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Short and medium-term lets

Check-in Friday 15:00. The water heater gave out Thursday evening.

In short and medium-term lets, maintenance has a deadline: the next occupant's arrival. Reports come from the current occupant, the cleaner or the next guest. They all write to the same email address: Colively reads them, opens the case and fits the contractor into the available window. Here is the work order.

Ref.
CD-3306
Property
Studio Sablon 12, 4th floor
Opened
Thu. 21:15
01Report

The occupant writes at 21:15. The case already knows the check-out date.

An email from the occupant at the end of her stay. Colively opens the case, identifies the studio and the problem, and flags the constraint: departure Friday 11:00, next arrival 15:00. The job window is in the case.

  • Reports from the occupant, the cleaner or the next guest
  • A dedicated email address, messages read in three languages
  • Check-in constraint visible from the moment the case opens
EmailSofia, occupant until Fri. · 21:15

Hi, there is no hot water in the studio since this evening. We leave tomorrow morning but wanted to let you know.

Extracted by Colively
Issue
No hot water
Property
Studio Sablon 12, 4th floor
Window
Fri. 11:00 to 15:00
BEFORE CHECK-IN
02Triage

You approve tonight, two contractors are notified tonight.

Before a check-in, what counts is the first one available. The case suggests two contractors who respond fast in the area. You send to both, with the time window and the key box code. The first who can come within the window wins.

  • Contractors suggested by response time
  • Several contractors, the first available wins
  • Job window and codes sent with the request
Suggested contractors
  • SOS Sanitaire CentreHeating and plumbing · Responds the same day on average
  • Aqua DépannagePlumbing · Available early in the morning
Send to 2 contractorsOne click, 21:32
SENT TO 2 CONTRACTORS
03Quote

The first quote arrives at 07:50. You keep it before your first coffee.

SOS Sanitaire quotes from his link and can come within the window. You keep him from the case, the other contractor is notified. Nobody called back to ask for the floor or the code again.

  • Quote by secure link, no account
  • The first available retained in one click
  • The contractor not retained is notified automatically
SOS Sanitaire Centre
via WhatsApp link, Fri. 07:50
€245.00
Water heater thermostat replacement
€95.00
Fast response and call-out
€150.00
RETAINED
Other quotes received
  • Aqua Dépannage · received 08:40, not available before Mon.€230.00
04Appointment

The slot lands in the window, between the cleaning and the arrival.

As the occupant leaves in the morning, you are the one proposing the slots, within the case's window. The contractor takes 11:30. The cleaner is told by email that a contractor will be there. The next guest will never know there was a problem.

  • Slots proposed within the available window
  • Cleaner notified automatically
  • Reminder to the contractor one hour before
Slots proposed by the property manager
  • Fri. 11:30 to 13:00
  • Fri. 16:00 to 17:30

No slot works? The contractor proposes another, you confirm from the case.

Cleaner notified by email Fri. 08:10, contractor reminder Fri. 10:30
05Closure

Confirmation before 15:00. The studio is ready.

The contractor marks the job done at 12:40. As the occupant has left, the confirmation is requested from the cleaner, on site. One word, and the case closes.

  • Confirmation by the person on site
  • Check photo possible in the reply
  • Case closed before check-in
EmailCleaner, Studio Sablon · Fri. 12:48

Hot water OK, studio ready for 15:00.

CONFIRMED
06Invoice

The invoice is filed by unit. The month closes cleanly.

The invoice arrives through the same link and attaches to the studio's case. At month end, you export by unit for the owner or for accounting, with the quotes alongside.

  • Invoice attached to the unit and the case
  • Export by unit or by period
  • Full history per property
F-2026-0207SOS Sanitaire Centre
€245.00
Quote accepted
€245.00
Invoiced
€245.00
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