When a 200-unit apartment community in southwest Houston had 15 units go vacant in the same week, the property manager needed them rent-ready fast. Every day of vacancy meant $1,500+ in lost rent. The property manager called Tell Projects at 8am on Monday.
We deployed 4 crews simultaneously: demolition and prep crew (2 people), paint crew (3 people), flooring crew (2 people), and a punch list/cleaning technician. The project manager coordinated material delivery, crew scheduling, and daily quality checks.
Day 1 (Monday): Demo crew removed old flooring, patched drywall, and prepped all 15 units. Paint crew started Unit 1 by 2pm. Materials delivered: 15 units of LVP flooring, 45 gallons of paint, 15 sets of blinds, 15 toilet seats, 15 showerheads.
Day 2 (Tuesday-Wednesday): Paint crew completed all 15 units. Flooring crew began installation immediately after paint dried in each unit. By end of Day 2, 8 units had paint and flooring complete. Fixtures being installed.
Day 3 (Thursday): Remaining 7 units received flooring. Punch list technician walked every unit with a digital checklist. Cleaning crew deep-cleaned each unit as it passed punch list. Locks rekeyed. Blinds installed. Appliances checked.
Result: All 15 units rent-ready by Thursday at 5pm — 4 days total, with the first 8 units ready in 72 hours. Property manager began showings Friday. First 3 units leased by the following Monday. Total lost-rent savings: approximately $15,000 compared to a standard 14-day turn.
The key to this speed was parallel crew deployment. Instead of one crew doing demo, then paint, then flooring sequentially in each unit, we ran all trades simultaneously across different units. This is the Tell Projects 72-hour turn advantage.
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