Tenant left us a mess

LittleMax

ljane74 wrote: »

The company did make a couple of visits but as they had had to give the tenants notice they had relatively tidied up in time.

You can't tidy up carpets that are so bad they need replacing, dog chewed skirtings and architrave and a dirty great skip in the garden. I would be asking the agents for the written reports of their visits. You definitely need a new lettings agent.

thequant

ljane74 wrote: »

Thanks all. Well hubby has checked insurance he has. By luck he had changed his normal house insurance to landlord insurance when he decided to rent the place out and there is legal cover and accidental damage. He's going to speak to them on Monday to get more details so we may be in luck.
As we're using a company to manage the rental, hubby ask if he could drop in and he was told No in no uncertain terms. The company did make a couple of visits but as they had had to give the tenants notice they had relatively tidied up in time. We are changing management company as the ones concerned seem to be a bit useless. I don't know if recommendations are allowed but if anyone knows of a decent company........:)
Thank you all again for advice/discussion.

Before you dump your current agent, you need to get the credit check and references from them. This is the first hurdle you need to jump to try and claim.

Oldfatgrumpy

If you really can't find an owner for the skip, could you sell it to another skip hire company for a few quid & free collection?

Reue

argomatt wrote: »

The owners and agents are allowed to make periodic inspections of their property. The occupiers will be given notice of these inspections and invited to be at the property when they are carried out. - Allowed by who? By What? I suspect you are one of those misguided landlords who believe that whats written in a tenancy agreement will overrule someone's legal rights.

If they are not there, then the owner or agent can let themselves in to carry out the inspection. - Locks changed.

If anybody had attempted to tell me to "!!!!!! off and leave us alone" then they'd probably find themselves being served notice to quit before long. - Good luck getting that passed. As long as the tenant has paid their rent in full, on time and is in a set term tenancy your chances are very low

Best of luck