There is an ongoing debate between landlords, agents and inventory clerks to whether words or video are better, when conducting an inventory.<\/p>\n
Did you know that adjudicators actually prefer words to video in dispute cases?<\/p>\n
Why?!<\/em><\/p>\n Well firstly, statements issued by both the TDS and MyDeposits make it very clear that written evidence\u00a0(in the form of a detailed inventory and check out report)<\/em>\u00a0is still paramount to allow adjudicators to give a fair judgement.<\/p>\n The majority of us\u00a0love<\/em>\u00a0new technology, as it\u2019s a great time saver for many tasks.\u00a0BUT<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0sometimes it\u2019s not always the answer and this is the case with property inventories. This is because a video relies on the adjudicator having the correct equipment to view it. They will also need patience to sift through potentially hours of footage to find the part that covers the dispute. A good video will also need to be supported by a detailed narrative throughout the recording, to explain to the adjudicator what exactly they\u2019re looking at and what for.<\/p>\n Digital recorders make dictating and transcribing an inventory a much faster and easier process too.<\/strong><\/p>\n In the last couple of years letting agents have actually been warned by the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks about replacing essential written inventory descriptions for digital evidence, as it leaves their landlord clients vulnerable to potential disputes further down the line. At Hetsons Property Group we completely agree with the associations\u2019 statement that photographs and video can<\/em>\u00a0provide a good illustration, but are not\u00a0at all<\/em>\u00a0helpful without a detailed written inventory firmly in place.<\/p>\n I\u2019m sure you\u2019ve heard the saying\u00a0\u2018a picture is worth a thousand words\u2019<\/em>, however this is certainly not the case with a residential inventory report. Photographs alone, even with the date and time of day clearly shown, will provide no context whatsoever if they\u2019re not accompanied by a written inventory.<\/p>\n This is where the help of a fully qualified, trained and experienced independent inventory clerk comes into play. As a landlord it shouldn\u2019t be about getting the cheapest deal around, but about finding the best deal that\u2019s going to protect you in the future should a dispute arise.<\/p>\n So in conclusion, at Hetsons Property Group we believe that words are far substantial when you are carrying out an inventory, but will be made stronger accompanied by good photographs and a well narrated video. Please get in touch with one of our friendly team today \u2013 either by phone: 020 3713 4933, by email: info@hetsons.co.uk<\/a>\u00a0or via\u00a0Facebook,\u00a0Instagram\u00a0or\u00a0Twitter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There is an ongoing debate between landlords, agents and inventory clerks to whether words or video are better, when conducting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-information"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hetsons.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hetsons.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hetsons.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hetsons.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hetsons.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1881"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hetsons.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2514,"href":"https:\/\/www.hetsons.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1881\/revisions\/2514"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hetsons.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hetsons.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hetsons.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hetsons.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}