Property Caretaker

Data Airflow•Boise, ID

About The Position

The Property Caretaker keeps Data Airflow’s residential properties safe, functional, and well-maintained for occupants. The role covers routine maintenance, landscaping, basic house-systems troubleshooting, animal care where applicable, and move-related logistics across five assigned properties, following a recurring care schedule. It requires hands-on skills, reliability, and the ability to manage a multi-site schedule with minimal supervision. Responsibilities include completing minor repairs and logging them, escalating work beyond the caretaker’s scope, maintaining basic tools and supplies, and performing seasonal landscaping. The caretaker also feeds and cares for animals, completes routine property-systems checks and inspections, supports moves and turnovers, maintains common areas, and provides monthly written status updates for each property.

Requirements

Prior experience in property maintenance, facilities, landscaping, or a related hands-on trade.
Comfort with power tools and willingness to learn property-specific systems.
Reliable transportation and willingness to travel between assigned properties.
Comfort working around and caring for domestic and livestock animals.
Ability to lift and move heavy furniture and appliances and perform outdoor physical work in all seasons.
Strong communication skills and ability to report issues clearly and promptly to the property lead.
Self-directed, with the ability to manage a recurring schedule across multiple sites with minimal supervision.
High level of discretion, judgment, and professionalism.

Responsibilities

Perform routine and minor repairs, including drywall patching, fixing leaky fixtures, replacing light bulbs and filters, and completing paint touch-ups; log all repairs.
Promptly escalate major electrical, plumbing, structural, or HVAC issues to the property lead or a licensed contractor.
Maintain a basic inventory of common tools and supplies at each property.
Mow, trim, and edge lawns, and clear walkways, driveways, and entries of debris weekly during the growing season and bi-weekly in the off-season.
Complete seasonal yard work, including leaf removal, gutter clearing, mulching, and snow-removal preparation.
Coordinate irrigation start-up and shutdown where applicable.
Feed, water, and check on animals at assigned properties daily, and report concerns to the property lead the same day.
Keep animal feeding areas, bedding, and enclosures clean and well-maintained.
Learn the basic operation of each property’s HVAC, water heater, electrical panel, and shut-off valves.
Complete monthly systems checks, including testing smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, checking HVAC filters, inspecting the water heater, verifying breaker panel labeling, and checking for pest activity.
Walk every occupied unit weekly to check for leaks, HVAC operation, and tenant-reported issues; inspect roofs, siding, fencing, and foundations quarterly.
Move furniture, appliances, and occupants’ belongings between rooms or units during move-in, move-out, and turnover.
Set up and break down rooms ahead of incoming and outgoing occupants.
Assist with occasional deliveries and pickups of furnishings, supplies, and equipment.
Take out trash and recycling, tidy shared living areas, and restock basic household supplies weekly.
Submit a monthly written status update for each property covering completed tasks, open issues, and supply needs.