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Christine Bryant
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Oh Mr Meade, I bet you even want a discounted fee for carrying out the type of inspection you expect. The role of property inspector is to inspect what can be seen and what is reported by the tenant. Filth can be seen, "hidden leaks" cannot. The clue is in the wording. Why would a person visiting a property for a management inspection know that a boiler serviced 6 months ago, requires further work unless the person who actually lives with the system reports it is not working properly? Obvious electrical problems can be seen, many are not and having an agent does not absolve a landlord from his responsibilities to let a safe house. Alarm batteries - firstly it is the agent's duty to advice a landlord they need the alarms and when instructed have them fitted. It is a tenant's responsibility in most agreements to test and change batteries and light bulbs. Why would an agent perch on steps or chair to change, unless of course you want to pay for 2 inspectors, one to change the battery and the other to steady the steps, H & S! Obviously I am being facetious, but really perhaps we should visit each evening and turn the bed down! The agent you mention in your second paragraph is clearly a totally inexperienced one and everybody has to learn, but if every member of the same company is as inexperienced, then you are paying your discounted fee to the wrong company and need to look for one that may charge a realistic fee but at least spends a lot of it on training and systems and knows what is expected of a tenant and landlord within the terms of the tenancy agreement and also the terms of business you would have agreed, which I am pretty sure do not include structural surveys.

From: Christine Bryant 30 April 2018 16:30 PM

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