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What is reasonable for landlord inspections?
ramellous1
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We have been renting through a letting agency since last June. They came out to do an inspection at the end of Oct which involved looking around every room including our bedrooms. Now they want to come out again in 2 weeks. Is this normal? I find it quite invasive.
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My rental properties are inspected every three months. Its the norm for the agency I use.0
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If they want to come out again so quickly they must have found fault with something. I cant think of any other reasonO0
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If they want to come out again so quickly they must have found fault with something. I cant think of any other reason
Stop scaremongering
It`s perfectly reasonable to expect some agencies to want to inspect quarterly
ours we were with before didnt but the ones before that did
It`s not on , posts like yours0 -
Make a list of fault you want rectified!
"This carpet isn't fluffy enough"
"The toilets too loud"Bankruptcy isn't the worst that can happen to you. The worst that can happen is your forced to live the rest of your life in abject poverty trying to repay the debts.0 -
ramellous1 wrote: »We have been renting through a letting agency since last June. They came out to do an inspection at the end of Oct which involved looking around every room including our bedrooms. Now they want to come out again in 2 weeks. Is this normal? I find it quite invasive.
You should ask them why they want to come back in 2 weeks - if they found something they don't like, they should advise you, otherwise more often than every 3 months infringes on your right to peaceful enjoyment.
We tend to accomodate our agents and have had no problem. We have explained in writing that we do not want them to visit in our absence. They have to respect this , save in an emergency.0 -
You should ask them why they want to come back in 2 weeks - if they found something they don't like, they should advise you, otherwise more often than every 3 months infringes on your right to peaceful enjoyment.
We tend to accomodate our agents and have had no problem. We have explained in writing that we do not want them to visit in our absence. They have to respect this , save in an emergency.
I think you have read it wrong , the OP means two weeks from the time of her post , not since the date of the last inspection
correct me if wrong OP0 -
I think you have read it wrong , the OP means two weeks from the time of her post , not since the date of the last inspection
correct me if wrong OP
you're right, I read it wrong. It is a bit invasive but we do it to show good willing, also it stops them telling us porkie pies at the end of the tenancy if they hadn't brought it up earlier.- We also agreed to it when we signed the AST. If you didn't then it's up to you, it's not an obligation. At any rate do it at a time when it's convenient to you.0 -
When we rented the agents did an inspection every three to four months. They went into every room, which seems eminently reasonable. They didn't look in cupboards etc.
It doesn't sound invasive to me. If I was giving someone charge of a major asset of mine I would expect to be able to check thet they were looking after it.
If you don't want people looking around your house the answer is to buy;) .0 -
Stop scaremongering
It`s perfectly reasonable to expect some agencies to want to inspect quarterly
ours we were with before didnt but the ones before that did
It`s not on , posts like yours
I misread the original post as i scaned through it i thought it said 2 weeks after the 1st inpection
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When we rented the agents did an inspection every three to four months. They went into every room, which seems eminently reasonable. They didn't look in cupboards etc.
It doesn't sound invasive to me. If I was giving someone charge of a major asset of mine I would expect to be able to check thet they were looking after it.
If you don't want people looking around your house the answer is to buy;) .
While it's not unreasonable in my opinion it's not obligatory either. Whether you pay for it outright or you pay monthly your right to peaceful enjoyment remains the same and takes precedence in any legal dispute. If a landlord doesn't like it they can choose not to let out their property or choose their tenants more carefully. The risk is theirs.0
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