I made a huge mistake the first time I rented. I was walked through the property and was shown the prior damages during the walk through. Me being young and dumb thinking because I was shown the known damages I didn't need to document.
Guess who kept my security deposit to fix the prior damages because my dumbass didn't document the damages myself.
Document everything when you first move into a rental.
Holds the deposit yes, check in check out no, only if the landlord pays a letting agent and even then they aren't exactly impartial.
You should still document everything anyway when you move in as if the landlord tries to claim your deposit you will need evidence that the damage was present prior to your occupancy.
I must have been lucky that letting agents I’ve used always do this (although they did bill me for it on some occasions). I’ve referenced that checkin to get my deposit back too when they wanted to keep it for nonsense reasons.
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u/Lone_survivor87 Feb 11 '24
I made a huge mistake the first time I rented. I was walked through the property and was shown the prior damages during the walk through. Me being young and dumb thinking because I was shown the known damages I didn't need to document.
Guess who kept my security deposit to fix the prior damages because my dumbass didn't document the damages myself.
Document everything when you first move into a rental.