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Landlord and void clearances in Romford
Work instructed by the person who owns the furnishings rather than the person who has been living with them. That distinction drives everything about how these jobs are recorded, because nobody involved has daily familiarity with the contents.
A list made at the property is what turns a void clearance from a risk into an administrative task.
What a landlord instruction involves
The record is the service
On an owner-occupier move an inventory is a convenience. On a landlord instruction it is the point, because the goods are yours, the property has been somebody else's home, and neither you nor we were there for the years in between.
So we list at the property, note condition where furnishings are going to be returned, and give you a copy. Putting a part-furnished let back together after a void is trivial with that list and guesswork without it.
Voids, and what to do with the contents
Leaving furnishings in an empty property during a void is a common choice and not always the right one — an unoccupied furnished flat is a different insurance and security proposition from an empty one.
The alternative is to hold the contents and return them when the let is taken. That costs something and it removes the question entirely. We will set out both rather than steer you.
What is left behind by tenants
Frequently something. We will clear it, list it, and take a load to a charity shop or recycling centre where that is appropriate.
Where a tenant has left a substantial quantity, that becomes a waste-clearance question rather than a removals one, and it may have implications for the deposit that are yours to pursue rather than ours.
Working with agents
We take instructions from letting agents directly as well as from landlords. In either case the list goes to whoever is instructing us, and we will copy a second party in if you ask.
Landlord and void clearances
Questions about landlord and void clearances
- Do you provide an inventory as standard?
- On landlord instructions, yes, as standard rather than on request. It is the part of the job that matters most when the booker is not the occupier.
- Can you hold furnishings during a void?
- Yes, listed and held, returned when the let is taken. It removes the security and insurance question that comes with a furnished empty property.
- What about items the tenant left?
- We will clear and list them, and take a load for donation or recycling where appropriate. A substantial quantity becomes a licensed waste question and we will say so.
- Do you work with letting agents?
- Yes, directly. The list goes to whoever instructs us and we will copy a second party if asked.
- Can you work between tenancies at short notice?
- Often. Voids tend to be discovered rather than planned, so ask — we will tell you what we genuinely have.
Tell us who is signing
Owner, tenant, landlord or executor — plus the two addresses and roughly what is going. The first of those decides how much of this job is recording.