https://emilecon.com/blog/ Inventories, deposit disputes and 3D tours for London lettings. en-GB https://emilecon.com/blog/deposit-protection-new-tenancy-rules https://emilecon.com/blog/deposit-protection-new-tenancy-rules Thu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Inventories The rules on protecting a deposit barely moved on 1 May 2026. The consequences of getting them wrong moved a great deal, because protection is now tied to whether a landlord can recover the property at all. https://emilecon.com/blog/what-letting-agents-must-do-differently https://emilecon.com/blog/what-letting-agents-must-do-differently Sun, 27 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Inventories Most coverage of the Act explains what the law now says. Less of it explains what a branch actually has to do on a Tuesday morning, which is where the penalties live. https://emilecon.com/blog/check-out-reports-rolling-tenancies https://emilecon.com/blog/check-out-reports-rolling-tenancies Sun, 20 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Inventories Fixed terms ended on 1 May 2026. Check-outs no longer arrive in a predictable wave every summer, they arrive whenever a tenant decides to give notice, and the diary has to absorb it. https://emilecon.com/blog/commercial-virtual-tour-what-it-should-show https://emilecon.com/blog/commercial-virtual-tour-what-it-should-show Tue, 15 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 3D tours A tour of a flat sells a feeling. A tour of commercial space has to answer questions, and the ones an occupier asks are more specific than most operators expect. https://emilecon.com/blog/fair-wear-and-tear-deposit-deductions https://emilecon.com/blog/fair-wear-and-tear-deposit-deductions Fri, 11 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Inventories Most deposit claims are not lost on the facts. They are lost because nobody wrote down the condition the property was in on day one, so there is nothing to compare the last day against. https://emilecon.com/blog/community-hall-compliance-checklist https://emilecon.com/blog/community-hall-compliance-checklist Sun, 06 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Facilities Nine questions a trustee should be able to answer about their building. Many committees can answer only some of them, and the gap tends to surface when an insurer asks. https://emilecon.com/blog/what-a-3d-virtual-tour-is-worth https://emilecon.com/blog/what-a-3d-virtual-tour-is-worth Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 3D tours Sold as a marketing gadget, useful as an operational one. The value is not in the listing, it is in the appointments you never have to attend. https://emilecon.com/blog/what-a-check-in-report-must-prove https://emilecon.com/blog/what-a-check-in-report-must-prove Fri, 04 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Inventories Most reports describe a property. Very few prove anything about it. The difference only shows up months later, in front of an adjudicator who was never there. https://emilecon.com/blog/who-pays-end-of-tenancy-cleaning https://emilecon.com/blog/who-pays-end-of-tenancy-cleaning Fri, 04 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Deposits It is the single most argued line on any deposit deduction, and the one landlords lose most often. Not because the property was clean, but because nobody proved how clean it started.