Property and housing
Guided video for property maintenance and housing repairs
Repairs reported by tenants are hard to categorise. A short guided recording shows the property team what the fault actually is, and which trade should attend.
No app. No account. No video call.

How can property teams triage tenant-reported repairs?
The tenant or site contact receives a guided link and records the fault, the room, the affected fittings and any damage. The property team reviews the case, assigns the correct trade, and keeps the recording attached to the repair for the landlord, the contractor and the eventual completion record.
Added value
What Service Video Experts does for property maintenance teams.
Service Video Experts lets tenants and site contacts report repairs with guided video, so property teams assign the correct trade first time, evidence condition for landlords and close jobs with documented completion.
01
Correct trade first time
The reported fault is seen before a contractor appointment is booked.
02
Condition evidenced
Damp, damage and safety concerns are recorded with dates against the property.
03
Fewer tenant appointments
Repairs are categorised properly, so tenants wait for one visit rather than two.
The typical situation
A repair is logged in a single sentence, the wrong trade attends, and the tenant waits through a second appointment.
Who records the video
The tenant, the caretaker or the property manager — and the attending contractor on completion.
What is captured
- The reported fault in context
- Room, fitting and appliance details
- Damp, damage or safety concerns
- Appliance or boiler identification
- Structured questions about the history
- Before and after evidence of the repair
Service cases
What the service team receives.
Illustrative workflow views across the sectors we work in. Example content, not customer data.
Service case #5257
Damp patch spreading on bedroom wall

- Tenant
- Apartment 2C
- Location
- Riverside Court — Limerick
- Asset
- External wall, first floor
- Reported
- Worse after rainfall
- History
- Second report this year
- Owner
- Repairs coordinator
Recommended next action
Assigned to roofing trade first — no plumbing visit booked
Service case #4821
Unit stopping after approx. 15 minutes

- Customer
- Martin Lewis
- Location
- Unit 14 — Manchester
- Asset
- Commercial heat pump
- Serial
- HP-84923
- Fault code
- E07
- Owner
- Remote support desk
Recommended next action
Technician visit required — bring circulation pump and temperature sensor
Service case #5107
Inverter offline since Monday morning

- Customer
- Beckers Logistics
- Location
- Roof array B — Eindhoven
- Asset
- String inverter 25 kW
- Serial
- INV-31204
- Fault code
- F13
- Owner
- Solar service desk
Recommended next action
Site visit scheduled — bring replacement DC isolator and string tester
Service case #5122
Water ingress above first-floor office

- Customer
- Harbour Facilities
- Location
- Block C — Rotterdam
- Asset
- Pitched tile roof — chimney flashing
- Section
- Rear slope, chimney line
- Reported
- After heavy rainfall
- Owner
- Roofing estimator
Recommended next action
Quote from video — no survey visit required before works
Service case #5149
Alarm panel showing fault at side entrance

- Customer
- Northgate Retail Park
- Location
- Gate 2 — Dublin
- Asset
- Alarm panel + entrance camera
- Serial
- AP-77210
- Indicator
- Zone 4 fault on keypad
- Owner
- Security support desk
Recommended next action
Resolved remotely — zone 4 contact reset on site, no dispatch needed
Service case #5168
Charge session stops at 3 minutes

- Customer
- City Fleet Services
- Location
- Depot bay 7 — Antwerp
- Asset
- 22 kW AC charge point
- Serial
- EVC-40911
- Fault code
- E-021
- Owner
- Charging support desk
Recommended next action
Technician visit — bring RCD module and type 2 socket assembly
Service case #5183
Combi oven tripping the breaker on start-up

- Customer
- Meridian Foods
- Location
- Main kitchen — Waterford
- Asset
- Commercial combi oven
- Serial
- OV-20884
- Fault code
- AL-07
- Owner
- Equipment service desk
Recommended next action
Right technician assigned — heating element and contactor pre-ordered
Service case #5204
Water running behind the kitchen unit

- Customer
- Ellen Doyle
- Location
- 14 Mill Lane — Cork
- Asset
- Kitchen waste and supply pipework
- Isolation
- Stopcock located under sink
- Reported
- Since yesterday evening
- Owner
- Service desk
Recommended next action
Engineer dispatched same day — bring compression fittings and flexible tails
Service case #5231
Water surfacing beside the footpath meter chamber

- Reported by
- Site contractor
- Location
- Bridge Street — Galway
- Asset
- Meter chamber and service connection
- Reference
- MC-11820
- Access
- Footpath, traffic management needed
- Owner
- Network control
Recommended next action
Category confirmed — crew scheduled with traffic management and repair collar
Service case #5279
Warning light and rattle under load

- Customer
- Fleet account — Voss Transport
- Location
- Service reception — Utrecht
- Asset
- Light commercial van
- Identification
- VIN captured on video
- Indicator
- Engine warning lamp on
- Owner
- Service advisor
Recommended next action
Diagnosis slot booked — exhaust heat shield and sensor quoted in advance
Service case #5298
Vibration reported in nacelle during operation

- Operator
- Northsea Renewables
- Location
- Turbine 7 — coastal site
- Asset
- Nacelle drive train
- Serial
- WT-6042
- Indicator
- Vibration alarm logged
- Owner
- Technical support
Recommended next action
Specialist review before climb — lifting plan and spare coupling prepared
How the service team uses it
- Assign the correct trade first time
- Separate urgent from routine repairs
- Give contractors visual context before arrival
- Evidence condition for landlords and disputes
- Close jobs with documented completion
Operational outcomes
- Fewer wrong-trade appointments
- Faster response on genuine urgency
- Auditable repair history per property
- Better tenant communication
Outcomes depend on your own service operation. We do not publish savings percentages that have not been measured with you.
Two directions of video
Before dispatch, and from the field.
The same structured approach is used in both directions, with different capture steps.
01 Customer or site → Service team
- Service request received
- Guided video link sent
- Customer or site contact records
- Service team reviews
- Resolve remotely or dispatch correctly
02 Field technician → Head office
- Technician opens the job
- Guided capture on site
- Checklist and readings
- Before and after evidence
- Completion record reviewed centrally
Common questions
What service teams usually ask first.
- Does the customer or site contact need to install anything?
- No. They open a link on their own phone and are guided through the capture steps in the browser. There is no app to download, no account to create and no live video call to join.
- What happens if the recording misses something?
- The service team can request a specific follow-up — a particular angle, the serial plate or an additional answer — through the same case, without starting again.
- How long does it take to get started?
- Implementation starts with one workflow. We configure the capture steps, questions and checklist for that workflow, connect it to how your team already works, and extend from there once it is running.
- Is this software or a service?
- It is software, licensed by subscription, with implementation included. Your team uses the platform; the people who record — customers, site contacts, technicians — need nothing installed.
Related
Continue reading
- Guided video for facilities maintenance
Multi-site facilities teams use guided video to triage reported faults, assign the right trade and document completed work across a property portfolio.
- Customer video intake without an app or account
Customers submit guided video, photos and answers through a simple link. No app, no account, no live video call.
- Proof of completion for service and maintenance work
Close jobs with dated before-and-after evidence, checklist responses and restart confirmation attached to the service record.
- Structured service documentation from the field
Video, photos, answers and checklist responses kept together as one structured service record instead of scattered across messages and notes.
Discuss your service workflow with us.
In 30 minutes we look at how requests arrive, how they are triaged and how work is documented today — and where guided video would fit.