On Thu, 28 Jun 2012 13:51:30 +0100
tony sayer wrote:

In article , Davey
scribeth thus
On Wed, 27 Jun 2012 23:17:07 +0100
tony sayer wrote:

Check it ALL before refunding deposit. Don't trust an agent to do
this, only you will know what you put in there.
Not all tenants are like this, of course, but plenty seem to think
that your stuff is fair game for them.
Been there, done that.

Just take plenty of piccys of all rooms and contents when you rent
it out and give them copies. Then you can compare yours and the
ones they have if there is a dispute;!..



Yeah, that's what I said! Must be good advice. We had a friend
acting as agent, and we later discovered that he had been very
lenient with the inventory checks.

Davey.

As most all of them are as well as replacing any appliance with new
rather then seeing what's wrong with it etc...

That last bit worked in our favour when we were tenants in the US, the
clothes dryer was making loud screeching noises and not running, the
landlord (owner's brother-in-law) just bought a new one, and was happy
when I said I would keep the old one. It needed a new belt idler, and
for $10 I had a good working machine, which travelled with us to
several places.
So sometimes things work out ok!
--
Davey.