Adding a New Property

Modified on Tue, 21 Jun, 2022 at 8:54 AM

Chintaro records the properties your organisation owns and manages, consisting of both tenantable properties and non tenantable properties. Each property has its own screen and this is used to record the tenant, maintenance, assets within the property, owners and property managers, and more. This solution details how to: 

Add a new Property to Chintaro

Click Property in the Toolbar to open the Property Search Screen:


Click the Add Property button to add a new Property:

A blank Property screen opens, and is separated in to a number of sections:


SectionScreenshotDescription
General
The General Section contains general information about the Property. 

Click here to view the solution about all fields in detail.


Rooms

A Room in Chintaro indicates the ability to have a Tenancy. Rooms in Chintaro mean one Tenantable Unit, or one Tenancy Agreement. The property MUST have at least 1 room if you intend on creating a tenancy in the property. 


Rooms are covered in detail in this link.

Tags and AlertsThe Tags and Alerts section is where you can add specific characteristics to Properties, to group your Properties in different ways. The Tags and Alerts section on the Property record consists of: Alerts, Tags, Disability Modifications, Construction, Utilities and Tenant Alterations.

Click here to see the solution about these fields in detail.
Related LinksThe Related Links section allows you to link information that is stored on your computer network to a Property record in Chintaro.
Complaints/IncidentsThe Complaints/Incidents section is is where you can raise incidents involving this property and view existing incident history.

Click here for more information on complaints/incidents in Chintaro. 
NotesThe Notes Section is where you record Notes about the Property History, and where the System will make Notes about the Property.
Processes
The Processes section is where you can see the status of your internal processes involving this property such as your Maintenance processes.

Click here for more information on processes within Chintaro.
Additional FunctionsThe Property Functions are the blue buttons at the top of the Property Record. These include Functions for viewing Inspections, a Key Register, recording Inventory Items that are in your Properties, recording Mortgage Details, recording the Insurance Details for the Property, adding Lease details if you are leasing the property from another Organisation, a Rates function to record expenditure on a Property, Property Charges, the Maintenance Schedule for the Property, the Forecast Maintenance for a Property, add Additional Details for a Property, Other Rooms, the Room Details default view & the Property Transactions Ledger.

Click here for more detail on these functions. 


Other Chintaro screens used for Property Management

From the Home Screen, to access the Property Sub-Menu click on Properties from the Home Screen's Main Menu to see the various Property screens:

Screen NameDescription
Manage PropertiesClicking this option opens the Property Search Screen to view all Properties in the system.
Property LettersClicking this option opens a screen that allows you to produce bulk letters to your Properties. 
Property NotesClicking this option opens the screen to see all of the notes made for all of the Properties in Chintaro.
Property Managers
Clicking this option opens the screen to see all of the Property Managers added to Chintaro, and enables you to remove or add a new Property Manager.
Property OwnersClicking this option opens the screen to see all of the Property Owners added to Chintaro, and enables you to remove or add a new Property Owner. 
Strata CompaniesClicking this option opens the screen to see all of the Strata Companies added to Chintaro, and enables you to remove or add a new Strata Company.
Manage Inventory ItemsClicking this option opens the screen to see all of the Inventory Items added to Chintaro.
Clone Inventory ItemsClicking this option opens the screen to enable you to clone an inventory item from one property to another. 
Management FeesClicking this option opens the screen used to calculate the management fees of your properties. 
Market Rent ReviewClicking this option opens the screen to apply a market rent review to your properties in bulk.
Property CensusClicking this option opens the screen used to create the Property Census report.
Generate ChargesClicking this option opens the screen to enable you generate property charges.
Update Market Rents From FileClicking this option opens the screen used for updating Property Market Rents from a file.
Manage RoomsClicking this option opens the screen used to view all rooms in one screen (useful for reporting).



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