Property management agreement checklist in Bali

What should be visible before signature?

Separate services, authority, money, reporting, costs, access, data, term and exit. If the answer to any question is “we will work it out as we go”, it is an open point, not flexibility.

The short answer

Do not sign a management agreement on one commission number. First make a map: which actions are allowed, who decides, where money goes, who approves costs, what reporting includes and how the agreement ends.

Evidence scope

Checked on

2026-10-15

Established

• General consumer and arbitration frameworks exist.

Not established

• Authority, terms, fee, revenue or outcome of the selected agreement.

Service is not a marketing word

“Full management” can mean different things. Break it into tasks: communications, bookings, cleaning, repairs, payments, reports, photos, access and emergencies. Each task needs an owner and a responsibility boundary.

Money needs a map

Ask where payments arrive, which costs can be withheld, which limit requires approval, which records accompany a report and when the owner sees the result. Revenue, occupancy and outcome should not be replaced by a beautiful presentation example.

Exit is part of the start

Check term, notice, transfer of keys and accounts, access to data, unclosed costs, guests or contractors during transition. General legal frameworks exist, but they do not write this route for the parties to a particular agreement.

Decision steps

1. Step 1

   Break service into concrete tasks.

2. Step 2

   Name actions requiring your approval.

3. Step 3

   Build a map of money flows and costs.

4. Step 4

   Reconcile reporting form, data and frequency.

5. Step 5

   Read exit as carefully as start.

What to check

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