Property care in Novalja
Novalja is best known for what happens a few kilometres outside of it, at Zrće, and in July and August the town runs at full volume. Outside of those weeks it turns back into an ordinary Adriatic town with a good beach and very clear water. Owners here often rent out intensively in season and then leave the property closed for eight months.
In season
After the peak season we inspect properties in Novalja particularly thoroughly. Intensive occupancy leaves traces that are better found before the building is winterised. The bare ground and the salt in the air also take their toll on outdoor installations. During the festival weeks the wear is of a different order. We inspect between groups rather than between weeks, and we photograph and record any damage the same day, because a deposit claim made a fortnight later rarely holds. Surfaces, fittings and anything a large group touches are checked properly, not glanced at.
Out of season
Bare karst with almost nothing to break the wind, and a town whose population collapses the moment the season ends. A house here stands genuinely alone for months, and the salt carried inland reaches fittings that never see the sea. The salt the wind carries inland is also why the air-conditioning units here need servicing every year rather than every few. Outdoor condensers on this island clog and corrode on a schedule that surprises owners who have had the same equipment elsewhere.
Additionally in Novalja
- Thorough survey once the peak season ends
- Corrosion and salt checks on outdoor installations
- Winterising pool and pipework
- Inspection between groups, with damage photographed the same day
- Annual service of air-conditioning units against salt
Properties in the surrounding area are visited on the same round. If your house sits between two of these places, just ask, the boundary is not the town sign.
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