The Landlords Ladies Detective Agency

It's a funny thing poking about someones private quarters, especially when you actually own the private quarters in question.

As landlords we have to occasionally go into rental property, to do checks, sort out maintenance ,etc, (pre-arranged with the tenant's permission).

When you enter the property you can't stop yourself scanning around and doing a bit of detective work, to check everything with your tenant is OK. This person who you have entrusted with your valuable property asset, you might of only spent 20 minutes with.

So whenever you visit the property you are checking for further clues regarding their true selves.

It's a bit like watching 'Big Brother' without the people. Gleaming insights about the tenant, from a classical guitar leaning against a wall ( sophisticated, artistic, sensitive - very good ), or a large credit card bill open on the kitchen sideboard ( high debt, frivolous - oh dear!).

This jigsaw of physical clues scattered around me, paints a picture of the tenant that can be very enlightening.

Landlords should be warned that opening drawers and cupboards is not acceptable.

That would be perverted, snooping.

But anything left out is fair game for my psychological analysis.

Landlord insights in difficult times for Buy-to-Let

Your darling Margo