This document discusses various routine maintenance tasks that landlords are obligated or recommended to perform to ensure tenant safety and property upkeep. It covers required annual gas safety checks, the benefits of maintenance service contracts, mandatory electrical condition reports every 5 years, installing smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors, preventing legionnaires' disease through water maintenance, and other routine maintenance tasks like redecorating and carpet replacement every 3-5 years. Communicating these maintenance checks with tenants is also advised.