The Value of High Quality Inspection Reports for Landlords

Cheshire and Merseyside Inventories

Landlords of rental properties in Chester and Liverpool can add multiple layers of protection for themselves and their properties. Having an experienced and professional letting agency to manage your portfolio is the first layer of protection. Crown Rentals also provides market leading Rent & Legal Protection Insurance as standard.

To back up all other protections, it is essential that landlords have a range of comprehensive and descriptive inventory reports created at key stages of a tenancy.

Pre Move-In

Created shortly before your new tenant moves in, this detailed document provides clear evidence of the entire contents and condition of your rental property at the start of a tenancy. All fixtures and fittings, furnishings, and decor are photograhed and documented.

It forms the framework for the obligations your tenant accepts regarding the upkeep of your property when signing their tenancy agreement.

Should you need to charge your tenant for repairs at the end of the tenancy, the move-in inventory is essential for backing up your claim. Without it, you have no case.

Move-Out

To back up any claim for damages, cleaning, decorating etc, a move-out inventory at the end of a tenancy is required to provide evidence.

The move-out inventory is compared to the move-in inventory, giving irrefutable evidence of any changes in condition.

The start and finish reports document every aspect of every room in your property, plus all external parts, gardens etc. Photographs are date stamped and supported by a descriptive narrative.

They also evidence compliance with legal regulations such as smoke and CO alarms, working fixtures and fittings, and safety features like window restrictors.

Periodic Inspections

It is also highly advisable to document period inspection visits in a similar way. Although less detailed than an initial move-in report, the periodic condition report documents the overall general condition of the property on a room-by-room basis on a recorded date and time. It highlights continued compliance with regulations and notes any issues that may need attention.

In areas with local authority selective licencing powers (such as Liverpool), councils can request to see evidence that rental properties are inspected at regular intervals and that problems identified are being dealt with.

Additional Assessment Reports Available

• HMO Inspection
• Fire Safety Risk Assessment
• Legionella Risk Assessment

For enquiries about any of our inventory or inspection reporting services, landlords with rental properties in Cheshire and Merseyside should contact Steve or Christine today - mail@crownrentals.co.uk

Move- In / Move-Out reports from £126

Periodic Inspection report - £84

Fire Safety Risk Assessment report - £180

Legionella Risk Assessment report - £180

HMO Inspection report - £POA