Fewer than one in ten tenants are completely happy with their property, while 32% end a tenancy early because of its condition.
Poor-quality kitchens and bathrooms are the biggest issue for tenants, while three-quarters of tenants say that water and energy efficiency is very important.
Décor and quality of fittings could be a deal-breaker for one in three tenants, while old and badly maintained kitchens and bathrooms would put 46% off taking a property.
The findings emerge in a survey of the private rented market by the National Landlords Association and Methven, a shower firm, which questioned 1,000 tenants.
The survey also found that location remains the most important factor in whether a tenant takes a property, while communal areas are the least important.
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My tenant says they haven't got gold taps and feel that it is sub-standard.
@RayComer spot on........
What utter rubbish! In fact I'll go one further and say its a made up story; show us the evidence that an objective survey was carried out without loaded questions.
I expect you may have got a similar result from owner-occupiers, many of who live with things they would change if money was no object; sometimes they move and buy something in better condition or brand-new.
'.....I used to enjoy reading LAT or EAT for serious industry updates....' So did most of us. This site has been dumbed down very much in the last twelve months - See more at: http://www.lettingagenttoday.co.uk/news_features/Only-one-in-ten-tenants-happy-with-their-propertys-condition#comments
SORT IT OUT ELSE I WILL BE BOOKMARING PROPERTY118 and saying goodbye to here...........
'.....I used to enjoy reading LAT or EAT for serious industry updates....'
So did most of us. This site has been dumbed down very much in the last twelve months
'.....and Methven, a shower firm, which questioned 1,000 tenants.....'
Utter rubbish!
What a load of waffle and tripe, I used to enjoy reading LAT or EAT for serious industry updates.
Now I read it for a good laugh at the latest rubbish that has somehow been posted.
You can do what you want with any statistics.
Tenants are probably the greediest most ungrateful people about who think renting a property is a golden ticket to a lap of luxury.
They expect drains to be unblocked after they block them, light bulbs to be replaced despite. You can give people a brand spanking new house that has been completed to a good standard and they will still MOAN!!!
Any study will show that people are never completely happy with the property they live in. Even If you are an owner occupier the survey would say the same because most people want something better than they have. It is human nature.
Despite what all the reports say, the majority of landlords are also strapped for cash with rent payments covering the landlords mortgage payments and just about enough for routine maintenance. Not betterment. (This is the same with most owner occupiers, they do not have the funds to go out and improve their kitchen/bathrooms, they live with it).
It's about time that serious fair information was relayed by the media. How many tenants damage a landlords property and the landlord is only awarded a small compensatory figure which an arbitrator sees as fair for the Tenant? leaving the landlord to pay? how many Tenants deposits do not cover the value of their damage and rent arrears?
Are we now going to be treated to a twice weekly series of meaningless micro stories from NLA?
Without pointing out the obvious having aspirations for a luxury B&Q kitchen or Victoria plumb freestanding bath is pointless if you are renting. Even with the money to spend on such luxuries tenants ought to realise they are only transient guests in the property and should have wondered if the frills were up to scratch before they took the tenancy.
The national shortage of properties means very few landlords need to pay too much heed to nonsense PR like this. Keep it for the NLA members, we don't need to be reading it.