Deleting a Property (Safeguards & Warnings)

Because Properties sit at the absolute top of the Landager data hierarchy, deleting one is a serious action.

If you sell a building or lose a management contract, you may want to remove it from your dashboard. However, Landager implements strict safeguards to prevent you from accidentally destroying years of financial history.

The "Cascade" Protection Rule

[!CAUTION] You cannot delete a Property if there is any active data attached to it.

Before the system will allow you to delete a Property, you must ensure it is completely isolated. The "Delete" button will fail and display an error if the Property currently contains:

1. Units
2. Active Leases (tied to the units)
3. Rent Payment Records
4. Logged Expenses
5. Historical Maintenance Tickets

How to Safely Remove a Property

If you truly want to wipe a building from your Landager account forever, you must dismantle it piece by piece from the bottom up.

1. Navigate to the Expenses tab and delete all financial records attached to the building.
2. Navigate to the Maintenance tab and delete all historical tickets.
3. Navigate to the Leases tab and permanently delete all leases attached to the units inside the building (this removes the rent payment history).
4. Open the Property Detail view, go to the Units tab, and delete every individual Unit.
5. Finally, use the Action Menu on the Property Header to click "Delete Property".

Because this process intentionally requires massive effort, it ensures you never accidentally delete crucial tax records while moving quickly.

The Better Alternative: Do Not Delete

In 99% of cases, you should not delete the property.

If you sell a building, you still need the historical expense and rent collection data for your tax returns that operating year. If you delete the property, that data is permanently destroyed.

Instead of deleting, we heavily recommend:

1. Ending all active leases to turn the units "Vacant."
2. Archiving the property visually by adding "SOLD" or "INACTIVE" to the beginning of the Property Name via the Edit tool.

This keeps your historical, interconnected data perfectly intact for accountants, while signaling to you that the building is no longer an active part of your management workflow.