Hi all,
It's come to my realisation that the property I am looking at buying (which has as lengthily fixed tenancy agreement in place) may not have had a tenancy condition report prepared.
After speaking with the Department of Fair Trading, I've been advised that if there were any dispute over damages in the property at the end of tenancy, the tenant could simply say it was there when they moved in and I wouldn't have a leg to stand on.
The property managers who took on the tenancy are highly incompetent which leads me to believe they may not have had a tenancy condition report done. I am only hoping they actually did do one, but my gut feeling is they didn't (yes, they are that bad).
Has anyone been in a similar situation? I've asked Fair Trading if I could baseline the condition of the property and apparently there is no provision for this.
Thanks!
It's come to my realisation that the property I am looking at buying (which has as lengthily fixed tenancy agreement in place) may not have had a tenancy condition report prepared.
After speaking with the Department of Fair Trading, I've been advised that if there were any dispute over damages in the property at the end of tenancy, the tenant could simply say it was there when they moved in and I wouldn't have a leg to stand on.
The property managers who took on the tenancy are highly incompetent which leads me to believe they may not have had a tenancy condition report done. I am only hoping they actually did do one, but my gut feeling is they didn't (yes, they are that bad).
Has anyone been in a similar situation? I've asked Fair Trading if I could baseline the condition of the property and apparently there is no provision for this.
Thanks!