Landlords come in all shapes and sizes. Some are good, some are not good and some are indifferent.

At the start of a tenancy the tenants are usually happy to have found a place that suits them. They often don’t pay any attention to the property inspection report and are not too bothered if the place needs cleaning and the lawns and gardens need doing.

The start of the tenancy is the time to gather information.

Because TenantCare is a third party service it can provide an independent report with photos to protect tenants should things get ugly at the end of a tenancy.

Property managers are usually quite good but even they can require tenants to leave a place in a standard far greater than required by the Residential Tenancies Act.

It is important to have good independent evidence right at the start of the tenancy to protect against claims by a landlord at the end of the tenancy. It is not enough for tenants to say to the Tenancy Tribunal ‘this is how it was’ if the landlord is saying something different and had evidence to support their case.

Act at the start to protect yourself at the end.