Thanks to the latest in technology there are now a number of products appearing which promise to make inventory taking easy, even paperless.
We're not sure, not because we're wedded to paper, but because we've not yet found an adequate system to replace a hard copy inventory. However we're working on it.
The problem is - we hear, that many think the latest gadget is best, often with a view that such technology is quicker and more economical. If it was, guaranteed, we'd be using it. We've tried a number of systems from touch screen laptops to android apps and nothing yet is quick or detailed enough for us.
As the largest inventory clerk group in the UK, we get to see all manner of properties, tenancies, inventories and checkouts, more than any other single group we believe. And yet there's nothing to date that beats a highly-detailed document which a tenant can agree to, and with any amendments where needed - no matter what system is used.
The question is - whatever format we use - will our documentation satisfy the adjudication service? That's what counts, if no claim or argument between landlord and tenant, then whatever system used, it won't matter. It really only matters when either party cannot agree to the others argument and an arbiter is required to decide.
So we invite comment, is there something we should be looking at?