LEI - A Landlord

Since the property you let is your investment, or/ and livelihood, one of your main concern is that tenants hand it over in a good state, clean and tidy, once the tenancy ends. Or, if this wasn’t the case, you want to be able to recover the costs of restoring your property to a satisfying standard, ready for new tenancy. By law, after the 6^thof April 2007, any shorthold tenancy has its deposit protected by the TDP - Tenancy Deposit Protection scheme. It means the deposit is kept by an authorized body, you no longer have the right of judge and jury. To make a claim against a deposit you must prove the dilapidations. The best way to do this is by arranging a third party check-out report. This way you secure an objective, detailed, unbiased assessment of the state of your property. This, the check-out report, is your proof, making the whole deduction process easier.
Before this can happen, there must be an inventory report to compare the current state to and it is very important you always remember to have one prepared before each and every new tenancy and best, by a company specialising in just that. Practice shows having an inventory prepared is in many cases sufficient for tenants to take more care of your property, if they know its interior and everything that comes with it has been professionally documented.