Property inspections are generally rather unpopular. Landlords feel embarrassed about intruding onto tenants personal space and tenants resent landlords coming and poking around in their home!
However, as landlords are bound by so many rules and regulations nowadays, they need to carry out regular inspections to ensure that they are compliant. For example:
To ensure that the property is in proper repair - early repair work can save money!
To check that unauthorised people are not living at the property - which could turn it into an HMO and make you liable for licensing and fines
To check that no illegal activity is going on - such as cannabis farming
To comply with the terms of your landlord insurance policy - most now require landlords to conduct regular inspections.
To help, we have developed our Property Inspection Kit. This is available free of charge to our Business Level members as part of their membership.
If you are not a Landlord Law Business Level member:
The Property Inspection kit can be purchased for a modest cost.