Agreed you do the same as I do as long as the letting agent has his paperwork both he and I are covered.I do a full periodic on a property being let for the first time.But when the same property comes up for change of tenant in just 6 months time, I rarely do a full periodic. I just do a visual inspection to make sure nothings been tampered with, and basic checks from the CU like IR and ring continuity. I see little point repeating r1+r2 etc so soon after the last full test if there's no sign if anything being touched.
As always it's your judgement what is needed.
Both meters in my property are on the Card Pay As You Go system and on change of tenant my agent informs all concerned, Electricity, Gas, Water, Council Post Office and anyone else they want to inform I only have to cash my monthly cheque.Your Letting Agent seems to be one of the better ones Bwy. I too have a house here that we let out. Luckily to date haven't had any bad ones as far as tampering with things and systems. But i can sure see the implications of having such tenants!!!I have a good friend here, that looks after things for me while i'm out of country. He too has rental properties, and one of the things he does is contact the leccy/telephone companies, and local authority to inform them when a tenant has given notice of leaving. This puts the onus on these companies to collect any unpaid bills and not on the owner. Evidently, there was one tenant that tried to get away with not paying his yearly local community tax, ....A whacking great 98 Cy Pounds at the time!!! But an official from the local village council visited the property a day before there departure to collect the outstanding tax, and didn't leave before receiving it ...haha!!!
Makes sense to be aware of these things and to cover yourself whenever possible!!!
i try to enforce PIRs but the landlords insist they dont need them ......Agreed you do the same as I do as long as the letting agent has his paperwork both he and I are covered.
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