When you are a managing agent looking after
many properties on behalf of your landlord clients, possibly one of the worst
jobs that you have to do is carrying out inventory. And yet it is an essential
part of your work.
It is one of the worst jobs because it can
be extremely time-consuming. It is repetitive. And one might say boring. Yet it
is important because it is vital to note any damage that the tenant has caused
to the property during the tenancy. Equally, from the tenant’s point of view,
it is necessary to take note of fair wear and tear. This happens to all
properties, and the tenant cannot be expected to pay for wear and tear which
will automatically happen in a property as time passes.
Certainly, under the TDS, the tenant has
provided a deposit for the precise purpose of the landlord being able to
recover the cost of repairs to damages caused by the tenant, but that cannot be
claimed without some evidence. The tenant can go to arbitration and it costs
him or her nothing, so it is almost in his interests to do so. The only way
that you can supply evidence of damage on behalf of your client is through
carrying out inventories at check-in and check-out, and on regular inspections
in between.
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