Void rooms: ready to let again

Walk it once when the room is empty and again before the keys go out. Photograph each room both times, with the date showing.

This is a prompt for whoever looks after the property. It does not replace your landlord or provider procedures, or any statutory check.

Print this checklist

• Each room photographed
• Anything left behind noted and cleared
• Keys and fobs all returned
• Meter readings taken
• Asbestos records checked before any work that could disturb the building

• Locks changed, or every key accounted for
• Internal doors open, close and latch
• Windows open, close and lock
• Restrictors on upper floor windows working

• No sign of damp or mould, using our damp and mould checklist
• Holes, cracks and marks repaired
• Decoration ready for the next tenant
• Flooring flat, with no lifted edges or tears

• Taps, toilets and showers working, with no leaks
• Sinks and basins draining properly
• Sealant clean and unbroken
• Extractor fans pulling air
• Cupboards, drawers and worktops sound

• Smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms present and tested
• Gas safety record current, where there is gas
• Electrical report current
• Fire doors closing properly, where there are any

• Date the room was ready
• Photographs of each room when finished
• Who carried out each safety check
• Keys handed over, and to whom

We clear, repair, make good and decorate as one job, on one invoice. Gas and electrical checks go to registered engineers. See void turnarounds.