The Horrifying Tale of the Miskept Property
Halloween is upon us, so it’s the perfect time for a bone-chilling tale about the horrifying reality many
property owners face every day—Looking out on their property and realizing they overlooked
a key matter of maintenance! But do not fear, each of these nightmarish stories comes with a valuable lesson. So read on if you Dare!
The Horrifying Case of the Litterbug
In a terrifying paradox beyond all reason, the cleaner a property is the less likely people are to litter.
Ok, maybe it isn’t beyond reason, but it’s certainly true. Only 11% of people tend to litter in a clean environment.
This means that there will always be something that has to get picked up, but in an earlier blog,
we provide research showing that 41% of people tend to litter in an environment that already contains litter.
Without a consistent cleaning schedule of debris removal and power sweeping,
your property will accumulate the regular 11%, plus an additional 30%.
A standard item of litter is a coffee cup, so imagine people litter 11 coffee cups on your property every day.
It’s a hassle, but perfectly manageable with daily cleaning.
Now imagine you only clean once a week.
Instead of cleaning up 77 cups each week, this number could increase to 287!
But so long as you maintain a consistent schedule of debris removal
and power sweeping, you can avoid this terrible fate.
The Horrifying Thing in the Parking Lot
It’s a normal afternoon, you finished loading your groceries into your car, you get behind the wheel
and begin to pull out of your parking space, suddenly
BANG! CLUNK! CLANG! Out of nowhere, a pothole strikes!
Maybe it’s not that dramatic, but it is that horrifying. Even if you get away without needing a new tire,
the experience is never pleasant. Pothole prevention and repair is easy with
a team like Dare at your side. But act soon before the temperature gets too cold.
The Horrifying Lifeforms from Below
Let’s say autumn comes and goes and for whatever reason you never got around to all those
leaves covering your lawn. But you quickly forget about them as winter comes and covers them up
with a blanket of snow. But then, as spring begins to bloom,
you are greeted with the evil that’s been lurking undeath the entire time!
Image courtesy of Omid Armin
Well, maybe not evil, but certainly not wanted. As we’ve covered in blog posts in the past,
an accumulation of dead leaves can provide the perfect home for mold, weeds, and bugs.
So don’t be like every victim in every horror movie and run upstairs, run to the phone and call Dare!
We Dare Ya!
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Featured image curtesy of Ján Jakub Naništa.
Fun Fact: You might have never come across the word “miskept,” it’s the past tense of the word, “miskeep” and it means exactly what you think it does. Though it’s now obsolete, horror stories are grand places for dead things! Heres a link with more info.
