Definition
Scheduled, routine upkeep that extends the life of community assets and prevents costly emergency repairs.
Preventive maintenance is the routine, scheduled care that keeps assets working and extends their life — servicing equipment, cleaning gutters, inspecting the pool, seasonal landscaping. It's the opposite of waiting for things to break.
Communities that invest in preventive maintenance spend less over time than those that lurch from one emergency to the next, and they avoid the deferred-maintenance spiral that drains reserves. A maintenance calendar turns good intentions into reliable action.