There are so many different facets to property management.  Firstly we have just the outside to deal with.  i.e. all the pointing work, ensuring no gaps exist between the outer bricks.  Then there are the gutters, fascias and soffits around the roof line.  These can come down with sometimes tragic results when the gusty weather gets up.  One of our houses had a major problem with cast iron gutters – it was a victorian mid terrace . .  .   not easy to fix when you have a couple of houses either side that share the massively heavy and complex gutter and downpipe system.  We also had trouble with the chimney flashings – those little flaps of roof materials that is waterproof and sits below the roof tile to and is pulled up around the edged to stop any water ingress.  This is where a property maintenance company is worth it’s weight in gold.  An annual contract is so worth while.