On Saturday, 10 September 2016 07:18:44 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:
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On Friday, 9 September 2016 08:45:20 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:
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On Thursday, 8 September 2016 22:38:16 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:
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Thank you for reminding us you're still awaiting that brain
transplant.
As if we needed reminding.

You never could bull**** your way out of a wet paper bag, gutless.

that's how young children argue.

You never could bull**** your way out of a wet paper bag, gutless.

it's completely lost

Yes, you always are.

the kid's playground style argument continues. There's summat not right with our Rodney.

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On Saturday, 10 September 2016 07:18:44 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:
tabbypurr wrote in message
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On Friday, 9 September 2016 08:45:20 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:
tabbypurr wrote in message
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On Thursday, 8 September 2016 22:38:16 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:
tabbypurr wrote in message

Thank you for reminding us you're still awaiting that brain
transplant.
As if we needed reminding.

You never could bull**** your way out of a wet paper bag, gutless.

that's how young children argue.

You never could bull**** your way out of a wet paper bag, gutless.

it's completely lost

Yes, you always are.

the kid's playground style argument continues.

Yes, that has always been all you can ever manage.

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In article , Tim Watts
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On 05/09/16 17:11, Bill wrote:
A relation is thinking of renting out his house for a year or so while
he works away. He has had a very tentative contact with a local estate
agent who has quoted the possible rent and offered to manage the whole
arrangement. The agent hasn't seen the property.

My immediate thoughts were about the state of the property. It was
originally bought with a plan to refurbish it to a high standard, but he
hasn't had time to start. It has been fine as-is as a home, but, for
example, many of the interior doors don't close and are visibly out of
true. 2 surveys 10 years apart said that this was due to historical
settlement which has now stabilised and is no longer a problem. There
are other problems with things like garage doors that scrape on the
path, soakaways that need investigation and so on.

It is his main home and he needs to be able to return to it after the
current job.

We can get the garden tidied for him and do small jobs so it looks OK,
and I might be asked to get involved in meeting one or more estate
agents on site.
Is it likely that he would have to get all the doors right before it was
rentable?
What do these inclusive estate agent deals involve? If a tenant is
installed and a light bulb needs replacing, is the agent likely to call
in a contractor at great expense?

Any comments from anyone who has experience of this would be very
welcome.

It will need to meet certain minimum standards - smoke alarms, and gas
certification being the first 2 I can think of.
Electrical certificate also.

not mandatory

(except in the mind of the person wanting to charge you for it)

tim