Hi all,
The tenants will be moving out of our IP when the lease expires at the very end of June. Back at the beginning of May (before tenants gave notice) I learned that part of the guttering had been damaged in a storm and needed repair. I asked the PM to arrange a quote for repair, which she did. This came in at the second week of May. I said to her to go ahead with the quote and asked her to please organise the work to be done before the tenant moved out (they had just given notice). The tenant asked for it to be done after 14 June as they were going to likely move out a bit earlier and didn't want to have to deal with trades while they were still there trying to move.
I said to the PM that was fine as long as the work was done before the end of the lease. After the end of the lease we are intending to renovate the property and then move in as our PPOR.
Anyway I hear nothing from the PM and two weeks ago I email her to find out where this is up to and what date they are coming. I had no response so emailed again last week, only to receive an email response from the owner of the R/E Agency saying the PM is on holidays and she knows nothing about this work.
So I call the guttering company directly and find out the work has been booked - but for end of July, not June. Tenants will be well and truly gone by then. The guttering company can't fit this job in before end of June as they are now fully booked.
Would this guttering repair have been claimable as a deduction, and if so do I have any right of recourse against the agent for not organizing it as per my instructions?
Thank you
vtt
The tenants will be moving out of our IP when the lease expires at the very end of June. Back at the beginning of May (before tenants gave notice) I learned that part of the guttering had been damaged in a storm and needed repair. I asked the PM to arrange a quote for repair, which she did. This came in at the second week of May. I said to her to go ahead with the quote and asked her to please organise the work to be done before the tenant moved out (they had just given notice). The tenant asked for it to be done after 14 June as they were going to likely move out a bit earlier and didn't want to have to deal with trades while they were still there trying to move.
I said to the PM that was fine as long as the work was done before the end of the lease. After the end of the lease we are intending to renovate the property and then move in as our PPOR.
Anyway I hear nothing from the PM and two weeks ago I email her to find out where this is up to and what date they are coming. I had no response so emailed again last week, only to receive an email response from the owner of the R/E Agency saying the PM is on holidays and she knows nothing about this work.
So I call the guttering company directly and find out the work has been booked - but for end of July, not June. Tenants will be well and truly gone by then. The guttering company can't fit this job in before end of June as they are now fully booked.
Would this guttering repair have been claimable as a deduction, and if so do I have any right of recourse against the agent for not organizing it as per my instructions?
Thank you
vtt