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The deposit for my unfurnished property is £400 therefore I don't feel that it is worth paying £100 to have the inventory done. How do I make my own inventory and what are the key requirements.

Off topic additional question-There is a gas cooker in the property but no other white goods. I don't want to have to repair it if it breaks-would I have to automatically or do I need a special clause?

There is an example inventory on the main site here if you have a look that you can modify.  My inventories run into many many pages for an empty property and cover everything I can see with a condition indicator for each item such as - "window sill, white, plastic PVC, unmarked" "ceiling, white, unmarked, no holes" etc etc.  Its a pain in the ass the first time you do one but can be modified for the future.  This is backed up with general photos then specific ones such as the fireplace etc.  Then a signed copy for me and the T's showing their agreement.

As for the cooker, you can't suppy something and then try and shirk your responsibility, where would this stop? Shower, boiler, door bells?  You have to take some risk being a landlord.  Either supply one and maintain it and charge the at for breaking it or don't supply one at all in the first place, but being gas I'm not sure I'd want a T installing their own!

Put the effort into the first time, as said. It generally becomes a review and re-use operation after that.

The Inventory should be comprehensive... that's kinda the point, and it's worth taking the time over. Major on photos.

Of course you have to repair the cooker you've supplied. 

I don't want to repair (actually replace) the garden fence that blew down in one of my properties, I want the Tenants to be OK with that. I don't want to go to work today, I just want them to keep on paying me for doing nothing. I don't want to have to fill my car with fuel, I just want it to run forever.

Sorry I forgot to clarify the property is unfurnished. So I just need to take pictures of the rooms and details of their conditions and get the tenant to sign it and that's it?

I don't have to leave the cooker in the house because it's unfurnished but I don't have anywhere else to put it so I thought i'd leave it in for the convenience of the tenant. I don't want to have to repair this so I heard you can 'gift' the cooker, do you just say that it's theirs? or do you have to have anything written

And if they don't want this crappy old (assumption) cooker?

I think you misunderstand what unfurnished is. Admittedly there is no legal strict definition, but unfurnished generally means that this kind carpets, cookers and some other white goods are included. You might be on the path to Container.

Quote from: Hippogriff on January 16, 2015, 09:25:58 PM
And if they don't want this crappy old (assumption) cooker?

I think you misunderstand what unfurnished is. Admittedly there is no legal strict definition, but unfurnished generally means that this kind carpets, cookers and some other white goods are included. You might be on the path to Container.

No it's not an old cooker and in fine working condition. What do you mean on the path to container? When I was showing estate agents round the house the general consensus was to get rid of the fridge but leave the cooker. One of the agents mentioned about 'gifting' the cooker. In this instance does anything need to be signed or do I do it verbally?

As riptide has already said, there is an example on the main website: http://www.propertyinvestmentproject.co.uk/blog/property-inventory-form/

On that page, there's also another link to a different article which explains how to put an inventory together, along with tips from an actual adjudicator: http://www.propertyinvestmentproject.co.uk/blog/landlord-photo-inventory-tips/

Quote from: Ellis Rimmer on January 16, 2015, 09:14:46 PM
Sorry I forgot to clarify the property is unfurnished. So I just need to take pictures of the rooms and details of their conditions and get the tenant to sign it and that's it?

I don't have to leave the cooker in the house because it's unfurnished but I don't have anywhere else to put it so I thought i'd leave it in for the convenience of the tenant. I don't want to have to repair this so I heard you can 'gift' the cooker, do you just say that it's theirs? or do you have to have anything written

Providing 'white goods' (e.g. cooker, microwave, fridge/freezer) doesn't make the property furnished or even part-furnished! They're kind of just standard and expected these days, kind of like taps.

Quote from: Ellis Rimmer on January 16, 2015, 09:45:28 PMWhat do you mean on the path to container?

Admittedly I was being a little facetious. I meant why don't you just get a Shipping Container and let that to Tenants? There'll be very little for you to maintain there and your Inventory task will be a breeze.

I've not come across a Landlord who doesn't provide the, maintained, facility for Tenants to cook for a long time. Obviously you're OK with maintaining other aspects of the property, you just have something against this cooker. Why? What has it ever done to you?