Beykoz is one of those districts where a single approach does not work. Kavacık is a dense office district, the Bosphorus shoreline holds historic and protected buildings, and along the forest edge sit large garden developments. All three need something different.
Kavacık: managing office buildings
Managing an office building differs from residential work in three ways.
Working hours. Cleaning, technical maintenance and refurbishment have to be planned outside office hours; work done during the day interrupts the tenant businesses directly.
Uninterrupted services. In an office building the generator, UPS, air conditioning and internet are not comforts but requirements. An hour without power is a measurable loss for a commercial tenant. The redundancy and test intervals of those systems are tracked separately.
A high proportion of tenants. Most units are occupied by tenants. That complicates both the owner-tenant split of liability for common expenses and reaching a quorum at assemblies. Keeping owner and tenant records separately up to date is essential in these buildings.
The Bosphorus shoreline and listed buildings
The waterfront neighbourhoods of Beykoz have a high concentration of listed buildings and conservation areas. Work on facades, roofs and windows requires approval from the Regional Conservation Board. Even a properly taken assembly decision comes back to the building as an administrative penalty if carried out without permission.
Developments along the forest edge
In garden developments on the forest edge, landscaping, lighting a large site and fire precautions are the defining budget lines. Humidity and dense tree cover mean roofs, gutters and downpipes need clearing more often in these properties.