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A Day in the Life: The Residential Lettings Inventory Clerk - UK Edition

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    lisaphilp2
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📸 A Day in the Life: The Residential Lettings Inventory Clerk - UK Edition 🇬🇧

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We all know the letting agent, but who is the silent, detail-obsessed warrior who holds the keys to the deposit? That's right, the Residential Lettings Inventory Clerk. We’re basically the CSI of rented homes.

Here's how a typical day unfolds in our pursuit of unbiased, photographic evidence:


7:30 AM: Down two coffees. Spend 15 minutes checking Google Maps for the exact location of the house. Plot a route that somehow involves a bus lane, a street market, and a road closure that hasn't been updated since 2008.


9:00 AM (Check-Out): Arrive at a flat, the tenants assured the agent that it was "professionally cleaned." Find three mystery Tupperware containers still full in the back of the fridge, a single forgotten sock under the sofa, and a questionable crusty substance on the toilet brush holder.


The official report description: "Cleanliness: Fair. Evidence of tenant belongings remaining."


11:30 AM (Mid-Term Inspection): Enter a beautiful family home. The tenants are lovely. The house is immaculate. The oven looks brand new. The only drama is having to check the system’s smoke alarms, which inevitably sound like a banshee and terrify the cat.


1:00 PM (Lunch): Eat a sandwich in the car, trying not to drop crumbs that could contaminate the next inspection's Schedule of Condition. Check my camera roll, which is now 90% photos of skirting boards, boiler stickers, and close-ups of grout.


2:30 PM (Check-In): Meet the new tenants. They immediately point out a tiny scratch on a windowsill that was clearly documented in our 385-page check-in report (which they haven't read). Spend 10 minutes proving we are, in fact, impartial, and this scratch is now officially part of their life story.


4:00 PM: Back in the office (aka, the corner of the spare room). The marathon dictation and typing session begins. Every single chip, scuff, and paint imperfection must be logged. My fingers cramp, but the Deposit Protection Scheme demands precision!


6:00 PM: Reports submitted. Keys dropped off. I feel satisfied that I have thoroughly documented the condition of the property, down to the 'very minor fraying' on the pull cord of the downstairs toilet light.


Shout out to the Inventory Clerks! You're the human shield between a landlord's claim and a tenant's deposit. Keep up the forensic work! 🕵️‍♀️


Tell us the weirdest thing you've ever had to photograph for a report! 👇


 
 
 

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