Letter to Landlord regarding Vacating. Please look it over?

BrandNewDay

I think they mean well, I just think they're a bit... out of touch. LOL

Truly, they're nice people. I suspect they've both got very cluttered homes and they don't know what to do with the stuff. They DID take out all their parent's clothing. I think they think they took everything and have just left useful things that anybody would be happy to rent.

Clearly, though, they didn't do a good poke through the cupboards. I was already annoyed that they refused to take ANY of the excessive amount of furniture away (even that LA remarked upon the over-abundance of ugly old furniture.) When I found the SIX bent-cane walking sticks in the hall cupboard, I sort of lost it. I was cursing. LOL Basically, I just threw everything away that wasn't either in the inventory or clearly of real sentimental value (like the christening bonnet.)

There was this weird thing where I tried to get them to take a football trophy engraved with their dad's name on it. I thrust it towards them and said "Surely you'll want to take this?" and she put her hands behind her back, shook her head and so "no, no... I have nowhere to put it." There were bookshelves full of books and all manner of their junk.

I just remembered another thing - there was a very old (as in WWII era) hoover vacuum cleaner. It still worked when we moved in, but it died not too long after and I did get rid of it. I suppose they could complain that their hoover was missing, but I would be interested to see what they can claim for a 60-year-old hoover!

At that time, we really did have no choice. The house was big enough and it was in a perfect location. We would have had to live twenty miles further away from my husband's job to find anything even close to big enough, and we had to move that very week. Next time, we will be able to take our time and do like you said - check and double-check everything. I've been reading all the threads here and I'm not going to get caught out.

tbs624

MummySavingMoney wrote: »

I am new to all this, but my son will be leaving home soon, thanks to your post I know a bit more about what problems he may encounter. I am now planning to visit properties with him, and take lots of photos as evidence of the state of the decor, fittings etc before he moves in.

Sorry OP - this reply is veering off topic. MSM - why not draw up a checklist with your son and let him make his own initial viewings? He can then discuss the properties with you and draw up a shortlist

MummySavingMoney wrote: »

Everyone keeps warning him that landlords find a reason to keep your deposit whatever you do to keep the place responsibly. I hope that isn't true. I wish you well.

There are good and bad amongst both LLs and Ts. The main thing is to ensure that your son has , as you say, clear evidence of the start condition of the property - if the LL provides an inventory then your son should annotate it appropriately before signing so that its is an agreed document. Then your son should ensure that he gets formal confirmation that the tenancy deposit has been scheme registered plus he should be given a copy of the scheme's "prescribed info" He should then familiarise himself with how the scheme operates, well in advance of needing to use it.

Get him to trawl through the sticky at the top of the HBR&S board