Over the years of been a landlord and renting out property one of the things that has caused me much annoyance and time is the 'stuff 'tenants leave behind.
The lesson I have learned is that it's important for landlords to check all available space when checking out a tenant from a rental property.
That means landlords checking attics, basements, cupboards, garages, sheds and any potential 'cubby holes' where tenants could of stored 'stuff'.
The reality is that often tenants leave 'stuff' by mistake and not deliberately, but it still results in the landlord having to either get rid of the stuff or get it back to the tenant.
Unfortunately in my experience, this 'stuff' - never has any value as it's usually the 'stuff' that we all carry around with us that we don't really want but haven't got around to throwing out yet.
Anyway at least I haven't experienced the levels of stuff left for two landlords I have just read about, one a landlord from Marlow who was left over a thousand fast food cartons by a tenant , and another landlord from Portsmouth who was greeted by 200 needles and other drugs paraphenalia at his vacated property. Nice.
So my tip to landlords is check your property thoroughly for a tenants 'stuff' when checking out tenants.
I'd better go and get on with 'stuff'.
Your darling Margo
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