Cleanliness & Scotland: inventories in the spotlight.
Inventories are once again in the Spotlight this week as pressure for regulation and improved standards within the PRS (private rented sector) mounts: Cleanliness: Over 50% of disputes handled by the...
View Article“If there is no inventory, it can mostly be in the tenant’s favour”.
The Dispute Service is an independent, not-for-profit, company established in 2003 to resolve tenancy deposit disputes in the private rented sector. The company has achieved the UK Government Standard...
View Article2013 – the year the digital inventory comes of age!
First of all, a very happy New Year to all our readers, clients, and property friends. Here at Imfuna Towers, we are very excited about what 2013 is going to bring. There is no doubt that there are...
View ArticleDestructive pets cost landlords thousands.
For today’s blog, we are delighted to welcome Pat Barber, Chair of the Independent Association of Inventory Clerks, with her guest blog about those furry critters who can cause a bit of a headache for...
View Article“A digital inventory provides indisputable evidence” says Sohail Rashid, CEO...
Imfuna recently had the pleasure of catching up with Sohail Rashid, Landlord & CEO of PropertyNetwork, the fastest growing property search portal. It came as no surprise that Sohail is a huge...
View ArticleCleaning: a growing problem for landlords and tenants who do not produce a...
New stats from the Tenant Deposit Scheme (TDS) show that cleaning remained the most common cause of a dispute and is continued to rise to 52 per cent in 2011-2012, compared with 49 per cent in...
View ArticleCase Study: Davis Tate Property Management
As a forward-thinking agency, the Property Management department of Davis Tate Estate Agents (covering areas throughout Berkshire and Oxfordshire) were quick to see the advantages of Imfuna in terms of...
View ArticleImfuna supports “@SAFEAgent Saturday” event on 16th March 2013.
Imunfa is pleased to lend our support to SAFEagent Saturday on Saturday 16 March 2013. The aim for the occasion is that as many SAFEagent registered firms as possible get on board and use this date as...
View ArticleCome and meet @imfuna at events throughout 2013!
Imfuna will be attending a number of events throughout the year, and we’d love to meet with you and discuss how we can help you save time and money on inventories and property inspections. Here is...
View ArticleImfuna at the Landlord Law Conference (video)
Imfuna were pleased to co-sponsor the first ever Landlord Law Conference, held in Bury St. Edmunds on the 15th March. While there, Bryony from Imfuna was interviewed by Property Tribes, the U.K.’s...
View ArticleRegulation of the lettings industry is augmented by digital technology.
Regulation of the letting industry is a hot topic – and something of a hot potato too! In a move designed to protect consumers from rogue lettings agents, an amendment to the Enterprise and Regulatory...
View ArticleAvoiding cleaning disputes at the end of a tenancy.
According to the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC), landlords and agents are increasingly faced with dirty properties at the check-out stage. Many tenants fail to leave their property...
View ArticleHow digital inventories can help protect landlords against sub-letting scams.
Industry leaders have warned that there has been a significant rise in sub-letting scams. This is when a tenant takes over the property on a single Assured Shorthold Tenancy with the intention of...
View ArticleImfuna joins NALScheme Recognised Supplier Programme.
We are pleased to announce that we are the latest addition to NALS Recognised Supplier programme, designed to bring their members the very best in industry tools and support to help them advance their...
View ArticleHow an inventory protects your furniture … in more ways than one.
We’d like to thank our friend Tessa Shepperson at the Landlord Law blog for her advice on furniture in a rental property, which is subject to certain regulations. Excerpt from Tessa’s blog: Landlords...
View ArticleAn inventory can protect your property from “Mr. and Mrs. Tenant-from-hell”.
Experience has told us that tenants from hell come in many guises! They are often type-cast as the LHA tenants on housing benefit who destroy their home and leave a dreadful mess for the landlord to...
View Article“Landlords are learning the importance of the inventory the hard way” says...
Richard Lambert, CEO of National Landlords Association shares his views on the importance of the inventory when setting up a robust and healthy tenancy: The Imfuna digital inventory and property...
View ArticleImfuna put through its paces by inventory company.
Imfuna is fast becoming the popular choice of inventory clerks. We caught up with Justin Fletcher, Founder of OnSite Property Management to find out why Imfuna is such a success with his clerks, his...
View ArticleLonger term tenancies will create the need for increased mid-term property...
There are moves afoot for lenders to allow longer term AST’s, which is good news for landlords and tenants! One such lender is the Nationwide Building Society Group, which has recently changed its...
View ArticleBBC documentary “Meet the Landlords” brings the need for the property...
Last Thursday (18th July 2013) , BBC 1 aired an important new hour long documentary entitled “Meet The Landlords“. The programme was billed as attempting to portray a true and balanced picture of...
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