What is the difference between make-ready and a turnover?

The difference between a make-ready and an apartment turnover is mostly scope. Make-ready usually means the lighter, mostly cosmetic list between residents: touch-up paint, small patches, a few fixtures and a punch list. A full turnover adds heavier repairs first, like larger drywall damage, ceiling repair after a leak or new flooring.

The order is the practical difference. A make-ready can start with paint. A heavier turn runs walls and ceilings, then paint, then floors, then the small items, because painting over unfinished patches means painting the room again.

You do not have to know which you need. The walkthrough decides it and the written scope prices each line. Have a make-ready checklist? Send it and we price only the lines the unit fails.