Can a landlord include additional items in the checkout report based on feedback from the new tenant

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SmashedAvacado wrote: »

If items are spotted weeks after you have moved out it raises the question of when the damage occurred. How can they / you be sure they were damaged during your occupancy. That's the point of a check out - there can be no argument about timing - if something is spotted later - then you could ask them to prove this was you and not them / their new tenant / their agent.

presumably the leaving tenant takes lots of pictures of the condition of the property just prior to their check out so will be able to provide their evidence to suggest that damage was not present on their check out

Whilst I concede that neither party can cover every inch of the property in photos alone I'm assuming that in part the OP may be referring to some damage to the inside of an oven (they have a separate thread)

Again I assume that this potential "damage" may have been spotted by the new incoming tenant when checking in.


In this case its not unreasonable that there could and possibly should be some photographic evidence of the inside of the oven on the OP's original check in to show that it was clean and damage free.

In my experience something like an oven is usually photographed quite clearly as it is something that if not left in the same state as received can attract a high cleaning cost


OP...You did cover yourself by taking lots of photos of the quality of the property before you left??

As I said earlier that's your evidence for the deposit adjudication

stator

Claim the whole deposit back via the scheme it is held in.
Then dispute any deductions.


If the check out report was produced after the next tenant moved in then you can claim the whole thing is invalid and out of date as there is no evidence you created the 'faults'.


Let the deposit resolution people do their job.