Legalities - furnished, part or unfurnished?

SlinkMink_2

What are the legal differences between: Furnished, part or unfurnished?

From the Landlords perspective, which would be better?
Should he/she let their flat Furnished, part or unfurnished?

Any answers would be really appreciated.

Thanks :think:

HappyMJ

Unfurnished.

The landlord is responsible for all furnishings in the house/flat. It's not worth it.

Tenants tend to stay much longer if they have to bring all of their own furniture. It's much harder to move when you've got to pack everything up hire a van and move it.

A tenant in a fully furnished property can move on at any time just by packing up their clothes and putting them in the car and going. Great for a holiday let where tenants only stay for a month but not for a long term rental.

PasturesNew

There are no legal differences between the terms. The terms are used to roughly indicate what might be included/not, to give tenants a starting idea of whether a place is what they're looking for or not.

If I've got all my stuff I know instantly to avoid the "fully furnished" headlines. If I've nothing, I know instantly to look at the fully furnished.

Beyond the initial enquiry by a tenant, it's then up to them to find out what's included/not and then consider it against what they were after.

[Deleted User]

The LL can state he won't repair the items supplied and then well, he/she doesn't lol.

However if somewhere is supplied furnished, being the untrusting devil I am, I'd be wondering whether this tenant was going to disappear with the furniture.

As a tenant with all her own furniture etc, I didn't even look at places supplied part furnished, major pain trying to store things.

G_M

The legal distinction is in the inventory.

That is where it specifies exactly what is, or isn't, included.

AdrianC

One blogger's (amusing, not entirely family-friendly) view on the matter...
http://www.propertyinvestmentproject.co.uk/blog/what-furniture-should-landlords-provide/

SlinkMink_2

Great reply, thanks!

Old_Git

As a landlord I prefer to rent with white goods only .
In the past I have rented as furnished .The problem comes when a new tenant dosent want the furniture ,where do I store it .
My latest tenant had to buy a bed .Everything else was left by the previous tenant .