of the review, instructs the repair contractor 6 to carry out the repair work, and the repair contractor 6 carries out the repair work on the rental residence 2 (repair step). Note that if it is determined in the judgment step that payment is not possible, the system administrator 5 contacts the owner 3 through the residence manager 4, and the owner 3 will consider whether or not to carry out the repairs and other repair methods.

[0024] Once the repair work is completed, the repair contractor 6 submits to the housing manager 4 an invoice 14 for the repair costs, along with a post-repair photograph 15, which is a photograph of the current state of the area to be repaired. The housing manager 4 then confirms the completion of the work based on this and submits it to the owner 3. It is preferable that the invoice 14 include at least the amount and details of the work to be done.

[0025] After the owner 3 confirms the completion of the work based on the submitted invoice 14 and post-repair photograph 15, he requests payment of at least part of the cost from the housing manager 4 along with the application information. The housing manager 4 then confirms the application information and sends the invoice 14 and post-repair photograph 15, along with a repair reason report 13 and pre-repair photograph 12, etc., to the system manager 5.

[0026] The system administrator 5 then checks the invoice 14, post-repair photos 15, pre-repair photos 12, repair reason report 13, etc. sent through the residence manager 4, and if he approves the payment, he creates the payment data necessary for the payment and performs the process of paying the repair contractor 6 based on that payment data (payment step).The system administrator 5 also reports the completion of payment to the residence manager 4 and the owner 3.

[0027] It is preferable that after the repair work is carried out, the premiums that the owner 3 will save will be saved continuously from the remaining amount after the repair costs have been paid.

[0028] As described above, according to one embodiment, by determining whether or not at least a portion of the cost of the repair work can be paid to the repair contractor 6 from the premiums saved by the owner 3 based on a checklist 10 listing the inspection items for regular inspections by the housing manager 4, an estimate 11 for the repair work provided by the repair contractor 6, and a photo 12 of the rental housing 2 before repairs, it becomes possible to accurately determine the appropriateness of paying the cost to the repair contractor 6 from the premiums saved.

[0029] Furthermore, by taking into consideration the post-repair photograph 15 of the rental residence 2 provided by the repair contractor 6 and deciding to approve payment of at least a portion of the cost of the repair work from the premium, it becomes possible to accurately determine whether repair work is necessary and the appropriateness of paying the cost to the repair contractor 6 from the accumulated premium.

[0030] The inspection items in Checklist 10 include the items that were inspected for Rental Residence 2 when Owner 3 joined, so Owner 3 can learn in detail how Rental Residence 2 has deteriorated or been damaged since joining, and can accurately determine whether repair work is necessary and whether it is appropriate to pay the repair contractor 6 from the accumulated premiums.

[0031] Furthermore, the premiums that Owner 3 saves are recognized in full as deductible expenses or necessary expenses under tax law, which allows Owner 3 of Rental Residence 2 to reduce his tax burden during the saving period, and also allows large-scale repairs to Rental Residence 2, which does not have a comprehensive management organization such as a management association, to be carried out in a planned and appropriate manner, enabling proper maintenance and management of Rental Residence 2.

[0032] In other words, the rental residence repair support system 1 of this embodiment is a system that enables planned preparation of repair reserve funds, manages funds (limits the use of funds), and ensures that the condition of the rental residence 2 is managed objectively and professionally. [Explanation of symbols]

[0033] 1. Rental Housing Repair Support System 2. Rental housing 3 Owners 6 Repair contractor 10 Checklist 11 Quotation 12 Photo before repair 15 Photo after repair

Claims

1. A rental residence repair support system that implements a method including an inspection step of periodically inspecting a rental residence; a judgment step of determining whether or not at least a portion of the cost of the repair work can be paid from premiums periodically saved by the owner when the owner requests repair work on the rental residence based on the periodic inspection; a repair step of a repair contractor carrying out the repair work when it is determined that at least a portion of the cost can be paid; and a payment step of paying at least a portion of the cost from the premiums to the repair contractor at the request of the owner after the repair work is completed, A checklist used in the inspection step and listing inspection items for the periodic inspection; An estimate of the repair work and a photo of the rental residence before repair, which are provided by the repair contractor and are used to determine whether or not to pay at least a portion of the fee in the determination step, together with the checklist; A rental housing repair support system characterized by comprising:

2. The method further includes providing a photo of the rental residence after repairs, which is provided by the repair contractor and is used to determine approval of payment of at least a portion of the payment from the premium in the payment step.

2. The rental housing repair support system according to claim 1.

3. The checklist includes the items inspected for rental housing when the owner joined.

3. The rental housing repair support system according to claim 1 or 2.

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