Tenants Leaving Agreement Early

clutton_2

""I'm not sure how much of an inventory there would have been on a newly decorated / refurbished empty house, where all the fittings were brand new - how can that be a sticky wicket?""

you are missing the point about inventories - even if all it says is ~"" newly decorated throughout with brand new carpets"" - it needs the tenants signature to prove that was the condition on the date the tenants moved in - their signature is seen as the proof by courts, not your building chums statements or invoices - you could have put the goods purchased on the invoices into another property - courts will always come down on the side of the tenant where there is no categoric evidence.

as i said before, write it off and move on - all businesses have their losses - this is our type of loss

prudryden

Without a signed inventory/condition report, you will be banging your head against a wall. Anything could have happened in the short time frame between the decorators leaving and the tenants moving in. I would even suggest that a professional independent inventory clerk be used rather than yourself.