After buying a property in Barbados, experience shows that our owners either maintain their properties for personal use, rent as a short-term holiday let, or rent for maximum return. The Property Management team at Blue Sky Luxury focuses on maintaining and enhancing value and ensuring that our clients feel comfortable and confident to make informed decisions on their property investment.
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Blue Sky Luxury exists to protect the interest of and fulfill the objectives of each property owner. To this end, we first take the time to understand the motivation of each owner before outlining the plan of action to achieve their goals. For some owners, these goals only relate to their enjoyment of the property. Others may focus on earning sustained revenue. We thrive in either situation. These areas are where our comprehensive range of services put Blue Sky Luxury in a class of its own, far outstripping our competitors.
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Why Choose Us to Manage Your Barbados Property?
Owning a home requires significant investment and attention to detail. Our team understands the effects of the climate in Barbados and has strong relationships with local suppliers to ensure that we are as efficient as possible. We also have the largest Property Management team on the island, making our reach and competency even wider. Our Property Management services extend beyond property management. Our services cover administration, account management, and reporting, human resources provisioning and management, and villa insurance. Being on the ground in Barbados is a distinct advantage.
Why choose us? Read our top 5 reasons why we are the best option as a vacation rental management company:
- The Blue Standard – The Blue Standard is our established blueprint to ensure that our Property Managers know the properties intimately, much to the benefit of our partners, the property owners, and guests alike. We employ strict methods of guaranteeing that all properties under our care are maintained to the highest standard.
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- Health & Safety checklists (Covering local and international regulations)
- Cleanliness & Maintenance (300-point checklist including preventative maintenance schedules and hurricane checklists)
- True representation of properties in marketing materials for all rental properties
- Established and delivered Service Standards and training including utilising our property management software solution for work orders, maintenance schedules, and monitoring of contractors
Keeping you informed – We enlist one dedicated Property Manager to service each property. We also have dedicated coverage when a team member is on vacation. Your property is never without management. We are very innovative and use a mobile work order app to track maintenance activity. We also provide easy access to monthly statements with electronic billing records.
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A Knowledgeable Team – With over 40 years (previously under the Bajan Services Ltd. Brand), we offer a trained team of 18+ Property Managers in 2 locations on the South and West Coasts of Barbados. Our team is strongly supported by our Human Resources and Payroll department which takes responsibility for the staff at various managed properties as well as our temporary staff. Our Accounts team ensures that each of our client’s specific required financial requirements is met.
Trust Accounting – We have dedicated support services for staff and payroll management. We separate our owner and operating funds entirely and provide secure accounts for foreign currency holdings. Our accounts are verified and tested annually by an external audit firm.
Smart Staffing – We provide vetted temporary staffing services for chefs, butlers, housekeepers, and other services. All new staff is trained to high standards including all-new safety protocols.
Administration and Account Management
The concept of trust accounting is ingrained in our firm. Our auditors carry out specific authentication each year to verify the integrity of our separation of funds. We focus on protecting our owners’ foreign exchange risk and protecting our client’s funds to reduce the risk of issues of repatriation. We also understand that you own your property to enjoy it, we help take care of the administration as well, including coordination with external accountants for Annual Income Tax Filing and Registration with TAMIS for the Barbados Revenue Authority as needed. If you are interested in any of the above services, contact us, we would be happy to discuss further to get additional details to provide you with a free quotation for your Barbados property. On the handover of your property, we will work with you to establish a regular reporting schedule.
Routine, Preventative Maintenance & Safety Checks
Routine Maintenance
A Blue Sky Luxury Property Manager will be assigned to provide oversight of the management of the property and perform a comprehensive check of your property on a scheduled weekly basis. As a part of these routine checks, we ensure that the property is aired, plumbing, lighting and all electrical items are checked, and cleaned thoroughly. Additionally, we ensure that any small items requiring attention are efficiently taken care of before they become a larger problem.
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Preventative Maintenance
Through our specialised property management software, all maintenance is scheduled and checked, and the system is augmented with the use of digital photography, checklists and the development of standard operating procedures for each property. We will ensure all preventative maintenance schedules, routine inspections, repairs requests and service requests are logged to track and record the resolution of reactive maintenance issues from submission, assignment, monitoring, verification, and through to completion. The assigned Property Manager will also complete certain checklists regularly through our mobile app. This specific technology is part of a full system that allows for all of our resources to be coordinated online.
Whether it is the monitoring of sub-contractors, following work orders or accounting, our entire system is available for remote operation and monitoring. With the recent restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, our investments in technology became even more valuable to our clients. We are able to provide our full suite of services virtually without any disruption.
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Safety Checks
Blue Sky Luxury maintains a 24/7/365 Hotline service to answer any emergency calls.
Provision of Market Value Reports
With the real estate market in constant flux, Owners need to have a sense of the value of their investment and how this may change over time. Through our Valuations team, reports can be prepared once every 3 years and can be used for various purposes. These reports can be used for tax objections, insurance, or the current assessment of market value. Market Value Reports contain:
- Full inspection in Year 1 (includes measurements and photos)
- Update inspection every 3 years to take new photos
- Submission of property tax objection and insurance as required
Staff Management, Payroll & HR Support
Blue Sky Luxury manages the payroll for permanent villa staff and the setup for owners in the BRA Tax Administration Management Information System (TAMIS.) This service covers all required owner-employer obligations (NIS and PAYE.) Our administration services also include issuing pay slips to staff weekly. Additionally, we ensure that permanent villa staff have up-to-date employment contracts with applicable job descriptions that align with the labour laws of Barbados. Training for permanent staff is provided by participating in The Blue Standard and COVID-19 service training. We also have a team of temporary staff whose services are available on an as-needed basis.
Inventory Management & Auditing Control
The Property Management team at Blue Sky Luxury ensures that there are methods of control put in place to safeguard and account for our owner’s possessions. Your home should have a full, comprehensive catalogued inventory (with photos) and our team will ensure that this is done upon taking over the management.
- Your Blue Sky Luxury Property Manager will complete a full inventory of the contents of your property. This will also assist in ensuring your content insurance is adequate.
- Digital photographs of the items in the inventory will also be taken, giving you a catalogue of the contents at your property. This will include photos of furniture, art and decor and sample patterns (if applicable) of the cutlery and/or linens.
Concierge for Owners
We understand that our owners would appreciate specific Concierge services that make their lives more enjoyable while they are on the island. Our Lifestyle Concierge usually arranges all of our owner’s requests. We are here to make it easy so you can live the life that you deserve.
Our Barbados concierge team can arrange:
- luxury, economy and family car rentals
- the ordering and delivery of flowers, gift baskets, groceries, wines etc.
- Airport Transfers
- Fast Track through Barbados Immigration
- Dinner reservations at the finest restaurants
- Spa treatments – both at your private villa and offsite
- sailing, boating trips, or island-hopping escapes
- deliveries of ready-made meals and/or desserts for arrival or while on the island
- In-villa COVID-19 testing as needed
Work with a trusted Property Management group
Blue Sky Luxury was formerly known as Bajan Services Limited, and has been managing vacation villas and holiday homes in Barbados and the Caribbean for almost 40 years. Our holiday rentals company is the most recognised and trusted brand name in villa management and rental marketing in Barbados, with the largest portfolio of properties on the island and a franchise in St. Lucia.
The Property Management team at Blue Sky Luxury is dedicated to providing homeowners with the best possible home ownership experience whether as a private home or villa rental. We are proud to be a full-service company with experts in the Reservations and Concierge teams. Watch our video below to learn more about our full range of vacation rental services at Blue Sky Luxury – The Holiday Home Experts.
Blue Sky Luxury has the benefit of long-standing and trusted affiliations with our sister companies Terra Caribbean and Terra Luxury. With a history in real estate dating back to the 1950s, Terra Caribbean has three regional franchises in Grenada, Trinidad and St. Lucia. The company was founded on a passion for real estate knowledge. Our sister company Terra Luxury partnering with leading global property firm Knight Frank strengthens Terra Luxury’s international reach, reinforcing the exclusivity of our clients’ luxury properties and extending our services to discerning clients worldwide.
Stay in touch, we love to hear from you!
Direct Barbados: 1.246.622.4466
Freephone UK: 0800 0885574
Toll Free US/CND: 1 866 404 9600
Email: experts@blueskyluxury.com
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