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Duties of inventory clerk?
GDB2222
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I had an inventory done after a tenant left, and on the basis of that returned the deposit. I have now discovered that the outgoing tenant had wrecked the controls on the oven but glued the control knob onto the front of it. The first I knew about it was when the incoming tenant tried to use the oven, and it didn't work! It doesn't just need a new knob, but the function selector inside needs replacement. £100 for the work plus £80 for parts.
I suppose that it's too much to expect that the inventory clerk has a duty to do a basic check on the oven and make sure it works?
I suppose that it's too much to expect that the inventory clerk has a duty to do a basic check on the oven and make sure it works?
No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
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Probably. Would you also expect them to check the functionality of everything else in the property? How long would that take?GDB2222 said:I suppose that it's too much to expect that the inventory clerk has a duty to do a basic check on the oven and make sure it works?2 -
You hired this clerk yourself?
What did their Ts & Cs say?
What did your contract with them say?
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The contract wentAdrianC said:You hired this clerk yourself?
What did their Ts & Cs say?
What did your contract with them say?
Me: "Please do an inventory checkout ASAP"
He: "OK, Thursday afternoon".
The job needs to be done with the usual skill and care to be expected of an inventory clerk. I was really just wondering what that entails?
I also wanted to have a little moan.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?1 -
I see you regularly helping on this board and I've a lot of sympathy. I guess though, if the boot were on the other foot, would you not be suggesting that this was part and parcel of being a professional landlord (or whatever some of the other regulars like to call it)I'm not sure I'd expect an inventory clerk to check things work though - I thought it was generally to have a good poke about? make sure things had been cleaned properly etc. I'm not sure I would have them checking the cooker, boiler etc.1
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@gdb2222 With appliances, the inventory report usually makes clear that it wasn't tested. It's usually limited to a visual inspection. An example -
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How do you know that the inventory clerk made a mistake. Maybe the new tenant, unfamiliar with the controls, accidentally wrecked it and tried to blame the old tenant.
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