Your thoughts on house inspections

richardw

They are highly likely to have inspected many homes before and will have developed an eye of what to look out for. Their highly trained eye will look at the building fabric and nothing else because they won't have any of the slightest interest in anything else in your home because they'll want to get on quickly to the next home to inspect.

franklee

As others have said I'd be accompanying the inspector round.

Also I'd be putting a dust sheet over the bed as going into the loft usually involves quite a lot of dust/loft insulation bits getting knocked down. Maybe clear room for a ladder. Loft hatches in bedrooms are a pain.

propertyman

I disagree, we do have to be sensitive to someone who might be worried about a stranger having a good look round, as we here ,nor the HA may be unaware of a persons reasons good bad or indifferent, to these inspections.

In social housing there are more people with needs and vulnerabilities and therefore it's not as cut and dried as the majority of short private lettings.

Candy ask them what is the purpose of the inspection and who will be becoming and explain your concerns. If you are not satisfied with the reply or assurances then write and decline the inspection wishing it to be postponed until you get an adequate response.

But you msut make this through the HA's formal complaints procedure.