Property Services

Mackenzie Kerr Property Services are proud to have their premier maintenance and building team, specialising in anything from a minor repair, repairing any electrical, plumbing problems to the maintenance of the garden, swimming pool and the entire house.

If you believe that it’s important to keep your residential, holiday or investment home properly maintained to its highest standard regardless of whether you reside in your property, use it a 2nd home or for rental purposes then you should contract a professional company to take care of all maintenance, repairs and alterations to your holiday, rental or second residence home in Edinburgh and surrounds.

Why Mackenzie Kerr Property Services?

Because our maintenance and building team effect all works efficiently, professionally and we are able to price match and better all quotes and estimates you may receive from any other company.
By providing such service and works through our own maintenance and building team we are also able to co ordinate all your building project and guarantee all maintenance and refurbishment building works thus offering our clients complete peace of mind. We can take full care of your house, pool or garden, perform all necessary plumbing or electrical repairs, painting, carpentry, installation of security grilles or any alternations or modifications and we will carry out all above with utmost professionalism and best attention.

Home Cleaning and Laundry

The most important aspect of any short term let or long term tenancy is its “cleanliness ". There is no point in you “the owner " spending thousands of pounds on the interior decor, only for you or your guests to find it dirty, broken, neglected or missing. When you or your guests have vacated your property, we will ensure that it is thoroughly cleaned.

This will include:

Giving the property a thorough airing, sweeping, cleaning & dusting. Wiping all work surfaces & sanitising all bathrooms.
Washing and replacing all bed linens & towels.
Empty the fridge, freezers & cupboards whilst disposing of any rubbish that has been left.
We will also ensure that all furniture is examined for any damage or general wear & tear.
Check all security and electrical equipment, including lights, fans & air con are functional.
We will carry out a visual external check, including patio furniture and swimming pool.
Water inside & outside plants.

In fact everything is done that is required to professionally restore the property ready for your next tenants/guests to arrive, leaving everything in perfect condition. We will carry out any inventory of all items in the home ensuring that items are not lost, broken or stolen without due reimbursement from guests. We will let you know immediately when we identify a problem. With our company carrying out all work on your property personally there will be no doubt as to the loss or cause of damage.

Spring Clean

Preparation Clean: We open and air the property; sweep and vacuum clean the property through out; wash the floors, including under beds and appliances; clean all windows, doors, terraces, sun beds, outside tables and chairs.
Kitchen Clean: We clean inside out all cupboards, work tops, draws etc.; clean the hob, oven, microwave, fridge, freezer and instructor fan; clean all rubbish and left over food etc.; clean all wall tiles and kitchen equipment; wash and dry all dirty crockery or cutlery; rinse and clean the dishwasher and lastly wash the floor.
Bedroom Clean: We remove all bedding and linen and take it for launder; clean under the beds and furniture units etc. clean and polish the wardrobes; dust, clean and polish all furniture units; clean the windows and patio doors; wash and polish the floor; make up the beds, make all beds with fresh linen.
Bathroom Clean: We remove all towels and take it for launder; clean all bath units and furniture’s; clean all marble surfaces; clean and disinfect sink, bath, toilet, bidet, shower inc. the curtains, all mirrors and lastly we wash and polish the walls and floor.
Lounge and Dining Room Clean: We dust, clean and polish all furniture units; doors; pictures, paintings and souvenirs etc.; clean the fireplace (if applicable); clean the carpet (if applicable); wash and polish all windows, patio doors and floor. Terraces: We clean all the chairs, tables, other appliances or furniture’s and wash the terraces.
Utility Room Clean: Dust, clean and wash all places including washing machine, drier, cabinets.

General Clean

We tidy your whole property.
We clean all dust from furniture, electrical appliances etc.
We remove all rubbish.
We clean the bathrooms and kitchen.
We wash all inside floors including bathroom.

Builders Clean

We always recommend an initial deep clean of your new property to all our clients. New properties can be very dusty and not as clean as you would like, as they have been exposed to the elements and had numerous workmen in and out who have not necessarily cleared up after themselves!
There is often paint marks left on your tiled floors, grubby marks on doors, window stickers still on frames, bits of plaster down the drains and goodness knows what down some of the toilets!
Our deep clean leaves your new property paint, dirt and dust free and sparkling for your first arrival. A deep clean involves cleaning every possible area of your property including windows, internal and external doors, sills, skirting and kitchen units inside and out, all crockery and cutlery, deep oven cleans etc.

Ventilate your property thoroughly.
Remove all builder rubbish and paint and grease marks.
Clean & disinfect kitchen cupboards, all white goods in and out - hob, oven, fridge, microwave, wall tiles and appliances.
Clean & disinfect the bathroom - tiles, toilet, wash basin and sanitary appliances.
Brush all floors and ceilings.
Wash all floors and terraces.
Clean and polish all windows, glass doors and mirrors.

Mackenzie Kerr Garden Maintenance

We offer a top of the range garden service to ensure that your garden is well tendered and looking its best all year round so you can enjoy its full potential. We will make regular visits and we offer a wide range of services to cater for your garden. Our gardeners are fully experienced in recognising how to care for your garden, as no garden is the same. Our services include mowing, watering, feeding and seeding as well as pruning, weeding and edging. We can also arrange the instalment of a sprinkler system should you need one.

Our gardeners will use their own equipment and tools; however our price for this service excludes seeds, plants, chemicals etc.

Professional Maintenance Construction and Design

Qualified horticultural knowledge for gardening, and construction gardening knowledge combine to offer an exceptionally experienced garden. Our plant knowledge is encyclopaedic and we are renowned equally for our imaginative and stunning designs as for their high quality craftsmanship.

Landscaping

If you have a clear idea of what you want to do in your garden and do not need a consultancy or design service - if you already have a design from another designer, or are a garden designer looking for a sub-contractor - we offer a complete range of landscaping and construction services;

Garden paths and surfaces in various materials; retaining walls with rock or train sleepers; ponds and fountains; fencing and boundaries.

Structures

"Structural elements can enhance any landscape, whether is it a pool hut to escape the sun, walls, paths, steps or a trellis perfectly placed to catch the eye as your guests enter your home. Mackenzie Kerr Property Services has creative ideas for the perfect solution."

Our style is very free flowing and quite often in ornate Turkish design and our aim has always been to produce natural gardens with the emphasis on a simple and functional structure softened by beautiful all year interest, minimum maintenance plantings. In recent years our work has not passed unnoticed.

We can replant your garden for you!

Garden tidy-up
Pruning of orchards
Planting
Soil improvement
Mulching
Patio planters
Organic Fertilizer

A complete service is available for clients in the Edinburgh area and surrounds which suits the needs of you the client, and the needs of the garden or terrace at a competitive price. After an initial consultation a detailed analysis and annual maintenance plan is drawn up to ensure you understand how your garden works, itemizing every detail of the maintenance and the costs involved.

The visits can be weekly, fortnightly, or monthly. With duties ranging from grass-cutting to cleaning and weeding, monitoring of irrigation systems, pool cleaning and maintenance, photo-sanitary treatments and seasonal pruning.

You can be guaranteed that a trained professional will be ever-vigilant, keeping you informed about possible problems, plagues and infections, and advising over the transitions and improvements that are always needed in your garden over the seasons.

Patio

Your patio is the perfect place to relax outside whether alone, or while entertaining family and friends. Mackenzie Kerr Properties garden contractors listen to what you want and will design a patio setting that fits the personality of your home and family.

The Mackenzie Kerr Properties policy of continuous improvement ensures that we provide a first class service to our clients through the competence, experience and dedication of our staff whilst supporting individual, personal and professional development.