# Notes on running maintenance for Ontario rentals

Short, practical notes on the records, vendors and seasons that decide how maintenance goes. Where a post states a rule, it cites the source. For single questions, see [answers](https://roundhousegroup.ca/answers/). For calculators, use [tools](https://roundhousegroup.ca/tools/). For printable checklists, use [resources](https://roundhousegroup.ca/resources/).

## All posts

- [Getting an Ontario Rental Ready for Winter](https://roundhousegroup.ca/blog/ontario-rental-winter-checklist/): The Ontario and Toronto rules that start the heating season, and a short checklist for furnaces, alarms, pipes, drainage and vacant units before the cold.
- [One Vendor or Five: The Cost of Separate Trades](https://roundhousegroup.ca/blog/one-vendor-or-five/): What each separate trade adds to a property manager's week in Ontario: paperwork, entry notices, invoices and records, and how to count it yourself.
- [What a Work Order Report Should Contain](https://roundhousegroup.ca/blog/what-a-work-order-report-should-contain/): The sections a maintenance work order report needs, from the cause to timed before and after photos, and why adjusters, boards and the LTB read them.

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