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A quiet Maine winter morning — the reminder every landlord needs. Before the first snow hits, a vacant rental can turn into a costly spring repair. Here’s why a pre-snow check is essential in Lewiston, Auburn, and the surrounding lake regions.

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Get ahead of Maine’s freeze season. Learn why vacant rentals in Lewiston, Auburn, and nearby lake towns need a pre-snow check—even when everything “looks fine.” Prevent frozen pipes, drift-snow damage, safety issues, and costly spring repairs with Pine & Shine’s Winter Vacancy Check.

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Why Vacant Rentals Need a Pre-Snow Check (Even When “Nothing’s Broken”)

If you’ve lived in Maine for more than five minutes, you already know:

winter doesn’t care.

Not about your schedule, your tenants, or the fact that your rental’s been sitting “perfectly fine” for a couple weeks.

And if you’re a landlord, property manager, or hosting a short-term rental anywhere near Lewiston, Auburn, or the lake regions…

a vacant unit is basically a ticking ice bomb.

Welcome to your friendly reminder from Pine & Shine:

Don’t let “it’s empty, it’s fine” cost you thousands in spring.

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Your essential winter plumbing check — the Pipe-Safe Walkthrough protects Lewiston, Auburn, and lake-region rentals from hidden freeze risks.

🧊 1. Pipe-Safe Walkthrough:

What’s warming up, what’s freezing up, and what’s drifting in between.

Maine winter has one job:

freeze anything you forgot about.

Even well-insulated rentals in Lewiston and Auburn get temperature drift, especially during cold snaps or furnace hiccups. And if you’ve ever had a surprise “frozen fridge situation”? Yeah. Not fun.

What we check during a Winter Vacancy Check:

• Heat levels & thermostat drift