1. T
he time-consuming job of creating inventories and periodic
property visit reports is a thing of the past. New software
offers a quick, user-friendly solution, so don’t let technology
pass you by.
With an estimated value of protected deposits in England and Wales
in excess of £2.8 billion, it’s no surprise that there are on average
17,000 deposit adjudications each year.
Deposit protection schemes cite a poor quality inventory as one
of the most common reasons landlords are not awarded a judgement,
as they simply do not have the appropriate evidence to support their
request.
Landlords and lettings agents are becoming increasingly aware of
the significance of an in-depth inventory, if and when tenancy deposit
disputes arise. Inventories should be an in-depth report describing
both the property fixtures and fittings and general property condition.
This, alongside detailed periodic visit reports, creates a dossier
detailing the property dilapidation throughout the period of tenancy.
For four years, Rentfind Inspector has been developing an intuitive,
user-friendly, property management software, which has already
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So why are you wasting it?
benefiting from the introduction of Rentfind Inspector into their
property management system. “We were very sceptical about
inventory apps prior to being introduced to Rentfind Inspector,” says
Daniella. “We had trialled software in the past which not only restricted
the content we include in our reports, lowering the overall quality, but
also did not greatly improve the time it takes to generate reports.
“Offering in-depth property reports for our landlords is an essential
part of the service we offer and we could not risk this quality and
our reputation by changing our current system of pen and paper.
“Thankfully Rentfind Inspector has not only improved our ‘in
property’ time, it has drastically reduced our ‘in office’ report
generation time, while maintaining our fastidious standards. The app
has revolutionised the manner in which we conduct inventory reports
and periodic visits, and landlords are impressed by the ability to log
into their own personal account and view all previous reports for their
properties, offering us a unique selling point over other competitors.”
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
Using Rentfind Inspector has not only offered Belvoir a competitive
advantage over other agents, it has streamlined operations in their
Weston-super-Mare office, reducing the time taken to produce a
periodic visit report by up to 75 per cent.
The system allows for property managers to ‘tag’ maintenance,
producing a ‘shopping list’ of items requiring attention, this enables
landlords identify which tasks they may wish to complete themselves.
Prior to using Rentfind Inspector, Belvoir Lettings Weston-super-
Mare outsourced a third of all inventories, due to the time constraints
of creating these documents, however since joining Rentfind
Inspector have been able to complete 100 per cent of these reports
in-house.
“Our business is built on the core principle that quality for our
customers is paramount. Working with Rentfind Inspector has meant
we are able to maintain the exceptionally high standard our clients
expect, while growing our business.”
Rentfind Inspector is quick and easy to set up, with no restriction
on number of users per office, meaning each property manager can
remain accountable for their own properties. The software also has
no data limits and no hidden extra costs.
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“The software has
already proven
a huge success
in Australia.”
Christian Scandurra Rentfind Inspector
Time is money!
proven a huge success in Australia.
“Simplifying the time-consuming and complex job of creating
inventories and property inspection reports is key to what makes
the software successful,” says Christian Scandurra, Sales Director for
Rentfind Inspector. “The software has already proven a huge success
in Australia and we have now adapted the product to suit the
requirements of the UK property market.
“Experience shows us that time is one of the primary factors which
either leads to property managers outsourcing the tasks of creating
inventories and periodic visit reports, or creating substandard
documents in-house, which is little use if a deposit dispute were
to arise.”
PROFESSIONAL
Rentfind Inspector streamlines the process of generating reports,
meaning there is no more wasted time with double-entry data
handling. The software allows users to quickly generate professional
looking reports without impacting the quality or landlord’s position
in potential disputes.
The system is run ‘at property’ on an app on a tablet device and ‘at
office’ on a web platform offering a cloud-based remote storage for
property information. Professionally styled office branded reports are
generated, formatted and viewable in either word, PDF or on a unique
passworded client login (available for landlords and tenants).
Data is synchronised to the web platform in minutes, embedding
time stamped images directly from the tablet into the report, should
they be required. “We found our average clients are saving 70-80 per
cent on their previous method of creating inventories and periodic
visit reports,” says Scandurra.
“Rentfind Inspector is revolutionary,” says Daniella Young, Senior
Property Manager at Belvoir Lettings. The award-winning lettings
agent, based in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, is already